As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting back.

What do a Real Housewife, an Olympic athlete, and a doula have in common? They’re all being paid by an ad-tech startup as influencers—peddling not products but ideologies.

What better time to stock up on gadgets that keep you caffeinated all summer and beyond?

These are all the top discounts on essential home office gear, from laptops, desks, and chairs to monitors, keyboards, and mice.

Want to upgrade your audio? Here are the best-sounding items on Amazon this shopping holiday.

Amazon's Prime Day sale isn’t the only option to get deep tech discounts this week.

Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra is more than $350 off, and the OnePlus 9 Pro is the lowest price we've ever seen. It’s a deals bonanza.

Get your beauty rest with these sales on sheets, pillows, and snooze-enhancing tech.

Score a new gaming station and deck it out with a headset, peripherals … and maybe even a new TV.

Make cleaning suck less with these discounted vacs from iRobot, Samsung, and Roborock.

Amazon Prime Day isn't the only sale this week. From video games to household essentials, here are our favorite picks from Target’s big Deal Days sale of 2022.

Live out your wilderness fantasies in comfort with these deals on camp chairs, hammocks, and tents.

Need a new 4K screen? Some of our top picks are on sale right now for Amazon Prime Day.

A ruling against the company could allow the government to censor a wide swath of platforms, and set a global precedent.

If you prefer Google Assistant and the Nest ecosystem, there's a discount here for you.

The exploit can leak password information and other sensitive material, but the chipmakers are rolling out mitigations.

Stock up with these iHealth at-home antigen tests.

Turns out mobile games are the perfect loophole for my lizard brain—and they could work for you, too.

Due to its history with the Holocaust, calling race by its name has often been contested. Black Germans say that this policy can ignore disparate impact.

All ranked lists are lazy, lame, and lacking. Except this one.

The deposits discovered reportedly contain enough resources to meet global demand for 1,000 years—surpassing even China’s reserves. But experts are skeptical.

Fears that artificial intelligence tools could displace creatives such as illustrators, designers, and photographers seem unfounded—for now.

Sea cucumbers are squishy and soft. They also employ lethal strategies to protect themselves.

Got an iPhone 12 or 13? These magnetic wireless chargers are discounted for Prime Day and do more than you think.

Stay entertained and sane during your next trip with these deals on travel adapters, noise-canceling earbuds, and more.

Nonprofit donors had their information given to law enforcement without consent, highlighting limited data protections in the world’s largest democracy.

If you don't mind a dented box or cosmetic flaw, these deals are worth checking out before they expire tomorrow.

The cosmic probe’s long-awaited images will kick off astronomers’ science programs.

Ever wish George Saunders tried his hand at crime fiction? Try David Musgrave’s imaginative debut novel, Lambda.

WIRED spoke with casting director Julia Bianco Schoeffling about breaking into the industry and how it’s more than just voice acting.

WIRED’s editor in chief reflects on how digital surveillance infrastructure could be used to prosecute abortion, plus more thoughts on this month’s headlines.

From TVs and fitness trackers to laptops, we found great discounts on some of our favorite products ahead of the retailer’s big sales event.

Days after the deal to buy Twitter fell apart, fed up employees say they are being kept in the dark.

The US House committee has already uncovered a more organized and sinister plot than many imagined. But history suggests the worst may be yet to come.

Without adequate consumer protections, social media companies can use any content you post, often without your knowledge or consent.

Marginalized groups often think about the mental impact of the climate crisis in different terms—meaning they end up crowded out of the conversation.

A series of recent experiments between quantum and classical computers shows the term’s ever-evolving meaning.

The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations.

The startup used regulatory loopholes and marketing to make nicotine cool. Now the FDA threatens to shut the company down, but new rivals are taking over.

'The Dawn of Everything' fundamentally shifted my view of … everything. I had to meet one of the minds behind its world-tilting revelations.

Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details.

These free, simple tools for phone or web let you visualize urban sprawl or see what your street looked like before the turn of the millennium.

States are trying to automate criminal record clearance. But what if they end up amplifying racial disparities?

Most of these promotions require you to spend some money, but they’re a relatively easy way to redeem some extra cash.

Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week's top security news.

Apple gets a maximum security mode, Twitter tests two-person tweets, and TikTok slows down its Shop plans.

Thought for decades to be extinct, the tiny animal has stayed hidden in a former subterranean speakeasy.

The games take different approaches to the horror game genre, but both are informed by their love for slasher flicks.

The #GentleMinions and the #minionscult have overrun TikTok, taking the franchise’s impact to all-new levels.

Taika Waititi’s Ragnarok follow-up is full of inside jokes that make it almost impenetrable to outsiders. That’s not a bad thing, but it’s not great either.