Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa.

The appetite for AI-derived drivel isn't as strong as many publishers would have you believe, and demand for quality content is growing.

According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta trust and safety workers will be relocated to Texas to prevent them from censoring" users. Experts point to other advantages.

This year, it's shaping up to be AI, all the time.

A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what happens next to Russian roulette.

Forget going to the doctor's office; these companies are putting the power of tracking every aspect of your health into our own hands. But do you really want to know?

Meta rolled out a number of changes to its Hateful Conduct" policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.

Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.

The attention being paid to a Chinese outbreak of a virus often confused with flu is a sign that respiratory infection tracking is improving.

With a notebook PC with a screen that rolls, a monitor with directional audio, and the first third-party SteamOS gaming handheld, Lenovo is hitting CES 2025 hard.

In an apparent overture to the incoming Trump administration, Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation, including no more fact-checkers and a move to Texas.

The company is using the carrot of "new features" and the stick of "no more updates for your old PC."

The lack of cheap EVs and the reliance on combustion engines is putting Europe's plan to ban new petrol cars by 2035 at risk.

Abstaining from alcohol can have immediate benefits. But lasting gains require lasting change.

More of the wild ideas and clever innovations we're seeing this week at tech's big show in Las Vegas.

Treatments for rare diseases are hard to create and expensive to deliver, but there is new hope for editing the software of the genome.

Two eyes in the sky are now trained on Earth, locating the worst offenders for releasing methane, wherever they may be.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the new family of foundational AI models was trained on 20 million hours of humans walking, hands moving, manipulating things."

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also announced new AI tools for creating autonomous agents during a keynote address at CES.

This year's crop of robot vacuums can climb stairs and pick up dirty socks that are in their way. Soon they will be able to play with your cat. Good luck to us all.

We take a first look inside the Flow electric travel trailer, which the company says will ship in the first half of 2025. And yes, you can tow it with your Cybertruck.

Real-time language translation takes another step forward with these earbuds.

Get live reports and photos of all the products, trends, and quirky gadgets we're seeing this week at CES in Las Vegas.

These portable heaters will heat a room quickly, quietly, and safely.

The market for absurdist cryptocurrencies mutated into a hundred-billion-dollar phenomenon in 2024. Yes, things can get even more deranged.

Tech's big show isn't fully underway yet, but the odd and wonderful gadgets are already here. These are the coolest things we saw at the event preview.

In fact, HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril.

By grappling with the messy and unpredictable side of existence, machine learning can have impact beyond the digital.

AlphaTheta's new cheap option gives you reliable basics without cutting too many corners.

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as well.

This week at CES, companies of all sizes will show off all their new AI-enabled gadgets. Here's hoping they don't all just do stuff your phone already excels at.

Harassment, hate, and other social harms feel like an online inevitability, but developers are finally addressing their impact in a meaningful way.

NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission-but Elon Musk's preference for Mars could have influence in the Trump administration.

Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks.

Eating well doesn't have to be difficult. Just reach into your fridge and grab a cup.

Fossil fuel pollution is impacting the most vulnerable among us: children. Their future-and health-are at stake.

The ritual of giving up animal products for a month leads participants to see both meat and themselves in a different way, and could have lasting effects on people's diets.

Whether you need workout earbuds or gaming over-ears, these WIRED-tested picks sound like a million bucks.

Smoke exposure, researchers have found, raises the risk of dementia, poor mental health, fertility problems, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China's hack of the US Treasury Department, and more.

Purchase data shows that electric vehicle sales are growing globally. But the question remains: How fast?

One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books they read, told the user, Don't forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?"

Apple has already pulled devices to comply with the European Commission's new Common Charger Directive.

Musk's posts, which have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X, are his latest effort at inserting himself into UK politics.

Many people reported they hit a screen preventing them from seeing the alert unless they signed in.

These weatherproof outdoor security cams keep a watchful eye on your property while you get on with life. Our list includes battery-powered and LTE devices and options that need no subscription.

Having a hard time choosing from Apple's complex MacBook lineup? Let us help you find the right laptop.

A network of Facebook pages has been advertising fuel filters" that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned.

It may seem like a perfect fit: dispassionate software that streamlines the agendas of dastardly regimes. But they'll find that the tech cuts both ways.