Autonomous vehicles use the equivalent of 200 laptops to get around. Some want to tap that computing power to decode viruses or mine bitcoin.

Creative and dedicated, the master builders of the best-selling video game have forged some incredible structures.

Whether you’re here for the history or you’re watching passive-aggressively as the world’s wealthiest man plays with toys, here’s how to tune in.

These high-energy explosions, brighter than billions and billions of suns, have recently been tracked for days, upending ideas about the cataclysms that create them.

If you’re smart about how you use your space in the cloud, you don’t have to pay extra.

The player characters from childhood video games were conceived in glory. Where are they now?

A world where you never lose the remote ever again seems well within reach.

Melinda Snodgrass' novel The High Ground examines human cruelty in an alien first-contact scenario.

Plus: REvil goes dark, spyware runs amok, and more of the week's top security news.

Learn real boxing and kickboxing skills at home with this fitness system that marries punch-tracking tech with streaming video workouts.

Great whites have returned to Cape Cod, a conservation success story and a hazard. Can new, predictive tools help keep beachgoers safe?

We’ve scoured the internet to find you the best weekend discounts on everything from MacBooks to air fryers.

From Black Cube to Fusion GPS, the operatives-for-hire industry has recklessly exploded. Disclosure requirements could keep things in check.

It’s a lot of talent, but the US now has five overlapping roles jockeying for limited budgets, authorities, and bureaucratic victories.

The security researchers used infrared photos and third-party hardware to best Microsoft’s facial-recognition tech.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

The Dimension of Miracles author paved the way for Philip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison.

Plus: a lifelong love of the cosmos, future dispatches from West Texas, and routinely unprecedented weather events.

This week the company announced it would shut down Fleets with an extremely apt tweet.

We talk to the authors of a new book about the notorious coworking startup and its charismatic cofounder, Adam Neumann.

The agency's strange math and blunt statements are missing key nuances—and may be underplaying myocarditis cases in teenage boys in particular.

The latest in “electronic medicine” offers an alternative to temporary pacemakers and could help reduce tissue scarring.

This powerful and smart air conditioner might require some fiddling during installation, but it delivers on its promises.

The White House, lawmakers from both parties, and federal agencies are all working on bills or projects to constrain potential downsides of the tech.

Security researchers say the group exploited a zero-day in Apple’s operating system to target European government officials over LinkedIn.

The $400 handheld will let you bring your Steam library anywhere. But before you reserve one, here’s what you need to know.

The hackers posed as recruiters, journalists, and hospitality workers to lure their victims.

From #UKnowUrBlackWhen to #BlackLivesMatter, how a loose online network became a pop culture juggernaut, an engine of social justice, and a lens into the future.

Pfizer and Moderna are midway through clinical trials, and the public health system is well versed in delivering childhood shots. The challenge? Politics.

Business destinations are out, tourist spots are in. The old rules governing fares and flight schedules have been thrown out the window.

The Ambassador app-connected earphones translate human speech into multiple tongues, enabling multilingual conversations.

It’s time to retire one of the most half-baked ideas for regulating Big Tech.

Starting with a beta that launches today, you’ll no longer have to route all your messages through your smartphone.

Last fall, researchers said the presence of phosphine in the planet’s atmosphere could indicate life. But a new study says there could be a geological explanation.

Tourists neither commit nor attract crimes. But a study finds that violent offenses rose in neighborhoods where more homes were converted to short-term rentals.

The show just became the first Disney+ series in the MCU to get a renewal. Here’s what that means.

Regulators are trying to force adult sites to introduce age checks for users. Now one of the largest in the world faces a total block for refusing to do so.

The new limited-edition Tag Connected is a collaboration with Nintendo’s famous plumber.

The ability to spot Jesus’ mug in a piece of burnt toast might be a product of evolution.

One painful interaction at a time, we’re mastering the gateway virtue of the networked world: tact.

Walls are meant to keep out rising seas—but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.

Pandemic-induced supply disruptions and competition from China put more pressure on US companies to manufacture semiconductors at home.

In response to mass protests, the country has been blocking social media and communication platforms since Sunday—an increasingly common action worldwide.

The company says it is “closely monitoring gambling content,” but legal experts told WIRED that some promotions may be illegal.

A new program makes getting a blue checkmark too easy for ‘journalists’—and far too difficult for activists.

This flatscreen blurs the line between TV and high-end gaming monitor.

If habitable worlds exist around certain stars, they’d have just the right vantage point to spy on Earth.

Nathan Carman went fishing with his mom. A week later, he was found on a life raft—alone. Tragic accident or murder? Ocean sensors may point to the truth.

It proves streaming releases can make big bucks—if the movie is big enough.

Attackers are increasingly attuned to the power and potential of remote management software.