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A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts.

What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.

Amazon's internet-connected scale automatically re-purchases whatever you stack on it when supplies get low. This is both neat and problematic.

A study found no significant difference in the well-being of participants who thought they were taking mini hits of psychedelics and those who actually were.

A new thought experiment indicates that quantum mechanics doesn’t work without strange numbers that turn negative when squared.

This is a good mid-tier model, but it's still more expensive than the competition.

Unlike Google, Brave Search won’t track or profile people who use it.

Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Volvo, Porsche, and Polestar have each introduced new battery-powered models. So we hit the road with each of them.

Your emails know more about you than you might think, like when you open them or when you forward them to others. But you can reclaim your privacy.

Our food writer found a cure for this never-ending winter in a 17-year-old cookbook that elevates the art of the slow braise.

Plus: An iOS 14 jailbreak is out, Solarwinds details emerge, and more of the week's top security news.

Most of the vehicles uncovered so far have been akin to modern-day station wagons. This one's a straight-up sports car.

A new White House policy tries to put a dollar value on the future harm of greenhouse gas emissions.

Almost all of us have an account. Most of us use it every day. But if you peel back the curtain a little, you'll find some powerful tools buried underneath.

Time to upgrade your gadgets? This is a good time to spend on last year’s gear, as newer models are about to hit the market.

The sale of a piece of crypto art consumed as much energy as the studio uses in two years. Now the artist is campaigning to reduce the medium’s carbon emissions.

A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.

The 75-year-old antivirus entrepreneur faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted.

Researchers are racing to understand new versions of the coronavirus. But without scientific standards, too many mutants are getting the monster treatment.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

Headlines about the Johnson & Johnson trial results cite an efficacy rate lower than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s. But one figure doesn’t tell the whole story.

Ultima artist Denis Loubet knows this for a fact.

These coats, gloves, and other winter essentials will keep you bundled up and under budget.

Plus: The man behind digital money, how to disseminate facts, and a union in the most unlikely of places.

These pressure-sensing insoles are a great diagnostic tool for leveling up training or addressing painful running woes.

As the ancient witch Agatha Harkness, she’s pulling off her best trick yet.

The pandemic sapped demand for rides from Uber and Lyft, and government aid has cushioned the blow for workers. Execs are feeling the strain.

Even with breakthroughs like HoloLens and Pokemon Go, we are still a few years away from fulfilling AR’s biggest promises.

It invites players to "live deliberately" in the woods, as Thoreau did—but it's not an experience you can easily replicate.

It's harder to figure out than you might expect.

Growing up making friends on AIM and in chatrooms, I know the internet can foster human connection. Here are some tips that translate to teaching online classes.

After getting fully inoculated against Covid-19, here are some scenarios that prove the New Normal isn’t normal at all.

The full extent of the SolarWinds hack and Hafnium’s attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known.

It's the digital equivalent of leaving your windows or doors open when you leave the house—and in some cases, leaving them open all the time.

Most image recognition algorithms require lots of labeled pictures. This new approach eliminates the need for most of the labeling.

WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on narcissism, Nabokov, and what it means to exist—really exist—for other people.

A new study modeled whether we could find intelligent life on another planet—by looking for its pollution.

Video games have long struggled to handle sexuality, but a growing number of indie developers are changing that.

The company's cordless vacs are touted as affordable Dyson alternatives. I'm not so sure about that.

As the adoption industry migrates to social media, regretful adoptees and birth mothers are confronting prospective parents with their personal pain—and anger.

Attack of the Murder Hornets plays out like a spooky murder mystery. But the insects are scary enough; they don't need horror movie tropes.

The state’s independent rural drugstores are showing the power of small.

That old Microsoft Zune? Not so much. That old iPhone? Definitely.

A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive's name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend.

The rocket lowered the rover onto the surface of Mars before it shot away from the landing site. So where did it end up?

The platform's absorbing endless scroll and karaoke features have built an overlooked disinformation machine.

From engaging audiences to building bridges, tech has helped my small, rural faith community weather the storm. Here's how it might help yours too.

In this week’s Out of Office column, Megan tackles guilt, bad policies, and the rules of zoomfood.

In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul.

MiHigh's portable infrared sauna is warm, wet, and weird.