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You’ve never heard of him, but your favorite writers have, and his mad-drunk prose will knock you sideways.

Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most interactions by far compared to other news sources, new research shows.

The Covidologist-in-chief says we can’t relax on masks and social distancing yet. Hear that, Texas?

What was supposed to be all the rage in graphics quickly turned into a meme. But will it actually improve your gaming experience?

The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user base in one place.

Microsoft’s new Mesh software platform helps faraway coworkers meet up and interact in mixed reality. The results are, well, still mixed.

People once folded their correspondence in intricate ways, known as “letterlocking,” to keep out snoops. A fancy new imaging technique sees right through it.

Here’s a look back at some of the earliest games for girls—and the role women played in the game industry’s early days.

The company will launch a public preview of its identification platform this spring—and has already tested it at the UK's National Health Service.

Shows like Bridgerton and Hollywood alter the past in the name of inclusion. It would benefit us more to write the world as it was, as it is.

Overly restrictive “yellow cards” could end up disproportionately excluding Black and Latinx citizens from jobs, schools, or even the neighborhood market.

In 2014, more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped. It hardly made global headlines—until a Twitter hashtag took off.

From PCs to smartphones, office tech has always promised to make us more productive. But time and again, it's come with unexpected side effects.

Ultimately, their management styles were similar: Don’t talk about doing things, just do things.

The small but boisterous slice of Twitter that's preoccupied with politics imagines @jack, the author of our collective Twitter being, as all-powerful. He's not.

The CEO behind the viral success discusses how it became the top-selling game on Steam—and the game's biggest weakness moving forward.

“Eventually, the Americans would find them. But by then it would be too late.”

The European Space Agency wants to make sure its new astronaut class is more diverse. But it will take redesigned gear to make space accessible to everybody.

The game follows the arc of a romance—and only when it ends can the puzzles go free.

After decades of staying out of industrial policy, a Pentagon-appointed commission recommends more spending on research and support for US chip makers.

Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis discuss their inspirations, personal experiences, and what keeps them up at night.

Instagram is finally giving creators their most requested feature—which the company hopes will make it a more dynamic destination for viewers.

One couple living in Yangon explain the impact of the military coup's terrifying censorship measures.

Female journalists around the world are telling important stories, in spite of the danger of harassment or attack. This month focuses on their cases.

It's not just about penalizing the former president. It's about protecting democracy—in the US and around the world.

In The Empathy Diaries, the pioneering computer researcher finally studies her own life. She tells WIRED why now was the right time.

Fighting the pandemic isn’t only about vaccines and drugs. It’s about understanding how viruses mutate and change inside us, and among us.

AI programs that analyze language have difficulty gauging context. Words such as “black,” “white,” and “attack" can have different meanings.

The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70 GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.

Twenty years ago, physicists began investigating a mysterious asymmetry inside the proton. Their results show how antimatter helps stabilize every atom’s core.

Connecting to cell networks is an increasingly viable option—here’s how it works.

Section 230 faces countless reform efforts. But a look back reminds us that categorical content bans often come at the expense of marginalized groups.

Wearing underwear designed to absorb my menstrual flow—with no additional protection—has made my period more comfortable. It’s kinder to the planet too.

Plus: Firefox blocks more tracking, how to fight a robodog, and more of the week’s top security news.

Non-fungible tokens provide a way to invest in and own digital imagery. But is it just another crypto fad—or the future of intangible art?

The scammers turned savants and the whimsical nerds who abound on the audio platform have freed me of personal doubt.

Cross-border teams of scientists need to collaborate on climate models, even as their countries’ militaries clash.

The company's custom-molding headphones fit perfectly, even if you have oddly shaped earholes.

Standing desks, computer monitors, and chairs are all on sale if you’re looking to kit out your new home office.

Sure, you can add items to your shopping list, check the weather, and get random trivia. Now let's take your Echo to the next level.

The game developer has a reputation for pulling some of its most avid fans into its ranks, but whether that relationship will persevere isn't so clear.

The tech giant hired 150 game developers for Stadia Games and Entertainment, only to lay them all off. Sources say it never gave the studios a chance.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

The platform has promised to do better after a string of incidents. But the hardest part might be managing user expectations.

The new Netflix animated series puts a new spin on old tales.

Plus: The Ford heir, presidential briefings, and a sad day for gadget lovers.

Exposing and fighting the problem requires drawing from reporters' resources and reach.

After several fake-outs, the cast of the movie finally (finally!) revealed the next installment’s title on Wednesday.

The Perseverance rover is positively packed with tech. We talk about the cameras, mics, and sensors bringing the sights and sounds of Mars back to us.

From nameless grayscale sprites in the ’70s to Spider-Man's Miles Morales now, Black characters in games have come far. But is it enough?