New work shows that the proteins, long treated as boring spools for DNA, are key to the origin story for eukaryotes and still play important roles in disease.

Between Apple's new AirTags, Samsung's SmartTags, and Tile trackers, you have plenty of options to make sure you don't lose your phone—or your keys.

Strap on that headset and grab your controllers. It's time to sweat.

With travel and real-life fieldwork shut down, a couple of enterprising professors started with simulations of Italy and Scotland, then took to the stars.

Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes.

Are you trying to spend all your recently acquired crypto riches? We found discounts on tripods, wireless chargers, and many other gadgets.

The game is, for the most part, a sublime seafaring sequel. Too bad it often feels like a grind.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

For his new book Press Reset, journalist Jason Schreier spoke to countless game developers who have had their lives upended by the industry.

Plus: The iPod’s cultural importance, the fate of Loon’s balloons, and the price of an SNL appearance.

And that's (mostly) a good thing.

In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90 characters per minute—by envisioning he was writing by hand.

The unlikely success of DuckDuckGo suggests a way to escape surveillance capitalism.

Virtual school after a snowstorm is yet another kind of techno-solutionist slush that should be plowed away.

This week, we talk to the author and journalist about his new book on the retail giant and its famous boss.

Anna Kendrick’s rotating spacecraft cleverly uses cables and a counterweight to make artificial gravity. But scaling them would be harder than it looks

Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware. But the choice is never quite so easy.

Talk is cheap, unless you’re an in-demand content creator for platforms like Clubhouse and its many clones.

The home workout app Obé Fitness turns your living room into a high-end fitness boutique.

WIRED will be playing Subnautica: Below Zero and talking about ocean—and space—exploration with scientists from NOAA and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

The spate of cases is a bad bounce—and it might show that lifting mask mandates for the vaxxed won’t be a grand slam.

The so-called Frag Attack vulnerabilities could let hackers steal data or compromise connected gadgets.

Thousands of would-be investors are joining Discord groups that promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market.

But driving millions of gallons of gas around the country is trickier than you might think.

Some high-end televisions already cost 30 percent more than they did last summer. As the crunch continues, expect more gadget prices to spike.

According to a new paper, the company’s own research showed that human activity was a contributor, but public statements suggested otherwise.

Top players have left pro leagues to pursue streaming full-time as the industry veers more toward content creators.

The tiny new tracking devices can be easily hidden in the cars and bags of victims. And exploiting them is dead simple.

The eternal conflict: Play horror straight, or play it up for campy laughs? Village tries to have it both ways, with mixed results.

A new study shines light on how bug spray, flashlights, and foot traffic can spell disaster for the fragile creatures behind brilliant synchronous displays.

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on policing, degrees of freedom, and dancing in the streets.

A Microsoft study finds just how often remote workers multitask during videoconferences—especially when the group is large and the meeting runs long.

All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a mysterious error in decades-old research.

This pocket-friendly Android phone has a speedy processor and an excellent screen. It's also really boring.

What’s happening with Sony’s latest console, now that it’s been out for six months? Supply issues aside, it’s proving to be much more than a simple evolution.

A new form of digital currency for animals, trees, and other wildlife (no, not like Dogecoin) would help protect biodiversity and bend technology back to nature.

The high-performance Futurecraft.Footprint shows the key to a lower carbon impact might lie in collaboration, not competition.

Whose problem is it when men are intimidated by women at work?

The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to bring computer vision and statistical learning to the high-stakes world of sports.

The Hardened Underwater Modular Robot Snake has thrusters for muscles and a camera for a face. Your move, evolution.

Do you want happier, productive, more engaged, and more fulfilled employees and coworkers? Well, you should campaign to let them work remotely. Here's why.

When lockdowns hit, entertainers turned to the platform to connect with fans. Now, even as many places reopen, many have no plans to leave.

Despite his unease with the ride-hail business model, the president needs help getting more Americans to vaccination sites to meet his July 4 deadline.

The premise is convenient. But the ecommerce giant’s record on privacy isn't exactly inspiring.

The debate over whether it’s ethical to inoculate American children while the pandemic rages elsewhere is unproductive and harmful.

Research shows the emergent video platform can recommend conspiracy theories and other harmful content more often than not.

A new book goes micro to show the wonderful world of close-up chemical reactions.

And how he used that great knowledge to help nudge Marvel back from bankruptcy.

Sometimes there are too many choices. Most of the time, “good versus evil” isn’t very clear-cut.

Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park will only serve plant-based dishes—but here's how keeping a little bit of meat on the menu could set a better example.