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Got some new cash to spend? Some of our favorite gadgets and gizmos we've tested and recommend are still discounted.

Plus: Dozens of reporters get hit by an iMessage exploit, continued fallout from the SolarWinds hack, and more of the week’s top security news.

The hottest app of early 2010 faded quickly when it was flooded with unwanted nudity. Smarter content moderation is helping to revive it.

As the Trump era wanes, there is a sense of optimism about what the accord could achieve, five years in—but only if countries meet their targets.

These are the games, both old and new, that we relied on to blow off steam, to hang out online, or just to feel better this year.

Jon Petersen's latest book, The Elusive Shift, shows how games like Dungeons & Dragons came to be known, controversially, as RPGs.

"OK Google, help me set up my Google Nest Mini."

The future is here, and it's atmospherically superior.

Adorable puppies and baby cheeks don't just make us feel good—they change our behavior in surprising ways.

Wait, isn’t that fancy new TV supposed to deliver bright, beautiful images? If yours is a little dimmer than expected, we can help.

Two new disaster movies, Greenland and Songbird, came out this month. Whether they succeed or not may change the genre’s fate.

If you were just gifted a new phone, smartwatch, or home entertainment device, here's what to do with it.

You might’ve missed them when they came out. Here’s what you should catch up on—and how to stream them.

The social media giant would have you believe that Apple’s privacy update will hurt the little guys. But Facebook’s motives aren’t so altruistic.

This round of next-gen gaming consoles comes with features that make the most of 4K and HDR. But you'll still get some benefits without shelling out.

It’s also a contender for the worst product name of 2020.

Despite some big-name disappointments, this was a great year for gaming. And more than a few came out of nowhere to steal our hearts.

Total traffic deaths fell during pandemic lockdowns. But fatalities per mile traveled rose, due to faster driving, fewer cops, and more drug use.

The high-altitude tree is vital to its ecosystem, but it’s being decimated by a fungus. Its admirers are fusing old and new methods to bring it back.

Prioritize people who are immunocompromised for early vaccination.

From turntables to smart water bottles, here are the things that brought the WIRED gear team irrational delight in this most atypical year.

David Silver of DeepMind, who helped create the program that defeated a Go champion, thinks rewards are central to how machines—and humans—acquire knowledge.

In a weird way, I’ve known Ray Holt all my life, but I never knew what he had accomplished—or how his inventions wove their way into my own family.

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's mRNA platforms are amazing—but they could easily have been overtaken by more conventional rivals.

Our sardonic superhero needs to get the timing just right to crash through the sunroof and beat up the bad guys.

During a global pandemic, the fear of missing out was replaced by something else: dread over not experiencing what could have been.

If our government wants to implement a tech-forward agenda, it needs someone who looks at broken infrastructure with a debugger’s eye.

In Washington state, scientists, coastal communities, and state agencies are banding together to manage the growing threat of harmful algal blooms.

2020 wasn't just a year for big-budget blockbusters. Here are the best debuts from smaller shops—that are all worth playing into 2021.

Thanks to a rounded design and improved drivers, the company’s newest smart speaker outshines the competition.

Trump's White House has long been AWOL on cybersecurity. That lack of oversight almost seemed to be working—until the SolarWinds hack.

People misunderstand why I dislike the game. It's not the bugs—it’s that everyone in it sucks.

A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab.

These portable devices can send results to your phone—and help you keep track of your health.

To cope with Covid-19 lockdowns, many folks watched older films at home. Some tackled the AFI 100, or picked a favorite director. I picked a theme.

Spoiler: Not too much, but watch your wallet before signing up for anyone's “unlimited” plan.

The companies are backing proposals in other states that would give workers the ability to form unions—but still consider them contractors, not employees.

So why do policymakers keep using it?

Games like Hades take place, largely, in hell. What does that say about the players who happily retreat into the underworld?

Local health departments rely on the old-fangled tech to track cases. A hastily developed machine-learning program gives it an assist.

It was a brutal year. Take a breath and enjoy some of our favorite in-depth stories.

Apple invites users to sweat along with prerecorded classes on its new streaming workout platform—but the experience lags behind the competition.

The 60-year-old sub is preparing to take its deepest plunge yet. But in the age of autonomous machines, why are humans exploring the ocean floor at all?

In lots of video games, sex toys are repurposed for violence. What's the deal?

The $1,499 package includes a stationary bike with a tablet, a set of weights, and hours of streaming video workouts to shake off those 2020 blues.

New modeling software is helping animal health experts develop more customizable prosthetics for pets with missing limbs. Still, not all legs are created equal.

This year, monoculture floundered, but microculture flourished. Everyone found a niche—and learned what they could live without.

From Wonder Woman 1984 to Black Widow, heroines were going to bust the box office in 2020. Then, they didn't.

Branches of the British grocer Southern Co-op are using surveillance technology to look for potential shoplifters.

The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised.