The cryptocurrency depends on the integrity of the blockchain. But China’s censors, the FBI, or powerful corporations could fragment it into oblivion.

Like many parents, I've had to constantly advocate for my children's education this year. These are the structural changes that parents actually want to see.

Now that it’s warping my portals to the outside world, Wikipedia has me more worried than ever.

I was surprised at how readily a game could transport me back to my youth—and to a place I always wanted to return.

Walter Isaacson’s account, out Tuesday, is a thrilling tale of scientific discovery. He talks about gene-editing tech—and the future of the human race.

Eliminating Covid globally means navigating a minefield of competition, limited supply, and suspicion that some vaccines aren’t as good.

As China’s science fiction authors are elevated to the status of oracles, Qiufan’s career—and his genre’s place in society—have gone through the looking glass.

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It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well.

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks to WIRED about AI, Crispr, and his hopes for humanity.

The 2018 report in Nature claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle. A review found that the group had omitted key data.

Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business.

It involves calculating some very, very tiny numbers in order to find some super huge big ones.

The WIRED crew will be playing a little Sea of Thieves too, matey.

The next entrepreneurial revolution will arise to combat the crisis of our lifetime.

Federal law allowed Both the Trump and Biden campaigns to hide where their ad spending went. Either Congress or the FEC needs to close the loophole.

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In the latest Assassin's Creed installment, I'm playing a Viking during the Dark Ages. Why am I bored?

Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations.

Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.

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.

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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.

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