The PlayStation 5 reboot, like Shadow of the Colossus before it, loses the visual language of the original, undoing its magic.

In a year of chaos, a series of internet tropes has sought to offer escape from the turmoil.

Across the internet, pairs of best friends are parlaying their friendships into creative—and lucrative—business partnerships.

A holiday guide to navigating the deep swamp of polluted information.

Have a bunch of Amazon Echo speakers (or Google or Apple devices) around your house? Here's how to organize and control them all easily.

How do humans perceive color? An NIH experiment finds a way to measure what happens after light hits the eye—using brain scans.

Organizations say they struggle with the social media giant's registration system and inability to reach a live person.

We’re all cooking more than ever in 2020. These six selections offer some new kitchen adventures.

A clever technique allows scientists to scan a heart and reconstruct it in a soup of gelatin. It's like making jello, only way more useful for surgeons.

The company is rolling out a patch for the vulnerabilities, which allowed one researcher to break into a car in 90 seconds and drive away.

Amazon and Microsoft have hired lobbyists. So too have airlines, retailers, wireless carriers, and cruise operators.

On this week’s episode of Get WIRED, we’re lending our feed to The Pitchfork Review for a conversation with the figureheads of hyperpop.

Microsoft's most affordable laptop is a great machine for simple tasks, but it skimps out on the thing you'll stare at the most.

Two vaccines are nearly here—but their unusual storage requirements could deprive the rural areas that need them most. A tech fix might be coming.

For now, the security measure will be available only to people using the beta version of the app.

The newly measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process that forged the first atomic nuclei matches the picture of the universe 380,000 years later.

The sometimes elusive console is back in stock and bundled with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and three months of Switch Online.

Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week's top security news.

Many of the communities most vulnerable to Covid-19 are the ones least willing to get a vaccine. Convincing them may require a peer-to-peer approach.

As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities. Those, in turn, could trigger giant sea waves.

This is iRobot’s cheapest robot vacuum with automatic dirt disposal. But it also sacrifices some key navigational features.

The impact of face coverings is not just unknown, it’s unknowable. Still, uncertainty should be no impediment to action.

European regulators focus on how Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google use—and abuse–their vast stores of data to maintain advantages over rivals.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

Classics like Inception and The Cell are at least a decade old.

In 1993, the console maker's big plans for virtual reality fizzled. Now a team of preservationists is using emulation to bring them back.

Plus: The threat of blogs, the balkanization of social media, and a new record for America’s mayor.

The upcoming “Beyond” update will bring 10 additional levels plus new Pokémon and a seasons system.

The internet called it a metaphor for 2020. If that’s true, then maybe it should be a beacon of hope for everyone.

From the Mini to the Pro, we explain how Apple’s latest phones differ, and where you can score the best deals.

The idea for solar thermal propulsion has been around for decades, but researchers tapped by NASA just conducted a first test.

Google's unlimited free storage is going away, but that doesn't mean you're stuck. Here are alternatives for fast, flexible photo storage on all of your devices.

The company wants to shut down an academic study of political ad targeting, just as it prepares to reinstate targeted political ads.

This week, we talk about ebikes' recent upgrades, and we offer tips for those curious about riding one.

If we could watch what’s really going on in hospitals, there would be no more complacency.

Boosted by advances in sensors and artificial intelligence, a new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry.

“Having no consciousness at all, surrendering to the dark nothingness of death, was better than existing with a partial one.”

Until Monday, the governor urged Iowans to “do the right thing” but kept businesses open and masks optional. Now cases are surging and hospitals are filling up.

Carrier lock-in was recently prohibited in the UK. If it finally happens here next year too, consumer advocates say the move would give users more flexibility and choice.

It'll be a while before US theaters are back to full capacity. Offering the 'Wonder Woman' sequel on its streaming service is Warner Bros.' best option.

As president-elect Biden's inauguration approaches, experts are keeping an eye on extremist groups.

The vulnerability was found through the company's bug bounty program, now in its tenth year.

Pfizer's new vaccine has to be stored at extremely low temperatures. Here's how things work when it gets that cold.

Don't get buried beneath all the new, original shows you want to enjoy. Here are some tips and tricks.

The App Store Small Business Program aims to improve the company’s public image and its standing in antitrust battles.

If they collide, it could cause big problems for breeding penguins and seals by cutting off their access to the open sea.

Developer Ubisoft points the finger at the underlying causes in the game, but stops short of naming and shaming. Because it'd have to shame itself, too.

This Bosch-powered electric bike doesn't look as elegant as its competitors, but it's more affordable and reliable.

“There's a lot larger percentage in the Republican Party who believe there's a deep state coup or cabal than people might think.”

The genetic correlations that could help Bryce Olson find a drug that works against his cancer are a scattered mess. Why don’t we have a better system for analyzing this kind of information?