The president’s assault on electoral integrity threatens to undermine the democratic process. We unpack each falsehood, mischaracterization, and lie.

The company's hardware launches aren’t as big as Apple’s—and we’re okay with that.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden meet for the first time on a debate stage tonight in Cleveland.

It's easy to spend hours dashing and slashing your way through this roguelite dungeon crawler.

Missing live music? These corded, lightweight planar magnetic cans give you the next best thing.

The Trump administration hasn't created a comprehensive plan for battling the pandemic. Some researchers propose borrowing one from the past.

In the 1940s, journalists fled traditional news outlets to write directly for subscribers. What happened next may be a warning.

Many experts are convinced that fast and easy screening can stop the virus. But that theory fails to account for the messiness of real life.

Government officials have increasingly sounded alarms on the risks of foreign interference and disinformation campaigns leading up to—and after—November 3.

On this week’s podcast, Sarah Friar talks to us about how the hyperlocal social network is getting people to slow down and think about what they’re posting.

A Florida middle school has staged mock outbreaks for years to teach science and civics. Last December’s lesson was an uncanny harbinger of Covid-19.

The first Bill & Ted movie in 30 years is a fitting tribute to the series that came before.

Ad trackers follow you everywhere online—but it doesn’t have to be that way.

From a new Spider-Man game to 'Horizon: Forbidden West', here are the titles you can expect for the next-gen console.

Plus: Silicon Valley’s reaction to Snowden, journalists’ relationships with their subjects, and an unpleasant surprise for hikers.

This week, Netflix's My Octopus Teacher got a reputation for being a very different movie than it is. Here's why.

The company's latest TV is a love letter to the home theater, a display defined by its otherworldly vibrance.

This week, we discuss how the fight over the app might shape US tech policy and US-China relations for years to come.

Patients have long reported the sudden inability to smell. But restrictions on in-person exams are complicating efforts to figure out what's going on.

Guests like Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar, hacker Matt Mitchell, and journalist Maria Ressa talk about shifting power dynamics—and changing who's in control.

Governor Gavin Newsom outlines an ambitious plan for the nation's largest state to rely exclusively on electric-powered passenger cars and trucks.

On Day 2 of WIRED’s virtual conference, hacker Matt Mitchell cautions that law enforcement routinely trawls social media to surveil protestors.

At the WIRED25 event, the two investors say traditional venture capital misses opportunities because it is a monoculture.

At our virtual conference, the journalist and CEO of Rappler explained how the goal isn't just to spread lies but to blur our sense of true and false.

The neighborhood-focused social network leans on local human moderators as well as AI, she explained at WIRED's virtual W25 conference.

Curling is one of the world's most precise sports. An ice-going, stone-throwing robot just mastered it.

The state of Fall TV is … iffy. Here are a few new shows—and some timeless classics—to help you fill the season.

Join us for the next installment of WIRED25, and check out the replay of our opening night events.

For one thing, let's build a model of air drag and how it affects the ball differently when it's traveling faster and slower than the speed of sound.

Last month, Altered Carbon joined Sense8, The OA, and Luke Cage in getting the ax. Fans protested, but for the streaming service, it's all about data.

Reducing the cost of electric vehicles is all about a cheaper battery. Tesla outlined a plan that includes making more of the components itself.

Elon Musk made big promises at Tesla’s highly anticipated event. But a prototype never appeared, and it was unclear what the company had actually achieved.

After months of delays, Tesla’s much-hyped Battery Day is finally upon us. Here’s what the company might reveal.

Operation Disruptor is an unprecedented international law enforcement effort, stemming from last year’s seizure of a popular underground bazaar called Wall Street Market.

Social media groups are rife with peril, but for people coping with the virus—and those trying to treat it—they’re a valuable resource.

It won’t solve everything, but a new study suggests real-time automated feedback could help make the internet a less toxic place.

After repurposing facial recognition and deepfake tech to study galaxies and the Higgs boson, physicists think they can help shape the responsible use of AI.

Preorders for Microsoft's next-gen consoles go live today. We've compiled the best places you can snag one—and if you should.

Some of the leading candidates might work better for the richest people in the world, simply on account of how they're made.

In their first post-Facebook project, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger built rt.live, which state officials can use to plan their reopening.

Miles grinned sleepily, puddled down in his uniform. “Welcome to the beginning.”

From gonopods to pedipalps, nature has a lot of ways to get gametes where they need to go.

After teaching for 25 years, yes, moving my classes online has been weird. But then I found moments of gratitude.

Each month we publish a six-word story—and it could be written by you.

The conspiracy theory has the best attributes of a multiplatform game, except that it can cause harm in the real world.

Whether you’re protesting or just stepping out for a boba, you deserve some algorithm-free alone time.

It’s not hard for bad actors to track or hack your phone. But put it inside a Faraday pouch and you can drop off the digital map.

Don't want to see me again? Please, spare me the proper breakup. It's more suitable to our contactless existence.

I went looking for the broadcasts of my coming-of-age in the early '90s. What I discovered instead was Jean-Gabriel Prats' trove of audio ephemera.

Players of the alternate-reality game are still at it. They also seem, in these crazy days, to exhibit well-being.