At an Arizona polling location, a college GOP group, supporters of an antisemitic influencer, and a Christian nationalist pastor were handing out hot dogs and burgers-but only if you voted for Trump.

I felt like Big Brother was always watching me," says a contracted door knocker, one of several who allege to WIRED that they faced poor working conditions while getting out the vote for Donald Trump.

In the 2020 presidential race, Donald Trump proclaimed himself the winner long before enough votes were counted. We asked the major platforms if they'd let him do it again.

Along with other foreign influence operations-including from Iran-Kremlin-backed campaigns to stoke division and fear have gone into overdrive.

Social media companies that once at least tried to promote a healthy information ecosystem have largely given up-and insiders say Musk's example gave them cover.

Emails obtained by WIRED show that technology from a company called EagleAI Network is helping election deniers target their neighbors.

Alexander Connor" Moucka was arrested this week by Canadian authorities for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks that targeted Snowflake's cloud customers. His next stop may be a US jail.

A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote's VoteAlert app revealed user information-and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.

The Long March 9 super heavy-lift rocket made an appearance at a major airshow recently-and looks awfully familiar.

The night before the election, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, a former TV anchor-turned-election truther, thanked her supporters for voting early-something she has long railed against.

Your cat needs scratching posts and litter boxes, but they don't have to be ugly.

Forget the wrapping paper and shipping. Go digital this year with subscriptions, ebooks, apps, and more.

In April, House of the Dragon star Abubakar Salim released Tales of Kenzera: Zau. He already has an idea for an Afro-cyberpunk follow-up, he just has to overcome funding obstacles and YouTube trolls to make it.

Donald Trump says he'll spare TikTok. Kamala Harris will likely support the ban. But inside the company, few are talking about the US election.

The most online election in history has been snapped, shared, and memed into oblivion. WIRED's photo department has curated moments across the country from the last few months.

Forget stressful leaderboards and time-sensitive missions. These games let you play at your own pace.

I'm training people to survive a civil war, to get out of the way, to stay home, stay off the grid," says Oath Keeper Jim Arroyo, in an interview two days before the US presidential election.

Those posts were written in good humor and didn't hurt anybody," says Aaron Kofsky, who advised Vance on crypto and banking policy, of posts in which he wrote about using cocaine, kratom, and other drugs.

Republican influencers and content creators are stumping for Trump online and planning in-person meetups, even as the GOP's traditional ground game appears to be in disarray.

Lend depth and drama to your gameplay with the right gaming headset for any console or device.

Tiny Circuits made an impossibly smol retro-styled TV set, with fully functional knobs and a wee remote control.

The world's richest man man has spent $118 million supporting Donald Trump's campaign. His closing argument: Vote For PNut! For Liberty! For Freedom!"

More and more keyboards and video game controllers employ Hall effect sensors, but what exactly is this technology? We break it down.

Apple claims its newest line of phones will let you play everything from Apple Arcade indies to AAA titles. It does, but don't expect a console-level experience.

I try to prepare customers not to expect the same pet all over again. The new pet is not going to know who you are right off the bat."

The United States will choose between two drastically different futures in the coming days. Here's what you can expect from WIRED.

The weekend before the election, one Pennsylvania pastor told congregants that hosting Elon Musk weeks earlier was phenomenal." In Nevada, another dressed as a garbageman while urging his flock to vote Trump.

Join us to keep up to date on everything related to the US presidential election.

When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware, and entering a highly complex hacking ecosystem that's fueling some of the biggest breaches on the planet.

Over the last month, Elon Musk has put himself in position to take the credit for a Donald Trump win-or the blame for a loss.

Vast networks of true believers, convinced beyond all reason that the last election was stolen, have spent years preparing to undermine this one. At last, their time has arrived.

A dozen Black canvassers were tricked, threatened, and driven in seatless U-Haul vans. They were fired after WIRED reported on their plight-some without full pay or a way back home.

This secure, durable walkie-talkie is worth the seemingly exorbitant price.

This is the new wearable vibrator to get.

The tech, a waypoint between fully electric cars and gas-powered ones, has shown up in more and more US-and Chinese-vehicles. Can EREV tech get more drivers into electrics?

A decade after the discovery of the amplituhedron," physicists have excavated more of the timeless geometry underlying the standard picture of how particles move.

As the industry looks to AI and robotics for the next big thing, Our Erotic Journey's James Guo just wants to build you the perfect vibrator.

The GameCube's controller remains a titan, which is why so many have borrowed" from its design. But now things are afoot that signal Nintendo could be about to resurrect this gaming gem.

WIRED spoke with the researchers responsible for the discovery of Valeriana, a lost Maya city in the middle of the jungle of Campeche.

How much speed do you need? And what's a MU-MIMO? We decipher the jargon and explain what to look for.

These are the best bubblers we've found for fresh carbonation at a moment's notice.

Tesla's coming Model Y refresh may have been delayed to make it more Fido friendly, but it's by no means the first car to be created with canines in mind.

Plus: Cops take down a notorious infostealer, Strava leaks world leaders' locations, and a hacking scandal is causing chaos in Italy.

Canvassers for California representative Michelle Steel are suing the congresswoman's campaign, America PAC, and others, alleging that they were promised hourly wages, then told pay would depend on how many doors they knocked.

An SEO agency owner says he is very depressed" after one of his AI-assisted Halloween parade listings misled revelers in Dublin, Ireland.

In 2020, LinkedIn founder, tech investor, and Harris megadonor Reid Hoffman made a custom Monopoly board to celebrate Airbnb's IPO. Instead of jail, it sent players to Government Regulation."

With bombs, brawls, and stolen mail-in ballots already in play, the 2024 election is shaping up to be exceptionally chaotic. WIRED is tracking these incidents as they unfold.

The biggest retail event of the year has grown into an entire month of sales that ebb and flow. Here's how to make the most of it.

A svelte smart ring can track important health metrics and doesn't need to be charged every day.

Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.