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In a conversation at WIRED25, the online payments CEO talks about cryptocurrency, government regulation, the housing crisis, and doing business in China.

FaZe Jarvis got kicked off of the game after posting a video that showed him cheating.

At WIRED25, the NSA's Anne Neuberger talked election security, low orbit satellites, and weaponized autonomous drones.

The professional networking site won’t police misinformation generally, he says, to avoid inserting itself into messy user debates about the truth.

The cofounder of the messaging service and the current chair of the Signal Foundation talks about the proliferation of end-to-end encryption in personal communications.

On this week’s podcast, we talk about the Facebook rebrand, Google buying Fitbit, and what happens when big brands take over small, disparate products.

A government panel wants officials to build better cycling infrastructure, but its call to mandate helmets is already rankling cycling advocates.

The search engine Ecosia is trying to slow climate change by funneling profits into organizations that plant trees in deforested areas.

France is moving to crack down on scooter sharing, but questions linger about how micromobility affects cities and citizens.

Single-purpose quantum computers are helping physicists build simulations of nature's greatest hits and observe them up close.

A new data set on the popularity of emoji reveals a problem with Unicode's approval process, along with a way to fix it.

It’s about the quality of the cave paintings, not the quantity.

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The company’s fact-checking policy treats people who aren’t politicians as second-class citizens.

From Nintendo to PlayStation, a definitive list of buttons, sticks, and more.

The issue was reportedly caused by a maintenance update made to “messaging platforms of multiple carriers in the US."

At a party celebrating the launch of WeWork’s newest Food Lab, the company’s bigger problems seemed far away.

Six years after it ceased to be an official diagnosis, Asperger's lives on as a unifying label and a source of strength.

Here are 10 things you should know about the auteur’s latest game.

Opinion: Top-down, unsustainable Silicon Valley needs to learn from Africa, South Asia, and South America, where tech is built for and by users.

If you're already on the Google bandwagon, the Nest WiFi fits well with the company's vision of a connected home.

Not quite an e-cigarette and not the old paper kind either, the Iqos is the latest controversial device to enter the vaping wars.

A carbon-negative vodka company makes its beverage literally out of thin air. Now that's booze you can use.

Also, consumers are officially overwhelmed by their streaming video options. Whoops!

Hackers are one thing. But too few companies take the threat of an inside job seriously enough.

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As attorneys general from one state after another announced probes into tech giants this year, California’s was conspicuously silent. Not anymore.

The company spent more than $4 million opposing new rules that crack down on short-term rentals, echoing its tactics in other cities.

The state may emit much more of the greenhouse gas than expected. But a new survey has revealed the top offenders, making leaks easier to control.

Opinion: Our new study on Islamophobia, xenophobia, and racism during the 2018 midterms confirms we're on a path of digital dystopia.

By holding particular cryptocurrencies in a Coinbase account, the exchange says you’ll receive set returns independent of the market’s spikes.

Obsidian Entertainment's latest has far too many pointless quests.

The newly formed App Defense Alliance will try to solve a malware problem that has bedeviled the Play Store since inception.

The absurd meme says a lot about generational divides. OK, boomer?

The original Google Pixel didn't make the cut for this month's Android security patches.

Does a balance measure mass or weight? This common question reveals a core confusion about lab instruments: It's not always obvious what they measure.

Full-scale replica of the Forbidden City? Check.

Fraudulent tech-support sites are causing the browser to lock up and display a disturbing message. Force quitting is the only way out.

When humans give robots “tough love” by trying to knock objects out of their hands, it actually helps them find the best ways to hold things.

Amazon's first wirefree earbuds let you take Alexa anywhere.

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released hundreds of pages related to the 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, that killed Elaine Herzberg.

The popular video app gets slammed by lawmakers over everything from children’s privacy to national security, as well as for its ties to Beijing.

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If you were an AT&T “unlimited” customer in 2011, you might be getting a partial refund due to undisclosed data throttling.

The two companies are racing to send astronauts into space. But they also need to bring them home safe, with parachutes that won’t fail.

Just because Idris Elba does it doesn't make it legal.

A new study examines how platforms talk about people who break their rules—sportily, morally, and sometimes hypocritically.

Opinion: While well intentioned, the law has too many loopholes for malicious actors and puts too little responsibility on platforms.

The super-smart, self-emptying bot-vac just keeps getting better at cleaning and navigating, as well as sucking the money out of your wallet.