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The electric car company says four former employees took proprietary information to their new jobs at Zoox. Oh, and Tesla sued an employee of another rival, too.

TypeScript, Microsoft's JavaScript Alternative, Continues to Rise in Popularity

DNA computers have to date only been able to run one algorithm, but a new design shows how these machines can be made more flexible—and useful.

Facebook has disclosed that it stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext, where employees could search them.

Gamer, vlogger, and sketch comic Mark Edward Fischbach—alias Markiplier, one of YouTube’s most successful stars—reflects on his seven years on the platform.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney knows exactly what he's doing with the battle royale juggernaut: charting a path to the virtual metaverse.

The Mouse House just took in a Fox and the ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie might've found its He-Man.

Photographer Anna Huix traveled to Tajikistan to document the centuries-old sporting tradition.

Automated gear changes, app-controlled suspensions, overtaking vehicle alerts, and more smart tech are here for the human-powered two-wheeler.

How tales of Edward Snowden and Albert Gonzalez possess an old Victorian in the Catskills.

Critics point out serious flaws in a study promising an "online polygraph," with potential to create deep biases.

From the Rose Bowl to upstate New York, people are turning to surveillance systems in the face America’s inability to meaningfully address of gun violence.

Apple's littlest iPad gets an update.

Banishing zombies and tracking down Russia propaganda—on the front lines with the social site’s volunteer army.

Historians are using data science to unearth overlooked female power brokers, imperial influencers, and other figures hidden in ancient texts.

It’s a technology called platooning, and it could be safer and more efficient than regular truck-driving, but easier to implement than full-on robo trucks.

Older Android devices—of which there are over 100 million still in use—will remain exposed.

The latest penalty---stemming from how Google previously displayed search results on other websites---probably won't act as a deterrent, and critics want more.

Stanford professor and former Google employee Fei-Fei Li is the force behind the new Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

The new AirPods have better battery life, come with a wireless charging option, and ship next week for $159.

Two young photographers covered last week's global climate protests for WIRED: "There was this pride that we can do this by ourselves if we have to."

The new $399 headset from the Facebook-owned company features some key improvements. But you still have to plug it into a computer.

Startups like Sanctuary aim to do for astrology what Headspace did for meditation: reinvent it for an anxious, wide-eyed, phone-clutching generation.

Everything you need to know about THC, CBD, terpenes, and the entourage effect.

Critics say Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are quicker to block content from ISIS than from white nationalists.

When it comes to figuring out a membership model, MoviePass is more ‘Groundhog Day’ than ‘Social Network.’

Calyxt is the first with its gene-edited oil, but several other companies also have edited foods in the works.

Authorities in Pakistan use stringent laws to prosecute blasphemy—even “crimes” as innocuous as liking a post on Facebook. Vigilantes have been known to murder the accused.

Airbnb, the nation's second-most-valuable startup, is battling cities from Boston to San Diego over collecting taxes and enforcing zoning rules.

As part of a settlement of five legal cases that claimed Facebook allowed advertisers to discriminate against minorities, the company is making changes to its ad-targeting technology.

Sci-fi author Ben Bova thinks it's a viable alternative to prolonged, expensive lawsuits.

J.K. Rowling seems to have lost touch with, if not downright alienated, the portion of the internet she hopes to engage with and delight. Are fans partly to blame?

The price has swelled too. The Reverb bundle will cost between $599 and $649 when it ships in late April.

The company this morning introduced Stadia, its new vision for anywhere, any-device gaming.

There’s a vast pool of talent out there. But they need access to courses that suit their learning style and schedules, according to Sebastian Thrun.

Photographer Brian Rose turns his lens on the city where Donald Trump built (and nearly destroyed) his reputation.

The Lockheed Martin subsidiary has made giving flight a whirl a matter of tapping on a tablet.

Can a home pizza oven be easy and convenient? With this backyard Ooni oven, it can.

Apple just refreshed its desktop computers. One of them now runs on Intel’s 9th-generation processor.

Because #capitalism.

Among both scientists and laypeople, DNA is a language, one which we “read,” “write,” and “edit.” The metaphor may distort our understanding of genetics.

For software engineers, lack of friction is an aesthetic joy, an emotional high, the ideal existential state. It’s what drives them—and shapes our world.

As Crispr wends its way out of the petri dish and into our genes, scientists are searching for even sharper tools.

Scientist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte wants to use gene editing to create human-animal hybrids that we can harvest for parts. What could go wrong?

Horn-free? Yup. Heat-tolerant? Sure. Flu-proof? Of course. Gene editing aims to make our food supply kinder and more efficient. But it’s struggling to leave the barn.

Researchers are poised to bring gene-editing tech out of the lab. But just how far do we want Crispr to go?

Nancy Pelosi’s comments about impeachment acknowledge a political reality: Nothing the Mueller probe has revealed so far has moved the GOP substantially.

A new study shows clear differences in the biology of how men and women feel pain, a reminder that sex-specific pain medications might benefit us all.

In a new court filing, the US agency argues a federal judge should hold the Tesla CEO in contempt for his tweets.

In the autonomy industry, companies are now more circumspect about when their life-saving technology will hit the road.