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The Facebook CEO chatted with WIRED's editor in chief about building out a "privacy-focused" social network and the trade-offs he’ll need to make.

House Democrats introduced a bill to restore Obama-era regulations, but it'll have a hard time finding bipartisan support.

The game feels like a relic, the way a band trying to sound like hair metal in 2019 might sound like a relic. But it still rocks.

Mark Zuckerberg is laying out a vision of Facebook’s privacy-focused future. But what about its business model?

The shift to sell its technology to robotics and security companies is an indication that Waymo isn’t placing all its bets on self-driving cars.

New research from Google and OpenAI offers insight into how neural networks "learn" to identify images.

Valentyn Odnvoium's series _Surveillance_ creates beauty out of something very grim.

Instead of competing with Cupertino on features, Fitbit competes on price with a new $160 smartwatch and several new wearable trackers under $100.

Ultimately you get a differential equation that you can solve with a bit of code I wrote for you.

A US government agency tests the accuracy of facial recognition programs. The top spots are routinely filled by Chinese and Russian companies.

Step one: turn up the volume on your phone.

Criminologists thought it was impossible to get DNA off of shell casings, but a technique pioneered in The Netherlands is having notable results.

No one's better at hacking than the NSA. And now one if its powerful tools is available to everyone for free.

The same genetic defect used to cure two men of HIV was the target of unethical edits made by He Jiankui to produce the Crispr babies. New research on CCR5 suggests eliminating it in adults could be part of an ethical, practical cure.

A new Mac security service called GamePlan uses a system's own indicators, and some videogame magic, to keep a lookout.

Big tech and big content have more in common than the copyright battles suggest—and that’s a problem for artists.

The Lesbians Who Tech summit creates community for folks who can feel marginalized in Silicon Valley.

How gameable recommendation systems mislead customers about health information.

It's also dishing out all the dragons you can handle.

For years, your dongle life has been a confusing mess. The comingling of USB4 and Thunderbolt 3 will (mostly) fix that for you.

To take pressure off endangered lemurs, researchers are encouraging the people of Madagascar to embrace bugs as a source of protein.

“We are driving the same car in 2019 that we were driving in 2004, and the maintenance costs are mounting,” one South Carolina election official told researchers.

The German automaker’s MPV has room for eight, 249 miles of range, and makes the kiddie karter look good.

A Google study found some male engineers were set to receive smaller raises this year. The finding comes amid analyses that the company discriminates against women.

Google's Project Zero researchers find a potentially powerful privilege escalation trick in how Macs manage memory.

The new HBO Michael Jackson documentary challenges notions of believability.

Alphabet-owned Chronicle has announced Backstory, an effort to store network intelligence data and help trace cybersecurity incidents back to their roots.

Twitter plans to test a feature that will let tweeters hide replies, but allow other users to view them.

Some of those sequences are worth millions of dollars, but fortunately the hack isn’t easy to deploy—yet.

The Democrats’ sweeping new investigation into President Trump includes the now defunct consulting firm better known for misusing the Facebook data of tens of millions of Americans.

Also, the battle between Steven Spielberg and Netflix rages on, and fans could get an 'Edge of Tomorrow' sequel.

Topher Grace's fan-edit trailer is everything you want and more.

Samsung's big 2019 flagship Android phones deliver in more ways than you'd think.

If you measure the polarization of a photon, you instantly change it. Utility companies could use this fact to detect snoops trying to invade the system.

Huawei says Chinese law prohibits the government from ordering it to install backdoors for spying. US lawyers say a law's text isn't always the final word in China.

Start with a sort of crash test dummy that has creepily realistic human ears, then add a bunch of road noise. Repeat.

The vice president of the Law Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says fears that Huawei is helping the government spy on others are unfounded.

New research from IBM shows that several visitor management systems had a rash of vulnerabilities.

Elon Musk hits a milestone and gets in trouble with the SEC, Lyft files for its IPO, cities investigate congestion pricing, and more.

In other headlines: Michael Cohen went to Washington and some people said things they (probably) shouldn't on Twitter.

Will Roper, acquisition executive for the US Air Force, talks to WIRED's editor-in-chief about making the military more adaptive, the role of AI, and what he worries about every day.

The latest way in which wealthy countries are profiting off developing nations is by harvesting useful genetic samples without paying a cent.

A new wave of smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold use plastic polymers, not glass, for their displays. That could cause some unexpected headaches.

At the Lesbians Who Tech conference, Susan Wojcicki said the platform takes children’s safety seriously and has restricted comments on videos featuring kids.

Plus: cryptocurrency dust problems for #DeleteCoinbase, leaked financial watch lists, and more of the week's top security news.

The Hulu series about an underachieving gamer combines 'Back to the Future' with 'There's Something About Mary'.

Plus, Jovian storms, terrestrial airglow, and gravitational lensing.

Fight off the winter doldrums with our favorite bargains on everything from robot vacuums to camping gear.

Facebook is reportedly exploring issuing its own cryptocurrency, which could be pegged to real currencies to cut down on speculation.