A new UN report paints a dire portrait of Earth's human-made biodiversity crisis. But with new genetic techniques in conservation, perhaps we can help save species before it's too late.

Uber and Lyft drivers shut their apps Wednesday to protest for better pay and benefits, and recognition as employees rather than contractors.

They've experienced firsthand how dangerous online disinformation and harassment can be. And they say tech executives aren't doing enough to stop it.

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Instagram is subjecting some posts to the same fact-checking review as parent Facebook. But its response to misinformation is very different.

WIRED asked the agency's former disguise chief to analyze the spy tactics on film and television. Here's her critique.

The company has launched new privacy settings, but the various toggles and dashboards require a lot of user interaction.

Google says it will include a new version of its speech recognition software in some new phones, potentially transforming how people accomplish tasks.

One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges got hit, as thieves nabbed $40 million of bitcoin—along with two-factor user codes and API tokens.

With a stroke of last-minute luck, scientists engineered bacteria-killing viruses to help an ailing girl recover from a deadly infection.

The 'Mythbusters' star and author of the new book 'Every Tool's a Hammer,' explains the magic of the colored-in checkbox.

What makes an algorithm mistake a helicopter for a gun? Researchers think the answer has to do more with man than machine.

The future of the practice may live online.

On a track in Northern California, our writer tags along with the scrappy tinkerers of the autonomous-vehicle gold rush, who gather to share tech and race their robot cars. It’s the Homebrew Computer Club on wheels.

In its first quarterly results as a public company, Lyft said revenue almost doubled, but its loss grew even faster.

Google executives outlined new privacy-focused services at its annual I/O conference—while omitting that they still need to make money.

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Microsoft is bringing the heart of Linux to Windows, the latest sign of the software giant's increasing receptiveness to open source software.

Google has a new feature that lets you delete your web and app activity after three months. Here's how to use it.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berated China this week for using its growing Arctic research program as a Trojan horse for its military and commercial goals.

The company rolled out an improved Assistant, some new phones, and updated Android OS, among other things, at its annual developers conference.

Christian Voigt used analog and digital trickery to isolate individual dinosaurs from larger exhibitions.

Cruise, majority owned by GM, is at least the fourth company working on self-driving technology to raise $500 million or more in the past six months.

For half the price of a high-end phone, you can get (almost) all the premium features. Read our full review.

The annual developer conference kicks off at 10 am Pacific on May 7 in Mountain View, California.

Even the Central Intelligence Agency has a so-called onion service now.

Using a jet's ejection seat to escape in an emergency means weathering some "hurt" level acceleration, as this video shows.

Videogames show us how digital media in general, from YouTube to Twitter, lend themselves easily to the selfsame aesthetics of flow.

Opinion: Julian Assange is being prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a minimally defined statute that can have maximally destructive consequences.

Esther Wojcicki (mom of Susan, Janet, and Anne) on how to foster creativity in kids.

Facebook and other big tech platforms seem ready to do the Trump administration’s bidding when it comes to how foreign governments use social media.

Google's developer conference kicks off on May 7 at 10 am Pacific. Follow along with us for analysis and commentary from WIRED's editors.

How a "secret" hackable bug found by the NSA was used over by Chinese, North Korean, and Russian hackers to wreak havoc.

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The President says social media bans violate Americans' rights to free speech. In court, his own lawyers have argued the opposite.

On Sunday, Israeli forces bombed a building that allegedly housed an active Hamas hacking group—a potential first for cyberwar.

Recent comments from the author caused some sci-fi fans to bristle. He says he was misunderstood.

The show's story right now is one of regression, of spectacle over humanity—and it's infuriating.

Also, 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' has a new trailer. Watch it here.

One quadruple latte for Tormund in a horn to go, please.

Microsoft's developer conference kicks off with a keynote address at 8:30 am PT on Monday, May 6. Watch it here.

The company’s CEO will lay out his vision for openness at Microsoft’s annual developer conference.

But whether that's a health risk remains unclear, according to a new FDA-backed study.

Drone ships, deep-sea robots, and better sonar are finding unknown seafloor habitats as well as volcanoes, faults, and tsunami-triggering slopes.

J.J. Abrams and his team met with Lucas while working on the film.

Your smartphone's battery is not your life force—even if it feels that way.

Equity programs can help get those affected by the War on Drugs into the cannabis business. That's helped Shawn Richard win approval for the first legal weed shop in the famed Upper Haight.

WebAssembly was created by Mozilla to build applications for browsers, but it's increasingly finding a home in cloud computing centers.

The company's annual developer conference will be a showcase for its advances in AI, AR, Android, and more.