Chinese researchers publish more papers about artificial intelligence than their US counterparts. A new study finds the quality of Chinese research is improving too.

Simulated real-world outbreaks are key to understanding how humans respond to outbreaks—and they provide valuable STEM education to boot.

Starting today, users will be able to take photos straight from the native Twitter app.

What one experience with palliative care says about the capacity of artificial intelligence to make medical decisions.

China’s decision to no longer accept the world’s recycled waste has left countries scrambling to adapt. They have a long way to go.

With Time Warner in the fold, AT&T is now a three-headed conglomerate of media and communications.

We review a simple, easy-to-use safety beacon that pairs to your phone via Bluetooth, so you can text or call anywhere on the planet using the Iridium satellite network.

"Codec avatars," as Facebook researchers call them, are all but indistinguishable from the humans they represent—and may be a staple of our virtual lives sooner than we think.

Mozilla has made public an encrypted file-sharing service with a self-destruct twist.

All hormonal contraceptives sometimes fail, for unknown reasons. As genetics trickles into women's health, one study suggests a possible cause.

Opinion: Larry Sanger, the cofounder of Wikipedia and chief information officer of Everipedia, suggests how to spark a decentralized social media movement.

Approaching a full week, Venezuela's national power outage shows just how hard it is to restart a grid from scratch.

At SXSW, HBO is partnering with the American Red Cross to drain the blood of fans. For Westeros!

Protests at companies like Google and Microsoft have grabbed headlines, but an Air Force demo day last week hosted dozens of startups eager to work with the Pentagon.

So you want a new Galaxy. Do you get the S10, S10 Plus, or S10e? Here's the WIRED guide to choosing—and finding the best deal.

One day last summer, Greta Thunberg skipped school, sat down outside the Swedish parliament—and launched a movement that's still going strong.

“Alexa, should I be worried about the Eero deal?”

Everyone frets about screen time, but what they should really be focusing on is something called connected parenting.

Fitbit’s simple activity tracker delivers the basics at an attractive price—but not much more.

It’s the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s notion of a “distributed hypertext system.” Today’s web employs the same technology but looks very different.

OpenAI, the independent research lab cofounded by Elon Musk, created a for-profit arm to attract more funding to hire researchers and run computers.

Broadly back-to-the-land, this farming movement goes off-grid in all but the most obvious way: They're still very much online.

Let people look inside the black box of the algorithm, and their mistrust, hostility, and fear will gradually melt away. Right? Well, kinda.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touts "reducing permanence" as a principle for his company's privacy-focused future, but it's hard to make things disappear from the internet.

As outfits like Beta, Joby, and Kitty Hawk explore new kinds of aircraft with pivoting rotors, wings, and more, they must crack the complex problem of keeping heavier-than-air machines aloft.

The Tesla CEO's lawyers argue the SEC has overreached in its attempt to see Musk held in contempt of court over a recent tweet.

As in years past, Congress is likely to restore many of the proposed cuts in Trump's spending plan. But the deep cuts are still sowing confusion.

Services will define the future of the company.

Thirty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal that led to the World Wide Web. Today, he reflects on its history—and its future.

Carol Danvers doesn't need anyone's permission—or help—to kick ass.

Former Google communications exec Jessica Powell joins this week’s Gadget Lab podcast to talk about Facebook’s manifestos, quitting Google, and why she absolutely refuses to get a brand-new phone.

The idea behind Q is to pressure the tech industry into acknowledging that gender isn’t necessarily binary, a matter of man or woman, masculine or feminine.

Carol Danvers made bank last weekend.

Natalja Kent uses only chromogenic paper, a flashlight, and some improvisational footwork for 'Movement Artifacts'.

After two years teetering on the brink of oblivion, American Gods has managed to find just enough spark to give its second season life—even if that spark is at times feeble and sputtering.

LEDs generate light, which is why they're in our screens. But if you instead shine a light on an LED, you can generate current to run a small device.

The Acer Swift 5 is a 2.2-pound laptop with a big 15.6-inch screen, a spacious keyboard, and great battery life. It's excellent, if a bit flimsy.

US allegations against China's Huawei are less about keeping Huawei out of American networks and more about the rest of the world.

The comic creator's cameo in Marvel's latest film winks at his joyful history of movie appearances.

Tim Wu, who coined the phrase "net neutrality," supports Senator Elizabeth Warren's call to review big tech mergers.

Roger McNamee was a mentor Mark Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook. Now he has written a book about the "Facebook catastrophe."

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 MAX crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday, evoking comparisons to an Indonesian incident in October.

The DNA company is releasing a genetic test to predict whether a person is likely to get diabetes, but it's of limited use to many high-risk people.

Plus: Lightweight leather, dune buggies, and a volume knob made from a meteorite.

Opinion: Every industry seems bigger than ever. But a course correction could be on the way.

Actually, a lot of people got pwned last week.

A new, testable theory proposes that fast radio bursts may draw their power from young neutron stars called magnetars.

In many aspects of our lives, the binds of ownership are loosening. Our wardrobes should be next.

The latest Marvel movie provides a new vantage point on their story.

The annual gathering is where high-end automakers show their stuff, and this year’s show included a Rolls-Royce offering that’s, well, (from) out of this world.