From mirrors with speakers to picture frame wireless chargers, we're deep into the age of multi-function devices.

Dark matter may occasionally interact with minerals in the earth, leaving traces that physicists hope to decipher.

A German hack confession, unencrypted government sites, and more security news this week.

It’s gases to gases, dust to dust in cold, dark space. Also, Jupiter has rings.

The BBC series recently completed its first season with Jodie Whittaker as the titular Doctor—a welcome addition to the franchise.

Elon says he'd use SpaceX propulsion tech to make a Roadster take flight, and we have thoughts.

As the city gets ready to open the long-awaited SR 99 tunnel, it exhumes a crucial ramp it intentionally buried in 2013.

The agency has charged wireless chip maker Qualcomm with imposing a "tax" on the makers of smartphones like Apple and Samsung.

Has CES whet your appetite for gadgets? From Withings watches to Xbox keyboards, here are our favorite weekend picks.

WIRED’s Gadget Lab team kicks off the new year with a wrap-up of the year’s biggest electronics show. Plus, an interview with Reddit’s Jen Wong.

Even juicy divorce speculation represents a chance to acknowledge how myriad factors—and people—contribute to the success of a company like Amazon.

The hour is one of cycling's oldest and most prestigious records: How far can one person ride a bicycle in 60 minutes?

Security researchers suspect that Iran has spent the last two years pilfering data from telecoms, governments, and more.

Plus a Bungie breakaway, overenthusiastic algorithms, and the rest of the week in gaming news.

Data Mining for Random Patterns Invites Bias and Lacks Value

Weather forecasters may soon use a technique called radio occultation, which infers the state of the atmosphere from various broadcasts.

Expect to see more systems like Guardian's Optical Cabin Control as cars start to drive themselves—and need to watch their masters.

WIRED photographer Amy Lombard captures the glory, chaos, and optimism of CES 2019.

Despite a change in strategy, the app-based service couldn't make its business work.

This year’s CES, one of the biggest consumer tech showcases in the world, continues Thursday. Join us for live updates from the show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

An Alphabet shareholder takes aim at exit payments to executives who had been accused of harassment, including a $90 million package for Andy Rubin.

Sex robots and VR porn are fine, but a robotic vibrator that delivers a blended orgasm to women is immoral and profane? Oh the hypocrisy.

Researchers built a tool that can predict where you live and work, as well as other sensitive information, just by using geotagged tweets.

Also: The new Dune movie has found its villain, and Lady Gaga wants her R. Kelly collaboration to step off of streaming services.

What looks like magic is actually the electrostatic force in action, suspending objects in air by manipulating their electrons.

The eVTOL aircraft may look strange, but it's a clever machine built for the coming age of air taxis.

When cities hand off infrastructure projects to private companies, they often end up screwed. Now, they're learning.

Bob Wells, a 63-year-old YouTube personality, has been living the #vanlife since 1995. He’s managed to make a living—and inspire a generation.

WIRED's picks for the standout products from this year's CES consumer electronics fest.

Meet the quantified kid: More gadgets let you track data from before birth and into their teens. But it probably won’t make you a better parent.

Spooked by massive wildfires, a California city launches a crowdfunding campaign to hire goats to clear brush at the edges of town.

This year’s CES, one of the biggest consumer tech showcases in the world, continues Wednesday. Join us for live updates from the show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Months after Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon promised to stop selling user location data, the practice continues.

Research shows that direct appeals from the president don't sway people, and neither do fact-checks from the media. But they do keep us talking.

Opinion: As Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube crack down on extremist propaganda, ISIS recruiters are exploiting lesser-known messenger apps.

Just because it's winter doesn't mean there's not plenty of new stuff on the way. Gather 'round the glowing magic box.

The former Trump campaign chair keeps getting in trouble thanks at least in part to subpar digital security.

Last night an Associated Press tweet claimed that, in placing blame for the government shutdown, "it takes two to tango." Twitter thought otherwise.

Michael Koerner's collodion "chemigrams" reveal a lifetime of inherited genetic mutations.

The app gives city residents a few seconds' warning when an earthquake hits. It's the first publicly available app to do so in the US.

These three iconic historical paintings pulse with intense anxieties about electricity, hematology, and astronomy.

The newly elected congressmember offers older colleagues a master class in social media.

First, the 600-meter-long plastic catcher didn't catch plastic. Then it split in two. What is the right way, then, to cleanse our oceans of the plastic menace?

VW's Electrify America program is adding a capability that identifies the driver by their car, and bills them automatically.

We've played with a bunch of great new consumer products here at CES. Here are the neatest things we saw on day two.

Want the super-fast mobile speeds promised by 5G technology? Come back in a year.

A new Gallup survey suggests people are less likely to share stories from sites that are clearly marked as untrustworthy.

The seemingly hoax-y death of 'Promobot' is a handy justification for the newly launched Partnership for Automated Vehicle Education.

This year’s CES, one of the biggest consumer tech showcases in the world, continues Tuesday. Join us for live updates from the show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

E-cigarette maker Juul will air TV ads beginning later this year.