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Fewer Americans are biking to work, new data shows, but the bigger question is why some cities are seeing so much more progress than others.

North Carolina is being slammed by a succession of disasters triggered by Hurricane Florence. The latest scare is from coal plants, where pools of ash are at risk of spilling into already toxic waters.

The hashtag unleashed a torrent of stories that are different yet feel the same. And that's exactly the point.

Apart from a few hiccups and questions about Autopilot, Elon Musk's automaker knows how to make very safe cars.

Forsaken is a shot of energy to a game that has been limping since it released. And I'm just not that into it.

Light-years, parsecs and more: these are the units for describing distances between planets and other astronomical objects.

The company is developing autonomous street car tech, where vehicles on tracks make the challenge simpler, but still worth solving.

Tiny PlayStations ahoy! Let's catch up on the week's gaming news.

Syncing clocks online is vital to web security.

The Delta II rocket was a workhorse, with 153 successful launches and a bevy of wild scientific missions to its credit.

Congrats on your new phone! Time to cash in on your old one.

Interactive museum exhibits like this are becoming more common as AR becomes cheaper, lighter, and easier to create.

Revry is like Netflix for LGBTQ shows, music, and podcasts—and it wants to make them available everywhere.

Today, Amazon announced more Alexa-powered products than you'll ever need—with the hopes you'll get at least one.

A heap of new Alexa devices—a microwave! a wall clock!—show Amazon's strategy to put its voice assistant in everything.

Officials are pushing for extreme self-sufficiency when the next hurricane, earthquake, or other catastrophe hits, but the advice can be unclear and impractical.

The writers explore, in essay and memoir, the crucial ways reality has crumbled.

Amazon announced new listening features for Alexa, part of a suite of upgrades to the voice assistant that will expand its ability to understand the world around it.

Scientists have demonstrated a promising technique for measuring and mapping your exposome—the flecks of animate and inanimate stuff that surround you at all times.

Amazon is about to announce a some hardware at an event in Seattle, where Alexa will be the star of the show.

Stabilized action-cam footage has gotten a whole lot better.

Inflatable graspers don’t have to be taught how to hold something, the way robo-hands do.

The German automaker’s “electric pit stops” promise to put 250 miles of range on the Taycan’s batteries nearly three times faster than a Tesla Supercharger.

Social impact in the age of AI must take on a new dimension: the creation of large numbers of service jobs for displaced workers.

HTC starts filling in the details of its so-called blockchain smartphone, expected to launch later this year.

A new method looks at the DNA of elephant tusks to pinpoint the crime networks behind disparate stashes of poached ivory.

A Texas court issued a warrant for the Defense Distributed founder's arrest on Wednesday.

The _Crazy Rich Asians_ director shot a kinetic short for WIRED titled _Somewhere_, and he did the whole thing on a new iPhone.

The California Farm Bureau has given away the right of farmers to fix their equipment without going through a dealer.

A new study from Data & Society reveals how reactionary, far-right commentators have built an alternative media ecosystem on YouTube: by using the platform exactly as intended.

Sony’s upcoming throwback console promises to include such hits as Final Fantasy VII and Ridge Racer.

The Empire Strikes Back brought us the TIE bomber—and new physics questions to try to solve.

Captain Marvel used to be a dude. Captain Marvel also used to be Ms. Marvel. It's comics; it's complicated.

The first car's in the "Icona" line offer 800 horsepower and looks borrowed from Ferrari's post-war racers.

Opinion: As the work of biologists and computer scientists converge, algorithmic secrets are increasingly found in nature

A new robotic jellyfish can squeeze through holes smaller than its body size.

A rogue pharmaceutical company ramped up the cost of a common antibiotic by 400 percent. While the medical community is irate, could high prices make antibiotics worth investing in?

A wave of new programming tools promises to make developers' lives easier. But the turbulence makes it hard to stay current.

The bigger screen and beefed-up sensors bring the Apple Watch to the next level.

The reported criminal probe is likely in its early stages, but darkens an already gloomy sky gathering over Elon Musk's automaker.

Twitter announced it’s giving users more control over their timelines just in time for tweets about Toad.

Trump has the legal right to make public whatever documents he chooses. But he's going to cause untold damage in the process.

The MCU wants to take you back to the days of Blockbuster and beepers.

How should Facebook balance transparency about its automated systems with security?

In 2016, three friends created a botnet that nearly broke the internet. Now, they're helping the feds catch cybercriminals of all stripes.

A lot of great shows came up empty-handed last night; others weren't nominated at all. Here's an idea: Let's celebrate TV we *talk* about.

Charge filed with the EEOC says employers can discriminate by targeting ads at men and excluding women.

From kilowatt-hours to horsepower to acceleration times, see how the E-tron SUV compares to similar offerings from Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and others.

Most cities felt powerless to extract concessions from Uber and Lyft. Now that scooters are here, they've learned their lesson—and toughened up.