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Costing $150 and launching on Indiegogo, the Heated Razor isn't anything like what you're used to.

Boosters think crypto­currencies and the distributed ledgers they depend on will reinvent the financial system. That may or may not be a good thing.

This past winter, inside a mountain on the Amazon founder's West Texas ranch, the Long Now Foundation began assembling its 10,000-year clock.

SETI Institute cofounder Jill Tarter doesn’t want her former intern to forget about intelligent aliens.

The Wayback Machine reveals that the internet is frail and unsteady, like all human endeavors. And when things fail, they are replaced.

A WIRED retro item, from the 25th anniversary issue.

“Turnkey tyranny” has never been closer. For some communities, it feels like it’s already here.

A WIRED retro item, from the 25th anniversary issue.

Technology’s potential is unbounded, says Fei-Fei Li. But only if you put people at the center.

Special Issue: For 25 years, technology has turned the world upside down and inside out. Now the icons of the digital revolution tell us who will shake up the next 25.

A Wired retro item, from the 25th anniversary issue

Status update: We are all now sci-fi telepaths, deafened by the blaring thoughts of humanity.

Napster cofounder Sean Parker and biologist Alex Marson on the coming power of Crispr.

A WIRED retro item from the 25th-anniversary issue.

The sky delivery service scales up.

A WIRED retro item, from the 25th anniversary issue.

Room to Read CEO Geetha Murali on her favorite page-­turners for future scientists and engineers.

In a rare interview, Tim Millet, Apple's leading chip architect, describes building artificial intelligence into the new A12 processor.

Elon Musk introduced the Japanese billionaire as the mystery passenger who booked a trip to the moon aboard SpaceX's BFR rocket, along with a half-dozen artists he plans to invite.

Starting at $74,500 and offering 248(ish) miles of range, the E-tron is here to do battle with Tesla and every other automaker crowding into the luxury electric market.

A new working group of Republican and Democratic firms is writing rules for their industry amid mounting scrutiny and consumer privacy concerns.

Linus Torvalds says he will take a break to learn more about "how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately."

What do all of these special-sounding moon terms really mean?

Here's how to watch live as CEO Elon Musk reveals the first customer it will take to the moon aboard its BFR rocket, among other details.

Margot Robbie's in *I, Tonya* was spot-on, though.

Energy storage is hard at scale. What would we do if batteries can’t support the clean energy of the future?

Guts, legs of unobtanium, a friend with a drag racer, and a keen sense of aerodynamics are all key to Denise Mueller-Korenek's mission: setting the bike land speed record.

The algorithm can distinguish between different kinds of lung cancer, and could speed up a patient's diagnosis by weeks.

Starting Monday, Facebook will pay at least $600 to researchers who spot third-party apps behaving badly on its platform.

MoviePass competitor Sinemia is introducing an unlimited plan of its own, but it'll cost you.

Swiss photographer Matthieu Gafsou traveled the world documenting the transhumanist subculture.

A compact cargo e-bike broadens the definition of what a cargo bike can be.

Amidst all the gross-out humor is a show that demonstrates real insight into the way tech shapes our social lives.

Want to feel better about climate change? Last week’s climate summit showed that the most ambitious action isn’t happening on the national scale—it’s cities and states that are leading the way.

A growing number of colleges and universities are offering courses in blockchain technology or establishing blockchain research institutes.

Traffic analytics company Inrix looked at freight and safety data to consider where robo-trucks could make the biggest impact.

Here's how to watch television's biggest night—even if you don't own a TV.

Plus: flying cars get hooked up, BMW and Mercedes show off new concepts, and Waze makes Chicago more navigable.

You don't have to have experienced a wildfire to know what one looks like, but what happens in their wake is less obvious.

Some things should never be tweeted, really.

Apple’s old HQ holds stories of pizza ovens, iPhone secrets, baseball bats, and what happened to Steve Jobs’ office.

For decades, some of the atomic matter in the universe had not been located. Recent papers reveal where it’s been hiding.

The X5-sized concept has everything from touch-control seats to a Little Mermaid–inspired interior—and BMW insists it's for real.

Don't take apart your phone! Circular motion, an app to record sensor data, and some physics is all you need.

You want a new iPhone? So do we. And an Apple Watch.

In security news this week, some apps for children may violate privacy laws, State Department devices might be less secure than your Instagram account, and more.

Author Walter Jon Williams has forecasted a lot of things, but rarely gets credit.

Keep your kids’ neurons firing with these science- and math-centric toys and games.

Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti sits down with WIRED to talk about how to turn LA into a greentech testbed, why cities have to compete in order to save the world, and what the city can learn from its infamous water wars.