WIRED writer Emily Dreyfuss joins the Gadget Lab to talk about Tumblr's porn ban and where active members of that community are headed next.

More than 100 researchers who hoped to attend a big AI conference in Montreal couldn't get visas.

It's not just about putting on a fake mustache. Disguise is about changing the way you carry yourself.

Australia has passed a law that would require companies to weaken their encryption, a move that could reverberate globally.

When the comedian's past homophobic tweets surfaced, he could've used it as an opportunity for dialogue. But he didn't.

The surprise new clip also reveals the movie's spring release date.

No one really knows how drunkenness works, and hangovers are poorly understood, no matter what your friend tells you. Still, there are a few things you can try.

Its influence goes far beyond other phones—the infrastructure that made the iPhone also enabled drones, smart-home gadgets, wearables, and self-driving cars.

Chinese scientists and regulators alike are censuring the rogue biophysicist who allowed two Crispr-edited babies to be born.

Ziplines, planes, and a peaceful new mode are just part of the newest update—and they top gaming news this week.

Pillowfort and Dreamwidth look poised to inherit at least some of Tumblr's NSFW community, but they also face some challenges.

The vehicles made by Bird, Lime, and the like can slash emissions, reinvigorate mass transit, and address America’s dependency on cars.

Go behind the scenes with Spaceflight Industries, the space travel agency of sorts that coordinated a jam-packed Falcon 9 flight earlier this week.

A breathless meal of scallops and feminist bona fides exposed her vulnerability: No one, not even Sandberg, has what it takes to tame Facebook.

The International Panel on Artificial Intelligence will be modeled on a group formed in 1988 to study climate change and recommend government policies.

Dozens of Amazon warehouse workers in New Jersey were sickened after a robot punctured a can of bear repellent on Wednesday.

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's CFO and the daughter of its founder, was arrested in Canada the same day that Presidents Trump and Xi met to discuss tariffs.

Major changes are coming to Edge—but remember that it's only Microsoft's second-biggest browser.

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for regulation of facial-recognition technology, to curb potential bias and invasions of privacy.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees this morning, and—no surprise—Amazon and Netflix cleaned up in the TV categories.

He's been a fan since the 'Victorious' days.

The world's most popular game is getting ready to change all over again.

More than a century after it started delivering telegrams by bike, UPS is going back to pedal power in its hometown.

For better or worse

Janet isn’t your typical televised artificial lifeform: Nobody hates her and she isn’t miserable, even as she moves towards independence.

Starting today, the Apple Watch series 3 and 4 gain the ability to take an ECG reading of your heart. Here's how to get the most accurate reading.

This week's climate talks in Katowice, Poland, are taking place in a region that is not at all prepared to quit its coal addiction.

The BedJet under-the-covers climate-control heater system is more than just a bunch of hot air.

Big tech companies have a history of discrediting critics, forging alliances with adversaries, and deflecting scrutiny to competitors.

MetaCert has classified 10 billion URLs as either safe, a suspected source of phishes, or unknown.

We live in a liminal age of cancer and precision medicine: Despite all the advances science has made, we still know very little and often can do less.

MoviePass is once again changing up its plans—this time with an eye on survival.

With robo-cars on the road and a new Congress coming in, legislators are trying to finally finish up the AV Start Act.

On its 20th flight this year, SpaceX failed to set its booster down on a landing pad. But this rare mishap also showed how many things went well.

The blogging platform has a new policy forbidding "adult content"—but lots of innocuous posts are getting caught in the fray.

It's almost a decade old, but recent catalog expansions have made it a worthy investment—in a library card.

Newly public documents provide a rare window into CEO Mark Zuckerberg's thoughts on how to expand his social media juggernaut.

Southern Oman became home to a three-week simulation of grappling for a foothold on the Red Planet.

Large-scale corn production seems to be triggering more rain, increasing farmers' yields. But hey, it's climate change, so there's also—always—a dark side.

Local legal codes can be hard to find online or hidden behind paywalls. The "free and open law" movement wants to change that.

The outfit that started as Google's self-driving car team still relies on human safety operators—indicating just how hard this problem really is.

Contamination sensors have spiked after several SpaceX arrivals at the International Space Station, suggesting that ISS instruments could be at risk.

The Russia investigation's known unknowns give valuable hints about the special counsel's next moves.

At an event on the island of Maui, Qualcomm and Samsung showed off new tech that should put some 5G wireless capability onto mobile handsets in 2019.

Election-related hacking during the midterm season seemed fairly muted, but it turns out that the National Republican Congressional Committee suffered a major breach.

The Ann Arbor startup's path to success hinges on using robo-cars in simple scenarios, where they can work well and bring in revenue.

The visual microblogging service banned porn two weeks after Apple deleted its app from the App Store, amid a new federal sex trafficking law.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a boon to telecom companies like Spectrum Cable and Comcast, which want the freedom to choose what "speeches" they carry.

In a video, the Boston Celtics player stands on a basketball court and leans... and leans. Here’s how to parse the mystery of why he doesn’t fall.

Opinion: The VA needs to take preventative measures to protect vets—and more broadly, our democracy—from digital manipulation and fraud.