Hardware hacks, the government gets two-factor, and more security news this week.

It's true. Just ask writer Hallie Lambert.

Instant Pots, Fire TVs, and even an Infinity Gauntlet are fresh this weekend.

From Toyota's "self-charging hybrids" to Citroën's new runabout, Paris offers a glimpse of the automotive future in that parallel universe we call "Europe."

Amazon recently announced significant hourly pay increases—but it’s also cutting some benefits that employees say matter to their overall compensation.

The White House keeps accusing China of election interference—but it's nothing like Russia in 2016.

From Neal Stephenson's *Crytponomicon*, to N.K. Jemison’s *Broken Earth Trilogy*, WIRED staffers share their personal reading lists.

In the age of ride-hailing and scooters, this strip of urban space is a hot commodity. Now cities have a way to measure just how hot.

We hit the track to find out how much information goes into today’s race cars—and whether it could improve our skills through the turns.

Because their actions drive down the value of Tesla’s stock.

A lot of rumors and magic this week—here's hoping some of it comes true.

At least 1,600 signatures have been submitted to a letter protesting a sexist talk given by physicist Alessandro Strumia at CERN last week.

Cancellation is an act of catharsis, of rebellion—even as it's come under fire for being little more than a purity test.

On this episode, WIRED's editor in chief Nick Thompson talks to best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari and Center for Humane Technology co-founder Tristan Harris about how social platforms expertly manipulate our thinking.

The most straightforward insecurities can sometimes be the riskiest.

Sales intelligence firm Apollo left a "staggering amount" of exposed online, including 125 million email addresses and nine billion data points.

From an epic account of the online drug market Silk Road, to a poignant tale about a man seeking intimacy with his robot clone, these stories will blow your mind. Again.

An off-road e-bike that's as beastly on the single-track as it is on paper.

Everything you need to know about George Soros, Pizzagate, and the Berenstain Bears.

Onewheel's latest board is more for action sports enthusiasts than casual commuters.

A new review looks at more than 1,000 studies of potential oceanic solutions to climate change. A good idea? Wind energy. Maybe not so good? Loading the sea with iron.

Ultimately, it fails because it doesn't know which one it wants to be.

Tesla's report finds drivers using Autopilot crash nearly seven times less often than the general population, but safety experts aren't convinced.

And that’s really great news for the humans developing self-driving trucks.

A blockbuster report from Bloomberg says that China has compromised servers used by major US companies. It's a problem that experts have long feared, and still don't know how to resolve.

African swine fever is eliminating entire herds in China and Europe. But few surveillance systems capture animal pathogens, even when humans are aiding their spread.

Stefani Germanotta has portrayed more than just a global pop icon—she's popped up in a handful of genre projects too.

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig is committed to metrology.

A new indictment details how Russian agents camped outside hotels when remote hacking efforts weren't enough.

Two types of mushroom seem to help bees fight a major virus contributing to colony collapse disorder.

The state’s Air Resources Board passes new measures that reinforce its vehicle emissions rules—and maintain its collision course with the federal government.

These mosquitoes are monstrous in size, hyperaggressive, and hatching by the millions in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari and ethicist Tristan Harris discuss the future of artificial intelligence with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson.

The Washington-based startup is using a modified helicopter engine to generate power, supplementing the batteries packed in its fuselage.

If you didn't get a message from the president on your phone Wednesday, don't freak out.

By only checking a file's code signature when you install it—and never again—macOS gives malware a chance to evade detection indefinitely.

The Japanese automaker will help develop a new design for a self-driving vehicle, and pitch in $2.75 billion.

If you really don't want to receive today's emergency test text message, there's one pretty simple workaround.

Chewbacca is falling out of a moving train! Han rushes to save him! Turns out, ordinary physics would have saved him, too.

Photographer Daria Garnik documents the museums and monuments dedicated to the first man in space.

Something is fishy at Anahata—and it’s not just the giant squid that serves as a mascot for the world’s largest tech company.

Scientists and religious leaders joined forces to create programs on neuroscience, cosmology—and even some evolutionary science.

Joseph Herscher builds ridiculously complex machines to make his life easier.

How gender biases manifest in the design of voice assistants is well-worn territory. But scientists are just beginning to consider how these gender biases materialize in physical robots.

Bram Cohen is the founder of Chia, a cryptocurrency, and ledger protocol designed to attract banks.

The network architecture built in Gamergate helped propel Trump to the presidency and fuel conspiracies like Pizzagate and QAnon. Now it’s backing Brett Kavanaugh.

While the presidential text that hits your phone Wednesday will be the first of its kind, it's part of a decades-long lineage of official government Doomsday alerts.

Alphabet subsidiary Jigsaw is using a new app to give DNS encryption protections to any Android smartphone from the last seven years.

The company didn't act purely out of the goodness of its heart.

A trio of laser physicists—Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland, and Gérard Mourou—nab the prize for their work on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification.