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.

Opinion: Contrary to the hype, walkers and bikers are much smarter than autonomous vehicles

Pedometers first arrived 50 years ago in Japan. Now, thanks to technology, quantified stepping is everywhere.

Even from 254 miles up, photos of hurricane Florence had to be shot in wide angle.

Facebook's Rosetta technology analyzes billions of images that contain text, but memes are more than the sum of their parts.

In the new 'Tomb Raider', Lara Croft is born to suffer.

Big pools of pig excrement, a byproduct of the state's many hog farms, sit in the path of Hurricane Florence.

This week Apple announced three new iPhones and a new Apple Watch. Are these a glimpse of the future, or more of the same?

A study in Rwanda finds healthier children in families receiving large cash grants, rather than clean water, livestock, textbooks, or nutritional supplements.

As platforms struggle to detect and stop foreign interference in the midterm elections, there’s a thorny complication: Many of the tactics used by spammers and trolls are also leveraged by real activists.

The former Beatle talks about clickers, click tracks, and more in this video interview.

The computer industry thought cold boot hacks were solved 10 years ago. Researchers have proven that's not the case.

Opinion: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter argues for cooperation between tech workers and the DoD

The BBC America show was easily the most revolutionary of 2018—and it deserves more recognition.

Just ask the people who got all excited about the marriage proposal hidden in Insomniac's new PS4 game.

NASA's ICESat-2 will watch over the planet's polar ice to improve forecasts of sea level rise.

As storms like Hurricane Florence get more serious and the US population ages, a tricky logistical problem will only become more important.

The climate has changed, and our planet is growing less habitable.

To get around concerns of battery capacity and weight, Karman Electric wants flying cars to draw juice from the ground, like an inverted streetcar system.

South Korean teens scarfing down massive piles of food for an internet audience of millions have inspired imitators worldwide, including American YouTube celebrities—making the "mukbang" trend an early success story of the global internet.

President Trump's tweet about the death toll in Puerto Rico is worse than a lie. It means we'll never learn from past disasters, repeating devastating mistakes.

A combination of Unreal Engine and a specially outfitted studio brought Hurricane Florence to life.

During a natural disaster, social media is a vital tool for rescuers and victims. Don't get in their way.