Semi-autonomous driving systems are designed to ignore unmoving obstacles because otherwise, they couldn't work at all.

Transcriptome sequencing technologies are opening the doors to a new era of cellular discovery, and not just in the brain.

An attempt to replicate some of the decade's best research shows some of it … doesn’t.

This week, newspapers reported that a man had fallen into an art installation consisting of an 8-foot-deep circular hole painted black. It's kinda not his fault.

Enter the studio where Love Hultén synthesizes fine woodcraft and hand-wired electronics into musical works of art.

Kelly Marie Tran wrote an op-ed for 'The New York Times,' proving she's the leader the movement needs.

If you're on the prowl for a new Android, Galaxy, or iPhone, read our full guide to the best smartphones of 2018.

New York City architect Candy Chan wants city residents to think more deeply about their fascinating, complex mass transit system.

More than two years after revealing plans to give people a guaranteed monthly income, the incubator now says it hopes to begin the study in 2019.

Ever-morphing movie and marquee-show releases have upended conventional wisdom about when new content hits screens.

Plus, an advanced Porsche 911, and why San Francisco’s new $2 billion transit terminal doesn’t tick all the boxes.

The president's onetime allies—and their varying legal battles—monopolized online chatter this week.

Opinion: Surprise! Some of the fastest, most affordable internet in the country can be found in tiny communities.

Even’s H3 wireless headphones give you a hearing test to personalize your sound. We review the headphones and its EarPrint tech.

Thousands of people moved to let China build and protect the world’s largest telescope. And then the government drew in orders of magnitude more tourists, potentially undercutting its own science in an attempt to promote it.

In the new electric concept, the driver's seat slides left and right, so when you're not suffering a passenger, you can sit in the middle, just like the pros.

In security news this week, Apple and Facebook beef, Reality Winner gets sentenced, facial recognition at the airport, and more.

The film has been widely praised by critics, but is it getting the credit it deserves as a visionary work of sci-fi?

Speed often improves life. But the recent techlash has been driven in a fundamental way by the grim side effects of this acceleration.

...They Are Galaxies Far, Far Away

It's last call on Amazon Echo and Fire deals, along with big discounts on game preorders.

Your phone number was never meant to be your identity. Now that it effectively is, we're all at risk.

The identification of SNIPPs, a set of proteins found primarily at the brain’s synapses, brings science closer to understanding why we need to sleep.

Inspired by the racing cars of the 1930s, this single seat concept uses a big battery and augmented reality to mix modern luxury with an old-school aesthetic.

The move reflects US influence, and Australia's tense, complicated relationship with China.

For years, Iran has run its own secret infowar—running a remarkably similar playbook as Russia.

The Divo is lighter, stiffer, and faster than the (already extreme) Bugatti Chiron.

The social network erroneously turned extra security protections off—after I had *strengthened* my privacy settings.

On this episode, WIRED writer Tom Simonite explains quantum computing to us. Kinda.

The Hybrid European Radio Frequency and Antenna Test Zone, or HERTZ, can mimic signals hurtling at light speed through 500 million miles of space.

This week, we've got Xbox rentals, Steam's ongoing problem with sexy games, and some upcoming swipe-based fun in the *Game of Thrones* universe.

Wildfire investigators retrace a fire's path, sifting through the ashes—sometimes literally—in search of its cause. Here's how.

Logitech's new mouse, which went on sale this week, looks like a wave and feels like a handshake. Here’s the story of how it was designed.

Herb2 the robot is not in its right mind, because clear across the country at Brown University, researchers have compromised it. Robotics, in other words, has itself a security issue.

It doesn't get much better than the lighthearted show—which should come as no surprise, given its lineage.

Art cars, crazy costumes, wild bonfires—it's all here.

This year, the pilgrimage of more than 2 million Muslims gets an electronic surveillance system that will sound an alarm at the first signal of an outbreak.*emphasized text*

The newly unveiled Prototype 10 has just one seat, needs no fuel, and is a sign of where the cars of the future are headed.

The Democratic National Committee now says a fraudulent voter data website it found was evidence of an unauthorized test organized by Michigan Democrats.

Researchers have demonstrated that they can discern individual letters on a display based only on the ultrasonic whine it emits.

It's not a trick question: You can make a battery out of concrete by storing gravitational potential energy.

A new Chrome extension rates news sites on trustworthiness, with input from experienced reporters.

At an event in Denver, companies faced off in a battle to win NASA mentorship—and maybe the chance to put their tech in space.

Vue, an open-source framework, is winning fans among the creators of web applications.

Opinion: The governor of Puerto Rico writes that the island is a perfect place for tech companies to set up shop.

More Americans rely on Puerto Rico's grid than on any other public electric utility. How one renegade plant worker led them through the shadows.

Balloons, batteries, and the crypto invasion. A progress report on the industry's aid to the island.

Algorithms have conquered backgammon, chess, and Go, but they fall short against the best humans in a complex, multiplayer strategy game.

Microsoft, Facebook, and others are ramping up efforts to thwart attacks on elections—making the US government look woefully underprepared in the process.