Gwynne Shotwell tells the TED conference that plans to take humans to Mars are "risk reduction for the human species."

If you're a member of Congress, Mark Zuckerberg's team will get back to you.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the Senate and House of Representatives. Here's how to make sure you don't miss a minute.

Mark Zuckerberg's testimony is not just about Cambridge Analytica. He's answering for the un-checked influence that Facebook wields—on its users, and the world.

During a big storm, the bluffs along Ocean Beach can lose 25 to 40 feet. Here's how San Francisco is hedging against sea level rise.

Felix Hernandez builds elaborate sets on which to shoot his painstakingly detailed images.

A perfectly provable random number generator is the bedrock of good cryptography. This scientist wants to make one.

Algorithms used by Facebook, YouTube, and other platforms keep us clicking. But those systems often promote misinformation, abuse, and polarization. Is it possible to temper them with a sense of decency?

The company's bid for dominance now hinges on controlling every way you move.

All of the popular streaming services have features where you can follow friends or recommend tracks. Here's how to use them.

A WIRED deal on an outstanding battery pack, Air Force-grade smartwatch, and other gadgets galore.

The removal of YouTube's most popular video this week was likely the result of a low-cost phishing scam rather than sophisticated hacking.

As drones and flying cars move into reality, we need radar systems better equipped for keeping an eye on everyone.

Mark Zuckerberg left a lot of questions unanswered before Senate committees on Tuesday. House members might try these more pointed queries when the Facebook CEO appears before them on Wednesday.

[In his testimony to Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly misrepresented the amount of control Facebook users really have over their data.](https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-congress-day-one)

The basic lines of questioning Congress pursued show just how inscrutable Facebook remains to most Americans.

Was everything users gained from Facebook worth what they gave up?

Elon Musk tweeted that a hyperloop test will accelerate to half the speed of sound and brake in just 1.2 kilometers.

Former Commerce secretary Penny Pritzker, cochair of a task force on the future of work, says the nation needs to "relink education, work, and opportunity."

For these players, yo-yos are much more than just toys.

A Facebook permission allowed an app to read messages between 1,500 Facebook users and their friends until October 2015—data that Cambridge Analytica could have accessed.

There are real world applications of the stochastic mathematical process known as a random walk—really.

Balint Seeber found that cities around the US are leaving their emergency siren radio communication systems unencrypted and vulnerable to spoofing.

Soon, anyone curious about their health will be able to request a clinical DNA test—not just doctors.

Tensions around Facebook's privacy and ad practices have escalated dramatically since the last time the company sat before Congress.

Ignoring the regulations that govern motorsports, the 919 Hybrid Evo beat F1 champ Lewis Hamilton's record time at Belgium's famed Spa Francorchamps track.

The new trailer looks amazing—that doesn't mean the movie will be.

The InSight lander will probe beneath the surface of Mars to understand its geology—unless humans contaminate it first.

Some network communication protocol vulnerabilities have been known for more than a decade and still aren't fixed. Now they're being exploited.

Facebook has released a tool that lets you see if you were caught up in the Cambridge Analytica fiasco—and what other apps know about you know.

A new study from Pew Research shows that the bulk of links on Twitter don't come from actual humans.

The acquisition signals that Uber wants to be more than just taxi substitute.

The Somnox is a fuzzy, bean-shaped robot that mimics human breathing to help the human holding it fall asleep.

The cast of the new anthology film might be headed to a diner near you.

In every game, the experience only holds up as far as you can see it. In 'Far Cry 5,' the experience doesn't even hold up that far.

It works sort of like noise-cancelling headphones, eliminating bumps with movement in the opposite direction.

WIRED Columnist Robert Wright on what Steven Pinker’s new bestseller 'Enlightment Now' gets wrong about our polarized politics.

In complaint to the FTC, child-health, privacy, and consumer groups say YouTube is targeting kids improperly.

I was a passenger onboard a companion flight on March 11. Locked to the downed craft, the victims didn't stand a chance.

Last week social media spent an awful lot of time talking about old media. Twist!

Opinion: The Cambridge Analytica scandal makes it clear: The US needs to pass a privacy law that gives consumers the protections they deserve.

The vehicles will need updates—forever.

A technique based on genetic bar codes can easily map the connections of individual brain cells in unprecedented numbers. Unexpected complexity in the visual system is only the first secret it has revealed.

Galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 doesn't seem to contain any dark matter, and scientists have no idea why.

Russia sanctions, Spectre fixes, and more security news this week.

Most modern fantasy leans toward the "grimdark," 'Game of Thrones' style. Author Craig Shaw Gardner has the antidote.

This weekend, ramble around a VR world of your choosing or smartify your coffeemaker with these tech deals.

How a disastrous 15-month shutdown on one of the city's busier subway lines un-bottled its creativity.

What does John Nash’s game theory equilibrium concept look like in Rock-Paper-Scissors?