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A major botnet, an Equifax indictment, and more of the week's top security news.

In 'Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories,' writer Vandana Singh crafts tales as strange as the universe itself.

Short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, Steve was first spotted by a citizen scientist, and he sure is pretty.

The crash on Sunday that drowned five people could have been averted with rules that prevent open door flights with non-quick-release harnesses.

The "quick build" process used to put up the span that fell and killed six people is actually quite common—and has been around for decades.

The Colombian-American hacker became famous in the early 2000s for breaking into the systems at organizations like *The New York Times*, and later for his role in Chelsea Manning's arrest.

This week, we discuss augmented reality and the hype around smart glasses.

YouTube and other tech giants have repeatedly turned to Wikipedia to help solve some of their biggest problems—often without giving back.

Despite warnings and flagged accounts, Zello left accounts with ISIS flag avatars and jihadist descriptions live on its service.

Facebook Lite, a trimmer version of the mothership app, rolls out to the US, UK, Canada, and more on Friday.

With fighter jets, bombers, and other aircraft soaring through the skies, the Dayton Air Show draws more than 40,000 people each year.

The rapper's partner Quelle Chris designed and animated the video to look like classic 1990s arcade fighter games.

Plus: Waymo puts passengers in its truly driverless cars, Lyft makes a move for self-driving dominance, and more.

To see how airports prep for disaster, I joined the volunteer zombie corps and boarded a plane bound for (faux) doom.

Low-income Americans are more likely to live in housing that wastes energy, which saddles them with disproportionately high energy costs.

Automation will change or eliminate millions of today's jobs. Can training workers for entry-level tech jobs now ease the transition?

Silke Weinfurtner isn’t an evil genius hell-bent on creating a new world of her own to rule. She just wants to understand the origins of the one we already have.

WIRED columnist Susan Crawford on the dangers of auctioning off public assets to companies like Verizon and AT&T

Dozens of other companies were working on point-of-care blood testing before Theranos, and dozens still are.

In an interview, YouTube's CEO discusses using Wikipedia to combat conspiracy theories, identifying "authoritative" sources and whether its algorithms promote extremes.

In a city where some vehicles average 4.7 mph, a congestion charge may be the only way. That is, if it can fix the Uber problem.

From election meddling to NotPetya to grid hacking, Russia's digital provocations are no longer being ignored.

A typical car can travel 30 miles on just one gallon of gasoline. How do electric vehicles stack up?

In Season 2, the FX show is transforming TV again—by turning the camera on the prejudices and motivations of its audience.

The problem with today’s real-life multiuser VR experiences isn’t metaphorical boundaries—it’s literal ones.

The footwear maker famous for its wool has developed a new textile from eucalyptus.

'Winter, 2001: Someone tell Luigi I love him' recreates a very particular and sacred rite of passage.

Opinion: If Mark Zuckerberg wants to make the social network good for people’s well-being, he needs to let academics study its users’ behavior.

A researcher reckons that at most, one out of five residents at top-tier institutions are succeeding at robotic surgery.

A growing group of companies believes satellites, balloons, and drones can help bring internet access to everyone on Earth. But what if not everybody wants it?

The latest data from the Union of Concerned Scientists says the American grid's shift toward renewables reinforces the positive impact of electric cars.

The ride-hailing company and auto industry supplier are building a self-driving system any automaker can use.

Someone having a stomach full of worms is totally possible, though.

Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the once highly touted blood-testing startup, is accused of an "elaborate years-long fraud."

It's an awareness of movement and position in space that most people don't even realize they have.

The online porn laws proposed everywhere from Rhode Island to the UK today echo the same concerns as legislation from the 1990s.

Proposal from state senator would ban "zero rating" deals where specific services don't count against data caps.

We don't need to give you 3.14 reasons why these are stellar discounts.

Small-business lender Fundbox is introducing a payment service that acts like a credit card.

It's tough to pack in all the necessary tech and still make something people want to wear.

Physicists aren't known for their fancy shindigs—but quantum computer researchers break the mold.

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are harnessing blockchain's record-keeping potential to create a digital trail for people who've fallen off the grid

Stephen Hawking may have been the most famous physicist in the world—not only because he saw the face of the universe, but also because he could describe it to the rest of us.

You just have to add up all the rectangles.

This week, cryogenic storage at two fertility clinics malfunctioned, putting their clients' family planning in jeopardy. Will it happen again?

After a series of scandals related to misinformation, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced the company would begin directing users to sources like Wikipedia.

A newly passed bill in the Florida Legislature would bring unprecedented levels of transparency to the criminal justice system.

President Trump invoked national security in blocking Broadcom's proposed takeover of Qualcomm. His real concern may have been Qualcomm's research budget.

As an Israeli security firm outlines real flaws in AMD's chips, the security community questions its motivations.