Just 40 miles north of Pyeongchang lies one the world's most dangerous places—and it's also home to an astonishing breadth of wildlife.

Some lights claim they max out at 900 lumens, but you can use a light sensor to make sure for yourself.

Today’s update makes the image-saving service an even more capable productivity tool.

The White House's proposal might work for wealthier urban areas, but offers little help for cash-poor locales.

After more than a century, engineers are still finding ways to squeeze more power from less fuel.

When it comes to space, China has always come in third place. But a new partnership with Luxembourg might launch it into orbit.

Equally notable are the experts Facebook did not consult: Two large nonprofits say they weren’t informed about the app until weeks or days before its debut.

Rachel Morrison is the first female cinematographer to be nominated for an Academy Award—and continues to blaze a trail.

In a Senate hearing Tuesday, the heads of the three-letter intelligence agencies detailed their greatest concerns.

Environmental scientists are using their models to pit drones against delivery trucks.

Figuring out the Mississippi’s hydrodynamics matters so much that Louisiana has dropped $18 million on a 10,800-square-foot model of Big Muddy’s sinuous meanders.

WIRED columnist Jason Pontin on how robotic automation could someday transform human employment—and what we will owe our new AI workers.

Using data from smartphones, satellites, remote sensors, and census surveys, modelers can create synthetic populations—and watch what they do in a disaster.

A new survey shows that California residents—and the Bay Area specifically—has had it up to here with Big Tech.

In the age of push notifications it's nearly impossible not to get spoiled on a big win. Should fans just accept defeat?

Leaders behind Silicon Prairie, Silicon Shire, and Silicon Holler say they see the flaws in the nation's tech hub, and hope to avoid the same mistakes.

The saying goes, "On the internet, no one knows you're a dog." Is that a good thing for an app for teens?

Optimized for your phone—permanent and searchable like the best of the web.

Maven isn't just a way to rent Chevy Malibus by the hour. It's a way to gain crucial logistics and fleet experience as the world shifts away from private car ownership.

The SpotMini extends an arm out of its head and turns a handle and opens the door and then props it open for its (armless) SpotMini friend to walk through.

While NASA and space enthusiasts have been talking about privatizing the ISS for years, Monday’s announcement is the first time the idea has been officially endorsed by the White House.

Once confined to browsers, hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency has branched out to dangerous places.

Researchers at Cisco Talos detail a new piece of disruptive, highly infectious malware with a clear target: the Pyeongchang Olympics IT infrastructure.

The feature suggests that “Islamists are evil” and “Hitler is my hero,” among other offensive prompts.

Right now society has an epidemic of the opposite: too many people with a bulldog unwillingness to admit when they’re factually wrong.

The new guy got a little help from the man who made Han Solo famous.

The film's challenge was to imagine what Africans would have done given reign over their own culture. The answer is a future that Tony Stark never could have dreamed of.

Conservation of angular momentum is the name of the game.

Every year, the governing body Unicode adds new emoji to the nearly 3,000 already in existence. Here's how it picks the additions.

By bringing the Snap Map out of the app and onto the web, Snap hopes to bring Snapchat to the masses like never before.

WIRED columnist Maryn McKenna on why public health officials can’t decide whether the time is right to wage war against measles.

For two years, Facebook has been hijacked, vilified, and besieged. Here's the inside story of the struggle.

That bruised Mark Zuckerberg on the March 2018 cover? Here's how the photo-illustration was created to accompany "Facebook's 2 Years of Hell."

Twenty years after the US tried to break up Microsoft, a new crop of giants rule technology in an uneasy balance. And the government seems unable to stop them.

In a new interview the legendary producer proved to be a font of untapped information.

Silence your phone, flip it over, and enter the alternate Curliverse where you can gently slide your worries down the ice on a cushion of tranquility.

The gas tax is bad, and there's a better way forward.

'Dark'—Netflix’s first original series to be produced in Germany—is a somber intergenerational time-travel drama that may not be for everyone.

The spacecraft was 3.79 billion miles from Earth when it snapped this photo of a Kuiper Belt object.

An Apple leak, a massive cybercrime forum, and more of the week's top security news.

Looking for a new smart TV, loaded laptop, or e-reader? We have what you need right here.

The fusion of quantum computing and machine learning has become a booming research area. Can it possibly live up to its high expectations?

The Pyeongchang opening ceremonies included a performance by 1,218 drones working in concert—a new world record.

The lawsuit encapsulated the way this industry used to work, and its end signals a shift into the future.

WIRED senior writer Robbie Gonzalez joins us this week to discuss addictive smartphone apps and the science behind technology addiction.

The first primary for the 2018 midterm elections takes place March 6—and many states are still woefully underprepared.

After a heated few days in court, Uber and Waymo have agreed to a truce—one that gives Google an added stake in its autonomous vehicle rival.

As recently as a few years ago, a quintuple jump seemed out of the question. Today? Not so much. Here's what it would take.

Plus: Why lidar's such a big deal, a robocar gets slapped, and Porsche ramps up its electric plans.

The 2005 game has returned for a new generation, relating a story that is itself about retelling.