An Olympic-affiliated tournament. Gamers carrying the torch. Are these real progress for esports, or just feints?

Athletes rely on secret chemicals and technicians to make skis both glide and grip.

Pockets of humanity may have to rely on desalination to survive drought in the very near future.

As researchers attempt to apply artificial intelligence to daily life, they're paying "crowd actors" to film themselves performing routine tasks.

Polisis, a machine-learning-trained tool, automatically produces readable charts of where your data ends up for any online service.

What can we learn from the video of the simultaneous landings?

Nobody wants these dumb meat-sack bodies anymore. Now TV is asking if what replaces them will be any better.

It might just buy exclusive rights to image it doesn't want out there.

South Korean Olympics officials are dealing with an outbreak of norovirus among security personnel. If it spread to athletes, it could be very, very bad.

Our writer tests several tactics and products promising to remove scratches from your vehicle, be they tiny or deep.

Tristan Harris and the Center for Humane Technology wants to spark an ethical tech movement that starts with the people, not companies or Congress.

A robotic arm that paints and sands things never wanted to steal Eric Magallon's job—it wanted him to keep it.

Opinion: Modernizing car safety rules will foster innovation and possibly save tens of thousands of lives every year. Congress just needs to make it happen.

Size and time limits are a thing of the past—and the creations that have emerged redefine the very way we communicate online.

WIRED columnist Susan Crawford on why the US needs massive government mobilization to solve its digital divide

China is bracing for the results of a US investigation of its technology-transfer policies, and some US tech firms fear the blowback.

Google is leaning on Rick Osterloh to completely rewrite its strategy for hardware, with one core goal: Put its virtual assistant everywhere in people's lives.

Wondering how to stream the Winter Olympics? Try these three easy steps.

A new book presents a 30 day program for handling cell phone addiction.

As concerns mount over the uses of data, some in the field are trying to forge ethical guidelines.

The co-writer of Grateful Dead hits fought for the internet's highest ideals and co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He was also an unforgettable friend.

A calm ex-Uber CEO waves away suspicious communications, and Waymo hasn't quite connected the dots.

But CEO Elon Musk is as optimistic as ever that the problems are only temporary.

Infraud may not have been as famous as dark web markets like the Silk Road and Alphabay, but it far outlasted both.

A new twist on the classic Nigerian Prince scheme has jumped from gaming communities to Twitter. And now it's spreading.

Need new tech for yourself or your sweetie? We have a few suggestions here.

This is what it looks like to take Live Action Role Playing to the next level.

The connection between heart rate and diabetes is poorly understood. But that’s not stopping a deep learning tool from finding one in your wearables data.

Leonardo's AW609 is a VTOL aircraft meant for the civilian market.

The days of #NBCFail are over—the network is planning to keep the PyeongChang video pipe flowing free and strong.

Surgically installed vibrator or earthquake-sensing foot sensors, anyone?

Researcher Mordechai Guri has spent the last four years exploring practically every method of stealthily siphoning data off of a disconnected computer.

It's time to do some physics-based forensics.

It's easy to feel beholden to the Facebook's algorithm tweaks, but there are plenty of ways to customize your experience.

California State Senator Scott Wiener is pushing a bill that would rejigger zoning laws—and fight climate change, reduce traffic, and build a new urban future

Plus, a well-hydrated former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes the stand.

Study finds that facial-recognition services from Microsoft and IBM are significantly more accurate for men than women and for whites than blacks, adding to concerns about bias in artificial intelligence.

Laser-shooting sensors are a key component of self-driving cars. But we can also use them to defeat our enemies.

The Falcon Heavy rocket is now the most powerful launch vehicle in the world.

Olympians make things look easy when they're not. But the hardest parts of their jobs aren't always what you think.

If we can’t understand our own brains, maybe the machines can do it for us.

Also, fantasy basketball teams have nothing on the "Sore Lugers."

The nonprofit Crisis Text Line is launching a spin-off company that uses AI to help teach people how to talk to each other

WIRED columnist Felix Salmon on the problem with disappearing-messaging apps.

All those computers and sensors can hurt fuel economy and range, practical problems for commercial systems.

A new generation of space scientists is using high tech materials to resurrect the long-neglected supersonic parachute.

And low-balling isn’t limited to toxic chemicals.

As the blockbuster legal fight goes to trial, Waymo makes clear who it wants to paint as the big baddie.

We speak about the “Mueller probe” as a single entity, but it’s important to understand that there are no fewer than five separate investigations under the broad umbrella of the special counsel’s office.

The Chinese automaker and the star-studded self-driving startup have joined forces.