In the new world order, any information or data will be public information. Now we have to figure out how to live in a world without privacy.

Bitcoin and blockchain have burst into the mainstream. But its biggest value is not in replacing traditional cash.

While we were freaking out about the state of American politics, tech kept moving on.

From Netflix to Facebook and HQ Trivia, television is in turmoil. To sound smart about its future, look no further than this guide.

The big players in tech, from Google to Amazon, and some little players, too, are jockeying to own augmented reality.

This year, voice assistants like Amazon Alexa got big. Next year, get ready for the advertising feeding frenzy.

Artificial intelligence-generated video, photos, and audio that mimic the real world are already here. Now we get to live among them.

The Taxpayers Protection Alliance, backed in part by the Koch brothers, tried to kill a municipal fiber-optic project to deliver high-speed internet access in Louisville.

Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street. In 2018, that needs to change.

The Jacobs letter, a potentially key piece of evidence in the trade secrets lawsuit between Waymo and Uber, was made public—and boy do we have questions.

The editors of WIRED discuss some of their favorite products, and spot a few trends along the way.

MobileCoin aims to make cryptocurrency transactions quick and easy for everyone, while still preserving privacy and decentralization.

All over Silicon Valley and elsewhere, executives follow weird revitalization fads. They think the code of aging can be hacked and death made optional.

The gossip site and its competitors know that it’s not just what you say—it's who you're speaking to, and from what angle.

These titanium, brass, and Damascus steel objets d'art will long outlast the plastic doo-dad craze.

Plus: How Ford built a new engine for its GT supercar.

The inside story of how the automaker turned a pickup truck powerplant into a Le Mans-winning supercar engine.

Rian Johnson didn't just make a great movie—he tore down every sacred cow reactionaries have left.

Current trends say generating new bitcoins will use all the power in the world by 2020. That might not happen, but the technical issues aren't going away.

Attorneys general in five states say they'll sue to overturn the FCC's decision to repeal its net neutrality rules. Officials in Washington and California propose their own net neutrality rules.

FCC commissioners employed dubious information and curious logic before voting to repeal net neutrality rules.

Planet hunters didn't just stumble onto Kepler-90i. The secret to their success: a neural network trained to identify exoplanets.

The FCC has voted to roll back net neutrality rules. Read the statements of dissent from the two Democratic commissioners for a better understanding of just how much damage that can do.

Groups plan to contest the FCC decision's to repeal net neutrality rules.

Fecal transplants care caught in a legal limbo, even as they grow in popularity.

The massive additions to Disney's library mean it could be a serious player in the ever-splintering streaming market.

Andrew Ng, formerly of Google and Baidu, has a new company to help manufacturers use artificial intelligence techniques.

In one of the only games to ever stir something religious inside of me, color follows you wherever you go.

A rare and dangerous new form of malware targets the industrial safety control systems that protect human life.

WIRED's guide on what net neutrality is—and why you should care about it.

A new study mathematically models the real problem with traffic: You’re not keeping the right distance from the car behind you.

Current voting patterns in the South are related to ancient sea creatures. Yes, really.

China is taking the idea of a credit score to the extreme, using big data to track and rank what you do—your purchases, your pastimes, your mistakes.

The man trying to build tunnels around the country is awfully unimpressed by the basic concept of shared, mass transportation

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who died Monday, was a housing advocate who became a tech ally. His successor likely won't be so business-friendly.

The electric car? That’s just the beginning.

The DDoS attack that crippled the internet last fall wasn't the work of a nation-state. It was three college kids working a *Minecraft* hustle.

Fewer people have scaled an old-growth redwood than summited Mount Everest. Now it's your turn.

In his new book, "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing," Daniel Pink scours psychological, biological, and economic studies to explore what he calls the overlooked dimension.

Over seven months, 39 Nicholas Thompsons submitted net neutrality comments to the FCC. We tried to track each of them down.

A Princeton sociologist wants to use your digital data to solve some of the hardest research problems in social science.

Weaknesses in bitcoin's underlying technology slow processing times, and spawn big fees.

Rian Johnson's movie is the springiest, smartest, most assured installment in years.

You can now compose your tweetstorms all at once, and send them out into the world as one contained screed.

In the latest Star Wars sequel, Snoke comes to life thanks to Andy Serkis—extremely, frighteningly alive.

The spring inside a clicky pen is a perfect way to learn about projectile motion.

The 4.0-liter V8 engine that sits behind the two carbon fiber seats produces 789 brake horsepower.

A plug-and-play motor could send any satellite to burn up in the atmosphere. It's a good thing, promise.

Advocacy groups contend tech companies are quietly working to undo a compromise measure to curb sex trafficking.