Electric cars will make cities eerily quiet... and that presents a big problem. The post EVs Are Dangerously Quiet. Here's What They Could Sound Like appeared first on WIRED.

Love adventure but not a fan of tight spaces? Explore caves on Instagram instead. The post 6 Epic Caving Instagrams Let You Spelunk From Your Desk appeared first on WIRED.

The US is systematically failing to produce homegrown tech talent. Trump has yet to come up with the faintest glimmer of a plan to address the problem. The post Trump Has Done Nothing to Fix America's Tech Talent Shortage appeared first on WIRED.

Last week, the New York Attorney General's office settled lawsuits forcing three app developers to stop promising health-tech miracles. The post Wellness Apps Evade the FDA, Only to Land In Court appeared first on WIRED.

You don't have to play in the Masters to take advantage of souped up golf clubs, Bluetooth swing analysis, and hyper-realistic golf simulators. The post Swing Things: 7 Tech Tools to Improve Your Golf Game appeared first on WIRED.

Last week, the people of Twitter were upset about a lot of things. But mostly they were upset about Twitter. The post While You Were Offline: Twitter Cripples @ Replies and Also Spirits appeared first on WIRED.

Anyone who knows which end of a screwdriver to hold can design a drone and test it virtually. The post Nifty MIT Software Lets You Design and Test Your Very Own Drone appeared first on WIRED.

Silicon Valley pours its billions into isolated islands of wealth. That's alienated fellow Americans—and undermined tech's political clout The post Tech's Wealthy Enclaves Hurt the Country—and Tech Itself appeared first on WIRED.

When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming. The post A Retiree Discovers an Elusive Math Proof—And Nobody Notices appeared first on WIRED.

How three guys and a half-baked idea changed online humor forever. The post Funny or Die at 10: An Oral History appeared first on WIRED.

A mere 15 Republicans crossed party lines this past week to vote against the repeal of online privacy protections. It doesn't have to be this way. The post The Conservative Case Against Trashing Online Privacy Rules appeared first on WIRED.

Richard Kelly's film has gone from obscure to cult fave to full-on classic. The post Donnie Darko Is No Cult Classic—It’s a Straight Up Classic appeared first on WIRED.

Behold swirling storms on Jupiter, a monstrous black hole, and the Milky Way's galactic bulge. The post Space Photos of the Week: Mystery Supernova Won’t Say Where It’s From appeared first on WIRED.

Some things we loved last month, from the Samsung Galaxy S8 to the red iPhone 7, and from the tiny wireless UE Wonderboom to the big Sonos Playbase. The post March's Best Stuff: Flagship Phones, Dope Wireless Speakers appeared first on WIRED.

The strategy, called retrieval practice, is a type of mental doing: It's a way to create the webs of meaning that support what we know. The post Want to Play Scrabble Like a Pro? Here’s Your Memory Trick appeared first on WIRED.

A new exhibition highlights three films by an Australian architect who sees technology not as a tool, but a star. The post You Can Make Movies With Drones and CGI, Sure. But Why Not Make Them the Stars? appeared first on WIRED.

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn't break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: Yes, Even Internet-Connected Dishwashers Can Get Hacked appeared first on WIRED.

Money is always a good incentive ... The post How to Rebuild Atlanta's Collapsed Freeway. Like, Now appeared first on WIRED.

This week, the Samsung Galaxy S8, the Baselworld watch convention, and revisiting the first tablet PC. The post Exploring New Galaxies appeared first on WIRED.

Joss Whedon is in talks to write and direct a Batgirl movie, but there are better things he could be doing with his talents. The post Joss Whedon Could Make a Great Batgirl Movie, But He Shouldn’t appeared first on WIRED.

Winter is here—and so are a lot of monochromatic outfits. The post What’s Coming in the Next Game of Thrones Season? Look at the Clothes appeared first on WIRED.

A launch cataclysm could end up costing the federal rocket insurance program way more than it currently estimates. The post Yup, Rockets Need Insurance, Too. But Way More Than the Feds Think appeared first on WIRED.

The sequel is coming this September—but while its new trailer is a fun first look, it's a parade of missed opportunities. The post Destiny 2 Needs to Get a Lot Weirder Than Its First Trailer appeared first on WIRED.

Government officials embrace a unique method of reform. The post Step Inside a Saudi Rehab Prison for Jihadists appeared first on WIRED.

A new supercomputer for the National Center for Atmospheric Research gets to work studying climate and solar flares—and prepares for a bunch of new neighbors. The post Why You Should Put Your Supercomputer in Wyoming appeared first on WIRED.

The latest from smartphone smart-game guru Zach Gage is an addictive riff on crosswords and a master class in smart game design. The post Typeshift Enlightens Word Nerds With Masterful Game Design appeared first on WIRED.

Today will be easy. Tomorrow, not so much. The post Boeing's Test Protocol for New Planes Is as Brutal As You'd Hope appeared first on WIRED.

Meetings have always been torture. But now the tech industry is threatening to make them work. The post Silicon Valley's Plot to Reinvent the Dreaded Conference Call appeared first on WIRED.

Maybe the best way to show commitment to change is to actually change. The post Hey Tech Giants: How About Action on Diversity, Not Just Reports? appeared first on WIRED.

These companies are applying the Silicon Valley playbook to neuroscience. The post Elon Musk Isn’t the Only One Trying to Computerize Your Brain appeared first on WIRED.

Let's do some video analysis (homework included). The post Yes, Spider-Man Can Jump 6 Meters Onto a Moving Ferry. Physics Says So appeared first on WIRED.

America's biggest tech companies are remaking the internet through artificial intelligence—and they're looking north to Canada to advance AI itself. The post For Google, the AI Talent Race Leads Straight to Canada appeared first on WIRED.

Attempted intrusions against any senator aren't surprising. But they're a reminder election hacking shouldn't be a partisan issue. The post Marco Rubio Says Hack Attempts From Russia Targeted Him, Too appeared first on WIRED.

Ro Khanna, Silicon Valley's newest rep in Congress, wants lawmakers to embrace a favorite tech idea: a basic income to counter the impact of automation. The post A Silicon Valley Lawmaker's $1 Trillion Plan to Save Trump Country appeared first on WIRED.

To sell Luc Besson's latest sci-fi epic, his studio has to make it look familiar—but also new. The post Valerian's Biggest PR Problem: It Did Everything First appeared first on WIRED.

ISPs claim they want a level playing field, but it's already tilted in their favor. The post Big Cable's Case for Selling Your Data Doesn't Hold Up appeared first on WIRED.

Now that Pornhub's going HTTPS, your private browsing will be a lot more private. The post The World's Biggest Porn Site Goes All-In on Encryption appeared first on WIRED.

Researchers reveal what makes the fang blenny's venom so unique: It's packed with opioid peptides. The post The Fanged Fish That Drugs Its Enemies With Opioids appeared first on WIRED.

Sway is the latest in a recent spate of meditation apps designed to encourage mindfulness. The post An App That Tracks Your Movement to Help You Relax, Even in the Back of a Cab appeared first on WIRED.

Apple's AirPods aren't the only wireless earbud game in town. The post Review: Earin M-1 Wireless Earbuds appeared first on WIRED.

No longer just the home of cyborgs and ships, space operas are exploring a lot of new frontiers. The post Space Opera Fiction Isn't Just Back. It's Better Than Ever appeared first on WIRED.

Does blue light make you more alert? Yep. But does removing it from your phone's screen help you fall asleep? That hasn't actually been proven yet. The post The Uncertain Science Behind Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer appeared first on WIRED.

Three million people download music from hard drives delivered by hand. The post How Reggaetón Exploded All Over Cuba Without the Internet appeared first on WIRED.

"We can make fun and we can fight and we can do it through jokes and through comedy, but it has to be about more than why people are reprehensible." The post Confessions of Presidential Joke Writer Jon Lovett appeared first on WIRED.

This is the first time SpaceX—or any commercial space company—has attempted to reuse a rocket to send something into orbit. The post Watch SpaceX Launch Its First Truly Reusable Rocket appeared first on WIRED.

A VPN's not a perfect solution to your privacy problems, but it's a start. The post If You Want a VPN to Protect Your Privacy, Start Here appeared first on WIRED.

The company's big plan is to be everywhere video is---everywhere but your cable box. The post Inside Cheddar, the Would-Be CNBC of the Internet appeared first on WIRED.

The Roots---the house band of <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</em>---are known for sneaking flyby jabs into 10-second snippets of walk­-on music. The post Questlove and the Art of the Subversive Musical Dig appeared first on WIRED.

At a time when Republicans and Democrats alike are fond of flinging around the term "fake news," <em>The Onion</em> is reveling in the absurdity of it all. The post Our Favorite Trump-Era Headlines From The Onion appeared first on WIRED.

After Tuesday's vote by the House of Representatives to strip online privacy protections, a new site aims to mask your browsing history with search noise. The post Wanna Protect Your Online Privacy? Open a Tab and Make Some Noise appeared first on WIRED.