Making a female-led VR experience sets a precedent for the industry, and the animation tool Quill puts the creative power in VR users' hands. The post Dear Angelica Is the Film—and Filmmaking Tool—VR Needs appeared first on WIRED.

In this competition, humans are throwing washing machines. What is the force and power required to accomplish such a feat? The post Physics Explains How (But Not Why) Humans Can Throw Washing Machines appeared first on WIRED.

The anonymity-focused Tor Project wants to make darknet sites not just more secure, but potentially undiscoverable. The post It’s About To Get Even Easier to Hide on the Dark Web appeared first on WIRED.

Join WIRED for analysis, insight, and updates from the Capitol as Donald Trump—real estate mogul, reality TV star, and tweeter-in-chief—becomes president. The post Inauguration Liveblog: Donald Trump Is Sworn In as President appeared first on WIRED.

Instead of just making and selling smartphones, Xiaomi wants to make and sell just about everything. The post China's Plan to Rule the World: Make All the Gadgets appeared first on WIRED.

ZeniMax claims its tech is being used in Facebook-owned Oculus products without permission. But what does it really mean to steal code? The post That Whole Oculus Lawsuit Hinges on What Makes Code ‘New' appeared first on WIRED.

The most complex of safety dances. The post The Whirling Ballet of the Presidential Motorcade appeared first on WIRED.

The writer-director's new film, 'Split,' is his second good high-drama shocker in a row. The post M. Night Shyamalan's Latest Twist? Making Good Movies Again appeared first on WIRED.

People seeking solidarity and safety in like-minded groups are increasingly looking to secret Facebook groups. They're solipsistic—but that's OK. The post Secret Facebook Groups Are the Trump Era's Worst, Best Echo Chamber appeared first on WIRED.

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Hundreds of birds soared through the sky above Pontevedra, Spain. It's stunning and just a little bit icky. The post Starling Murmurations Are Beautiful. Just Ignore the Poop appeared first on WIRED.

They're the new heart of conservatism, but finding consensus about what they stand for is as difficult as finding consensus about anything online. The post At the DeploraBall, Trump's Online Army Wonders: What Now? appeared first on WIRED.

Turning yourself into a pretty fairy will cost you some personal data. The post Meitu, a Viral Anime Makeover App, Has Major Privacy Red Flags appeared first on WIRED.

All the spy secrets that are fit to declassify. The post UFOs, Psychics, and Spies: The CIA Just Put 12M Pages of Files Online. Start Here appeared first on WIRED.

In Nnedi Okorafor's Hugo-winning novella, a young student confronts many-tentacled monsters—and it's not even her first day of school yet. The post WIRED Book Club: We Have Wrapped Our Tentacles Around Binti appeared first on WIRED.

The successor to the M only shoots stills, and you'll pay a lot for that red dot. The post Leica Debuts Its New M10 Camera and, Yep, It's Gorgeous appeared first on WIRED.

Welcome to the End Times. The post Neil Gaiman's Very Necessary Apocalypse Comedy Good Omens Is Coming to Amazon appeared first on WIRED.

These are the films coming to Park City, Utah that we're most psyched about. The post 13 Must-See Flicks Coming to Sundance This Year appeared first on WIRED.

The latest Wolverine movie is going to be unlike any superhero movie out there. The post The New Logan Trailer Plays (Violently) Against Type appeared first on WIRED.

Opinion: A pair of Israeli security researchers argue that the advent of connected home devices presents a new opportunity for spy agencies. The post Connected Devices Give Spies a Powerful New Way to Surveil appeared first on WIRED.

The incoming Trump administration's EPA transition team intends to remove some climate data from the agency's website. These researchers are swooping in to help. The post Rogue Scientists Race to Save Climate Data from Trump appeared first on WIRED.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies strikes a deal to explore extending its plans to the Czech Republic. The post Slovakia's Hyperloop Moves a Step Closer to Not Being a Joke appeared first on WIRED.

The Reproducibility Project announces its initial cancer study results today. The post Fighting Cancer's Crisis of Confidence, One Study at a Time appeared first on WIRED.

What do data centers and monasteries have in common? Data storage apparently. The post The Magnificent Refuges That Hide Humanity’s Information appeared first on WIRED.

On the eve of Trump's inauguration, Democrats are falling apart. For the price of a latte, one political techie thinks he can bring them back together. The post Now You Can Save the Democratic Party for the Low, Low Price of $4.68 a Month appeared first on WIRED.

On the anthropomorphic spectrum, is there a sweet spot for robotic assistants? The post The Touchy Task of Making Robots Seem Human—But Not Too Human appeared first on WIRED.

Border patrol technology is the future whether Trump acknowledges that or not. The post A Wall Alone Can’t Secure the Border, No Matter Who Pays for It appeared first on WIRED.

With the new Breeze 4K, Yuneec has launched a drone made just for newcomers. The post Review: Yuneec Breeze 4K appeared first on WIRED.

Rick Perry once couldn't remember the name of the agency he's been nominated to lead. The post 3 Questions for Rick Perry, Trump's Pick to Lead the Um... Um... Oh Yeah, the Department of Energy appeared first on WIRED.

Childish Gambino. Atlanta. Lando Calrissian. Glover has just about every performance space covered, and all his projects intersect in strange ways. The post Inside the Weird, Industry-Shaking World of Donald Glover appeared first on WIRED.

Here's how you can tune in for the first moments of Trump's presidency. The post How to Watch Trump's Presidential Inauguration appeared first on WIRED.

Our favorite compact camera gets a little bump for 2017. The post Fujifilm's Excellent Digital Cameras Just Got Even Excellenter appeared first on WIRED.

These are the important points to consider when Price faces his formal confirmation hearing on January 24. The post 3 Critical Questions Tom Price Didn't Answer at the Health and Human Services Hearing appeared first on WIRED.

Bill McKibben argues that protecting science's legacy of climate research is a matter of protecting civilization itself. The post It's Time to Stand Up for the Climate—and for Civilization appeared first on WIRED.

Step aside, Peter Parker. The post Finally, Miles Morales Will Get to Be a Big Screen Spider-Man appeared first on WIRED.

Built to ferry guests around Macau, these Phantoms are stuffed with Au. The post Out of Places to Stick Diamonds, Rolls-Royce Starts Infusing Cars With Gold appeared first on WIRED.

Nintendo is courting a new sort of player with its new hybrid console: the people who already like Nintendo. The post Nintendo Switch Ain’t for Mom and Pop—It’s for Die-Hard Fans appeared first on WIRED.

2016 was the hottest year on record, setting a new high for the third year in a row, with scientists firmly putting the blame on human activities. The post 2016 Was the Hottest Year on Record, and Humans Are to Blame appeared first on WIRED.

Rigid exoskeletons to help the movement-impaired heavy, and they have a hard time aligning with human joints. A soft robotic wearable could be the fix. The post Soft Robot Exosuits Will Give You Springier Steps appeared first on WIRED.

Finally. Slack has just released threaded messaging, a way to connect related messages within a chatroom. The post Slack's New Threaded Messages Tame Your Meandering Chats appeared first on WIRED.

With a history of voting to expand fossil fuel exploration on public lands and weakening regulations, Zinke curries no favor with environmentalists. The post What You Need to Know From Ryan Zinke's Interior Secretary Hearing appeared first on WIRED.

If you think this sounds like the Hunger Games, you're not alone there. The post Stranded With a Million Dollars: How MTV Spied on Contestants for Real-Life Hunger Games appeared first on WIRED.

Here's a field guide to all the gadgets MTV used to make its new reality show. The post Jungle Patrol: Shooting Real Hunger Games appeared first on WIRED.

Families of some of the victims of the 2014 eruption of Mt. Ontake are suing the local government, claiming that they downplayed the volcano's threat. The post Victims’ Families Sue Japan for Failing to Warn of Eruption appeared first on WIRED.

When a big tech company unveils its new identity, it usually does so with a surprise announcement. Not this time. The post Introducing Mozilla’s New Logo, Moz://a. Get It? appeared first on WIRED.

We're moving to a future of intentionality. That's a key tenet of design thinking, the main force shaping and pushing tech and innovation of all kinds. The post A New Series About the Visionary Designers Who Shape Our World appeared first on WIRED.

Smart regulation and early engagement with developers can foster innovation, says FDA commissioner Robert Califf. The post How the FDA Will Help Lead the Next Medical Revolution appeared first on WIRED.

10 and 2 may not matter anymore, but the wheel is still the interlocutor between human and machine just yet. The post Designers Reinvent the (Steering) Wheel for the Age of Autonomy appeared first on WIRED.

Microsoft just bought a startup that's embracing an AI technique typically used to master games---so it can teach machines to carry on a conversation. The post Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse by Making Chat a Game appeared first on WIRED.

A sensible Android Wear watch comes along just as the platform is about to see an update. The post Review: Asus ZenWatch 3 appeared first on WIRED.