New FCC rules are going to make you hate those emergency alerts a whole lot less. The post Emergency Alert Texts Are Getting a Much Needed Upgrade appeared first on WIRED.

Zerodium offered $1 million for iPhone/iPad zero days when Apple released iOS 9 last year. With iOS 10, the rate has gone up considerably. The post A Top-Shelf iPhone Hack Now Goes for $1.5 Million appeared first on WIRED.

Space exploration is hard, but these robots are ready to climb pretty much anything. The post NASA’s Gecko-Inspired Robots Can Climb Pretty Much Anything appeared first on WIRED.

Seven hours of legal argument on states' right to allow carbon pollution may determine the fate of the centerpiece of US efforts to limit climate change. The post The Court Case That Will Decide Obama’s Climate Legacy appeared first on WIRED.

Automakers just need to figure out how to handle an amazingly thick stream of car data. The post Your Car Is Watching You—and Wants to Sell You Stuff appeared first on WIRED.

An unexpectedly powerful explosion from Barujari at Rinjani prompted evacuations of over 1,000 tourists, with some still possibly in danger. The post An Eruption at Rinjani in Indonesia Traps Hundreds of Tourists appeared first on WIRED.

The new Alto Dashboard brings all the magical smarts of Google Now to your many disparate email addresses. The post Believe It or Not, AOL Has an Awesome New Idea About Email appeared first on WIRED.

Gravity Sketch's new VR app turns your living room into a sketchpad. The post Gravity Sketch’s Wild VR App Will Let You Draw in Mid-Air appeared first on WIRED.

From Big Whiskey, Wyoming to Bible camp, Netflix has the movies you need to escape to a more light-hearted vision of America next month. The post Here's Everything You Need to Watch on Netflix in October appeared first on WIRED.

Konglish words look Korean, but sound distinctly English. The post The Beauty and Perils of Konglish, the Korean-English Hybrid appeared first on WIRED.

This week we got a lot of news about the upcoming Doctor Strange movie (and what will come after it). Also, some quick glimpses of Spidey and the Flash. The post Cape Watch: Look Out for Doctor Strange in Avengers: Infinity War appeared first on WIRED.

The number one determinant of high rates of fatal police shootings of black Americans is the percentage of eligible black Americans registered to vote. The post An Intriguing Link Between Police Shootings and Black Voter Registration appeared first on WIRED.

It's called the "world's largest post-apocalyptic festival." And it's probably too intense for you. The post Wasteland: The Mad Max Festival That Makes Burning Man Look Lame appeared first on WIRED.

Three bodies in the WIRED Book Club talk religion and science in the final act of Liu Cixin's mind-bending book. The post WIRED Book Club: Picking Apart the Satisfying, Uncheesy End of Three-Body Problem appeared first on WIRED.

In the pine forests of Idaho, a bird called the South Hills crossbill is waging one seriously bizarre evolutionary war. The post The South Hills Crossbill Is Evolving in a Seriously Bizarre Way appeared first on WIRED.

Bureau Spectacular deconstructs buildings and furniture. The post The Furniture in This Store Fits Together Like a Giant, 3-D Puzzle appeared first on WIRED.

Our writer dove into the linguistic thunderdome of wordplay battles. The English language will never be the same. The post ReflexLOLogy: Inside the Groan-Inducing World of Pun Competitions appeared first on WIRED.

After playing Super Mario 64 in September of 1996, I rushed to write down all of my thoughts in my fanzine. The post Nintendo 64 Came Out 20 Years Ago. Here’s How a Teenaged Me Reviewed It appeared first on WIRED.

Five C-notes doesn't just get you a TV. It gets you a TV, a Roku, a Chromecast, a soundbar, and money left over for pizza. The post 5 Awesome Home-Theater Setups for Under $500 appeared first on WIRED.

Who says an e-bike has to look like a bike? The post Electric Bicycles Sure Look Dopey. But Not This Beauty appeared first on WIRED.

The company announced Wednesday that it finally, officially would stop designing and producing its own smartphones. The post BlackBerry's Rise and Fall in 10 Phones appeared first on WIRED.

Netflix's most recent streaming series is just the latest in a long line of stories about young people trying to figure themselves out. Is it too much? The post Folks, TV May Have Reached Peak Millennial Slacker-Com appeared first on WIRED.

Say hello to the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society. The post Tech Giants Team Up to Keep AI From Getting Out of Hand appeared first on WIRED.

Will you love Jill Soloway's new show? Read on to find out. The post WIRED Pilot Program: I Love Dick appeared first on WIRED.

A group of 28 nations are meeting in Washington DC to work on better ways to map and track Arctic sea ice loss. The post The Arctic Is Melting, and Fast. But Maybe Data Can Save It appeared first on WIRED.

Newt Scamander tracks down escaped dangerous creatures in a magical 1920s New York. The post Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Trailer: Travel Back in Wizarding Time appeared first on WIRED.

Clearly running faster uses more energy. But at what speed does a human use the least amount of energy? Here is a model with estimates. The post What’s Your Ideal Running Speed to Conserve Energy? appeared first on WIRED.

The White House deals a (symbolic) blow to neighborhoods hoping to keep precious spots all to themselves. The post The War on City Parking Just Got Serious appeared first on WIRED.

Last month, Clinton drew money from the coasts as Trump took from the middle of the country. The post Clinton and Trump Get Most of Their Campaign Funds from These 250 Neighborhoods appeared first on WIRED.

Security questions for password recovery are fundamentally insecure. But if we can't abolish them, we can at least make our answers tough to guess. The post Time to Kill Security Questions—or Answer Them With Lies appeared first on WIRED.

The third season of the series set between the prequel trilogy and 'A New Hope' just began. Here's what to watch to get caught up. The post WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Wars Rebels appeared first on WIRED.

A digital detox is like a juice cleanse, but instead of staying away from junk food, you'll be staying away from screens. The post Spending Too Much Time on Your Phone? Try a Digital Detox appeared first on WIRED.

From drone photography and strategic lighting to his clients' own aspirations, there's nothing Fredrik Eklund won't use to create desire and make a sale. The post The Art of Selling Homes That Don't Yet Exist appeared first on WIRED.

Three professionals reveal how they transform everyday objects---a glass of whiskey, an elegant shoe---into images that make you want what you see. The post How Photographers Get the Perfect Shot—and Your Attention appeared first on WIRED.

If there's such a thing as designing a millennial approach for selling a product, Glossier gets pretty close: real and unmediated, the antibrand brand. The post The Beauty Upstart With a Radical New Way of Talking to You appeared first on WIRED.

Since Tinder's launch, the right swipe has become a signifier of our generation---shorthand for like, lust, and love. It was no accident of design. The post The Oral History of Tinder's Alluring Right Swipe appeared first on WIRED.

Musk doesn't just want to go to Mars, he wants to build a civilization there. The post Elon Musk Announces His Plan to Colonize Mars and Save Humanity appeared first on WIRED.

Clinton turned her website into a live fact-check of Trump during the debate. And it seems to have worked. The post Millions of People Checked Out Clinton’s Debate Fact-Check Site appeared first on WIRED.

The maps visualize the steady rise in the prevalence of adult obesity by turning from green to purple. The post Startling 8-Bit Visualizations of America's Obesity Epidemic appeared first on WIRED.

The biographical series covering Queen Elizabeth II's life aims to compete with historical dramas in the UK and appeal to American Anglophiles. The post The Crown Trailer: Netflix Goes Big-Budget Across the Pond appeared first on WIRED.

Google will help anyone build a public Wi-Fi hotspot, complete with a Google-based login. The post Google’s Got a Plan to Unify the World's Wi-Fi Hotspots appeared first on WIRED.

A number of science-minded members of Congress are retiring after this term, and that means crucial initiatives could be in jeopardy. The post Congress Will Soon Lose These Crucial Science Advocates appeared first on WIRED.

"Visually, the Presidential Debate Commission wants them to be as boring as possible." The post Why Last Night's Debate Looked So Mercifully, Refreshingly Boring appeared first on WIRED.

Vic Berger makes hilarious, delirious videos taking on everyone from Donald Trump to Jeb Bush. Here's how he does it. The post Meet Vic Berger, the Genius Behind This Election's Dopest Viral Videos appeared first on WIRED.

Long-in-the-works sequel to the 2003 classic adventure game could finally be happening. The post Beyond Good & Evil 2 Teased on Michel Ancel's Instagram appeared first on WIRED.

Europa joins a growing list of planetary bodies that likely have ice volcanism and possibly liquid water. The post If Europa Has Ice Plumes, Maybe They Work Like Earth’s Volcanoes appeared first on WIRED.

Not to be out-droned by the foldable Karma, DJI has today announced the Mavic Pro, its own less-expensive drone that folds up into a cute little rectangle. The post DJI Launches the Mavic Pro, a Significantly More Foldable Drone appeared first on WIRED.

Here's how the candidates stacked up on topics related to security, innovation, tech jobs, climate change, and other issues impacting the WIRED world. The post WIRED's Cheat Sheet to the Feisty First Presidential Debate appeared first on WIRED.

Slack has a plan to take its white hot chat app mainstream. The post Slack Integrates With Salesforce in a Bid to Win Over Suits appeared first on WIRED.