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A team of researchers has found that Volkswagen stores secret keys in car components that leave almost all its vehicles since 1995 vulnerable to theft. The post A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens appeared first on WIRED.

The world of apps is about to get a bit more like the web The post It's About to Get a Lot Easier for Apps to Talk to Each Other appeared first on WIRED.

This week on the culture podcast we're talking about a lot of disappointments, but we're also reveling in the joy of the Olympics. The post Culture Podcast: Fighting Over Suicide Squad Is Our New Fave Sport appeared first on WIRED.

In the Department of Justice's report about discrimination within the Baltimore Police Department, every data point is more damning than the next. The post DOJ's Startling Baltimore Report Proves It: We Need More Data on Cops appeared first on WIRED.

Shut up and take my money. The post Futurama Nerds, Rejoice! Morbotron Will GIF Any Quote For You appeared first on WIRED.

Reverse spherification ramps up the surface tension of a droplet, making it so stable that it stays together even if it’s pushed around a bit. The post Drink Juice Like an Astronaut With the Magic of Reverse Spherification appeared first on WIRED.

This video from The Slow Mo Guys shows shattering Pyrex as it progresses through the glass. Using video analysis, we can estimate the speed of this cracking glass. The post Your Pyrex Measuring Cup Shatters Faster than the Speed of Sound appeared first on WIRED.

Compromising a newswire service can be more damaging, and more lucrative, than you might think. The post Press Releases Finally Get a Devoted Readership: Hackers appeared first on WIRED.

Under the moniker "steve," the producer and instrumentalist has added a new set ot titles to his ever-growing job descripttion: animator/puppeteer/director. The post Flying Lotus Directed a Short Film, and It Is Seriously NSFW appeared first on WIRED.

Hydro demolition is a faster, easier, cheaper way to scrape away old concrete. The post Drop the Jackhammer and Fix Your Bridge With This Giant Waterpik appeared first on WIRED.

Street artist Kobra's colorful piece depicts indigenous people from five continents. The post A 30,000-Square-Foot Olympics Mural May Just Be a Record appeared first on WIRED.

Headgear doesn't protect boxers from concussions. The post Why Olympic Boxers Aren’t Wearing Headgear Anymore appeared first on WIRED.

Spanish photographer Xavi Bou captures birds' flight patterns in these gorgeous images. The post Mesmerizing Photos Capture the Flight Patterns of Birds appeared first on WIRED.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mario outrunning Sonic, snapped Atari 2600 joysticks: Why are Olympics videogames so weird? The post The 7 Most Ridiculous Olympics Videogames Ever appeared first on WIRED.

The pool went from limpid and chlorinated to green overnight, but our crack team of scientific investigators that we do not really have is on the case! The post The Olympic Diving Pool Turned Green, and We Know Why! appeared first on WIRED.

The twist is a rotational motion about an axis from head to feet. But how do you perform such a maneuver? Here are three ways. The post How Olympic Gymnasts Use Physics to Pull Off Those Crazy Twists appeared first on WIRED.

The full trailer will debut during NBC's Olympics coverage on Thursday, but for now there's 15 seconds of new footage. The post Here's a Teaser For the New Rogue One Trailer appeared first on WIRED.

Facebook wants to dodge the ad blocker in your browser. But that's not easy The post No One Can Stop Ad Blocking. Not Even Facebook appeared first on WIRED.

A crisscrossed network of holes counterintuitively helps extended release tablets expel the same amount of medicine all day long. The post Dissolving Pills Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Science as Hell appeared first on WIRED.

The Codex Silenda looks like a book, but it's actually five mind-bending puzzles. The post Every Page of This Wooden Book Is a Fiendish Puzzle appeared first on WIRED.

Did he just say what you think he said? It appears he did. The post Trump’s Second Amendment Line Probably Won’t Land Him in Jail appeared first on WIRED.

It's not clear how bad this is---but it's definitely not good. The post Hack Brief: Hackers May Have Breached Oracle’s Cash Register System appeared first on WIRED.

It's a meal in a bottle. With a side of coffee, also in the bottle. The post Soylent's New Creation Is Coffee and Breakfast in a Bottle appeared first on WIRED.

You may not know it, but golf, fencing, and, yes, even badminton use high-tech gear. The post The Best Battle Gear for Fencing, Golfing, and ... Badmintoning? appeared first on WIRED.

As I play this new PlayStation 4 game, I probe the children of far-flung stars, and I do so knowing that I can never see all of it. The post I'll Never See All of No Man's Sky's Beauty. Thank Goodness appeared first on WIRED.

According to a new poll, the majority of Trump backers in North Carolina say a Clinton victory would mean the election was rigged. The post Most North Carolina Trump Voters Won’t Believe in a Clinton Victory appeared first on WIRED.

The first full look at Netflix's forthcoming Marvel series proves that, despite all his rage, our hero's still just a man named Cage. The post The New Luke Cage Trailer Is Here to Punch You in the Head appeared first on WIRED.

Don't mess with Michael Phelps. Or shimmy in front of him. The post Petty Michael #PhelpsFace Becomes Rio’s First Perfect Meme appeared first on WIRED.

In swimming, humans try to achieve the greatest possible speed. However, the drag forces also depend on the speed. How much of an impact can small changes make? The post Wanna Swim Like Phelps? Take a Dive Into the Physics of Drag appeared first on WIRED.

Trump may have been right about Detroit's many ills, but he hasn’t quite accurately diagnosed the cause. The post Trump's Right: Detroit Is Hurting. But He's Wrong About Why appeared first on WIRED.

QuadRooter isn't just a vulnerability. It's a reminder of how hard it is to keep Android safe. The post Vulnerability Exposes 900M Android Devices—and Fixing Them Won't Be Easy appeared first on WIRED.

If you don't, we're going to rig every device in your house to play "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was) non-stop, until you have no choice but give in. The post Who Needs Frank Ocean? Check Out These 5 Great Albums Instead appeared first on WIRED.

Turns out political rhetoric is only as powerful as the emotions it triggers. The post How the Candidates’ Talking Points Are Getting Inside Your Head appeared first on WIRED.

While the Olympics will propel many athletes to the pinnacle of human possibility, it won't necessarily help their earning potential. The post It's Really Hard to Make Money as an Olympian appeared first on WIRED.

Every 'dekotora' needs tons of chrome, neon, and velvet. And don't forget the chandelier. The post Climb Aboard the Insanely Elaborate Delivery Trucks of Japan appeared first on WIRED.

Dwell calls its new platform an “interest network,” which is like a more tightly curated social network. The post Dwell.com Reinvents Itself as a Social Network for Design Nerds appeared first on WIRED.

In 1953, a neurosurgeon cut out two slivers from a patient's brain. The surgery helped the patient's epilepsy, but left him unable to form any new memories. The post The Untold Story of Neuroscience’s Most Famous Brain appeared first on WIRED.

Now, if it could just stop caring about the rest of the DC Extended Universe, maybe we'd all enjoy it more. The post Suicide Squad Is the Future of Superhero Movies—Except For One Thing appeared first on WIRED.

A few Android phones have a dual-camera setup. The next iPhone is rumored to have one, too. Here's what dual cameras can do for you. The post Your Next Phone Will Have a Dual Camera (and You’ll Love It) appeared first on WIRED.

Turning Change.org into your personal waaahmbulance-dispatch service isn't just ineffective. It threatens to overshadow the site's mission: Actual change. The post Can We Cool It With the Pop Culture Petitions, Please? appeared first on WIRED.

A computer outage in Atlanta forced Delta to cancel more than 650 flights all over the world. How can that happen? The post How a Computer Outage Can Take Down a Whole Airline appeared first on WIRED.

Seventy-two nomadic herders, including 41 children, were hospitalised in far north Russia after the region began experiencing abnormally high temperatures. The post Siberian Child Dies After Climate Change Thaws an Anthrax-Infected Reindeer appeared first on WIRED.

Go ahead, laugh. But Sunday evening's match was a delirious, emotionally draining 60 minutes. The post Rio Just Lost Its Mind Over Ping Pong. Yes, Ping Pong appeared first on WIRED.

Walmart's never catching Amazon, okay? The post Walmart's $3 Billion Jet.com Buy Still Leaves It Way Behind appeared first on WIRED.

To get a look at how the industry's pushing forward, we ventured beyond the locked doors of the airport. The post Flight Mode: The Quest to Make Flying Safer, Faster, and Comfier appeared first on WIRED.

Experiments have fleetingly hinted at a fourth, so-called sterile neutrino. But it seems like it was never there in the first place. The post The Search for a New Type of Neutrino Turns Up Empty appeared first on WIRED.

An appetite for marine mammal flesh may further threaten the beleaguered California condor. The post A Troubling Snag in the Comeback of the California Condor appeared first on WIRED.

California's cap and trade system is in political jeopardy, and the outcome could affect how the rest of the US addresses clean power. The post If Clinton Wins, American Can Look to California for Cutting Carbon appeared first on WIRED.

The agouti of Central and South America may be a rodent of unusual size, growing to two feet long, but don't even trip. The post This Rodent of Unusual Size Will Not Assault You. I Promise appeared first on WIRED.