In her recently translated novellas, Danish authro Dorthe Nors proves that status updates and BuzzFeed-ready text bursts have a place in literature. The post Dorthe Nors Proves That Tweets and Listicles Do Belong in Literature appeared first on WIRED.

Cleveland police and the feds are creating a tightly contained perimeter to secure the Republican convention---and constrain protests. The post Cleveland Will Create a City Within a City to Keep the RNC Civil appeared first on WIRED.

Steven Spielberg has made some of the greatest kids' movies ever. Now he's unleashing his inner child with The BFG. The post Inside the Mind of Steven Spielberg, Hollywood's Big, Friendly Giant appeared first on WIRED.

Ripcoil, a VR game that will launch with the Oculus Touch controllers later this year, convinced me that I was actually moving, while I was standing still. The post I Still Can't Believe How This VR Game Tricked My Brain appeared first on WIRED.

If it doesn't involve you, you probably don't want a notification about it. Here's how to opt-out. The post How to Turn Off Facebook’s Pesky Live Video Notifications appeared first on WIRED.

The second-generation Sphero SPRK+ is an educational version of the robot that's gaining steam in STEAM curriculum. The post Sphero's Ball-Bot Teaches Kids How to Roll Their Own Apps appeared first on WIRED.

Facebook shareholders today just ensured Mark Zuckerberg will control the company he founded for years to come. And they had little reason not to. The post Mark Zuckerberg Has Secured Control of Facebook for Years to Come appeared first on WIRED.

For Dell, combining software and hardware was supposed to be like chocolate and peanut butter. Instead, it's turning out more like oil and water. The post Dell Sells Off Software to Double Down on Its Riskiest Business appeared first on WIRED.

Fired founders. Desperate fundraising pleas. A dwindling user base. Trump the startup would not go far in the Silicon Valley. The post Lewandowski Is Out as Trump's Campaign Flails Like a Desperate Startup appeared first on WIRED.

An Icelandic geologist said he thinks Hekla is ready to erupt, but without official word, it is hard to tell the real threat. The post Is Iceland's Hekla Volcano Really About to Blow? appeared first on WIRED.

Speaking at the 2016 WIRED Business Conference, Carlton Cuse discussed how creating and running television shows has changed over the past 20 years. The post The TV Business Has Changed Forever—And That's a Good Thing appeared first on WIRED.

There hasn't been a lot of official Star Wars news lately, but there are a few rumors in the air. Catch up on them here. The post Cantina Talk: Who Wouldn’t Trust a Former TV Cannibal? appeared first on WIRED.

Tune in, turn on, survive commute. The post 5 Podcast Episodes You Must Hear This Week appeared first on WIRED.

For a tiny arthropod called a globular springtail, life is about being generally spherical and generally pissed-looking. The post Absurd Creatures: You'd Look Pissed Too if You Had This Critter's Sex Life appeared first on WIRED.

In "The Battle of the Bastards," two heroes a world apart fight very different battles. The post Game of Thrones Recap: Finally, the Ice and Fire appeared first on WIRED.

Male chicks are ground up or gassed soon after they hatch. The post How Egg Farms Will Stop Killing Millions of Male Chicks appeared first on WIRED.

What would you do if you wanted to read something stored on a floppy disk? That's a future the web's inventors don't want to see for their own creation. The post The Inventors of the Internet Are Trying to Build a Truly Permanent Web appeared first on WIRED.

Photographer Stuart Hall wanted to show the overwhelming scale of crude oil mining in Alberta, Canada. So he took to the air. The post Disturbing Aerials Reveal Canada’s Vast Tar Sand Mines appeared first on WIRED.

All the music, none of the tangly wires. The post Review: Motorola VerveOne Wireless Earbuds appeared first on WIRED.

The BMW group is releasing some insane concepts. From them, we can glean what they have planned for future cars. The post The Most Ultimate Driving Machine (That You'll Never Drive) appeared first on WIRED.

Taking a break from war, everyone's favorite time-travel historical romance fantasy confronts demons from the past. The post Outlander Recap: Die, Villains, Die appeared first on WIRED.

The actor recently completed work on director Justin Lin's upcoming Star Trek film. The post Star Trek Actor Anton Yelchin Dead at 27 appeared first on WIRED.

Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which deserve your attention nonetheless. The post Security News This Week: Anonymous Hacks ISIS Twitter With Gay Pride appeared first on WIRED.

The prosecution dismisses arguments about corrupt agents involved in the Silk Road investigation. The post Silk Road Prosecutors Argue Ross Ulbricht Doesn't Deserve a New Trial appeared first on WIRED.

The code behind the biggest crowdfunded project ever was supposed to eliminate the need to trust humans. But humans are tough to take out of the equation. The post A $50 Million Hack Just Showed That the DAO Was All Too Human appeared first on WIRED.

All the volcanoes on Earth will never erupt at once. However, it is a great example of how and how not to communicate science. The post The Right Way to Write About the Volcanic Apocalypse appeared first on WIRED.

Who knew the Donald was so into Dungeons & Dragons? The post These Are the Best Donald Trump Parody Twitter Accounts appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, June 12—18, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: These Stars Gonna Shock Your Socks Off appeared first on WIRED.

Apple has built its success on selling devices. Now, it's showing signs of opening up to the idea that it needs to do more. The post Apple Wants to Move Past Hardware But Isn't Ready to Commit appeared first on WIRED.

This week nearly everything that happened online was in some way related to the tragic mass shooting in Orlando. Here's what you may have missed. The post While You Were Offline: Break the Internet and Rebuild a Better One appeared first on WIRED.

Witch movies force us to confront a lot more than dark magic—they force us to confront how people feel about women with power. The post Witch Movies Aren’t Just About Horror. They’re About the Fear of Female Power appeared first on WIRED.

Use these cloud services to build your own domestic surveillance state. The post Protect Your Home With This Internet-Connected Security Gear appeared first on WIRED.

The best part of any renovation is the demolition. With these burly tools in your arsenal, you can make easy work of those walls, countertops, and floors. The post This Gear Makes It Easy to Destroy Your Home (In a Good Way) appeared first on WIRED.

3-D printers are user-friendly, but most can only build up objects from plastic or resin. CNC mills can go further. The post CNC Mills Don't Have to Be Beautiful, But This Bamboo One Sure Is appeared first on WIRED.

This hot highway has a buckle in the road. Why do solids expand when heated? How far would a car jump? What does this do to traffic? The post The Physics of Cars Catching Insane Air Off a Bump in a Highway appeared first on WIRED.

Color-coding and interconnections among 234 music genres put the history of pop music on display. The post A Dizzying Infographic Traipses Through 146 Years of Music appeared first on WIRED.

A lab in Hungary has reported an anomaly that could lead to a physics revolution. But even as excitement builds, closer scrutiny has unearthed a troubling backstory. The post The Mysterious X Boson Could Upend the Standard Model. If It Actually Exists appeared first on WIRED.

Cult favorite athletic wear line Outdoor Voices brings out yoga blocks (including a triangle!) made from cork. The post Yoga Blocks That Look Like Art, Not Pool Floaties appeared first on WIRED.

Last week's Game of Thrones episode ended with a surprising turn in Arya Stark's story. If this theory is right, it's even crazier than you thought. The post I Have a Crazy Game of Thrones Theory—And I'll Bet It's Right appeared first on WIRED.

Want to know which way the wind blows? IBM's new Deep Thunder tool combines the Weather Channel's data and forecasting with analytics for business applications. The post Deep Thunder Can Forecast the Weather—Down to a City Block appeared first on WIRED.

Matt Peckham, Jake Muncy, and Chris Kohler run down the highs and lows of E3 2016, from Zelda to Oculus and everything in between. The post Game|Life Podcast: It's The Gigantic E3 Expo Episode appeared first on WIRED.

This week's main topic: WWDC. Also, new phones from OnePlus and Motorola. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: Hey Siri, Welcome to the Future appeared first on WIRED.

Soon we'll have science to shape gun violence policy, and it's about damn time. The post Congress Refuses, So California Funds Its Own Gun Violence Research Center appeared first on WIRED.

Inside the Siemens factory that's making the rolling stock for Florida's privately-funded intercity rail system. The post Step Into the Huge Factory Forging America's Fancy New Trains appeared first on WIRED.

When a patient is shot by an AR-15, it "looks like a grenade went off in there." The post What an AR-15 Can Do to the Human Body appeared first on WIRED.

A Senate committee wants to know if Facebook could have stopped Omar Mateen. The answer is no. The post Orlando Shows the Limits of Facebook's Terror Policing appeared first on WIRED.

The terrorist watch list contains more than a million names. But just being on it won't prevent someone from getting a US visa, traveling on a plane or buying a gun. The post How Does the FBI Watch List Work? And Could It Have Prevented Orlando? appeared first on WIRED.

Sunday is Father's Day. Spend it being glad you didn't grow up with these guys. The post The 9 Worst Pop Culture Dads, From Darth Vader to Dr. Evil appeared first on WIRED.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday, out now for PC and iOS, takes you inside two moments of upheaval—and its creator hopes it's the dawn of a new genre. The post 1979 Revolution: Black Friday: Gripping Adventure Game Puts You in the Iranian Revolution appeared first on WIRED.

Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and others endlessly one-up each other with fancy features, whether cool, helpful, or useless. The post The Most Over-the-Top Features in Today’s Fanciest Cars appeared first on WIRED.