Xbox One shipped without compatibility with Xbox 360 games, but Microsoft's going to change that. The post Xbox One Will Soon Play Some Old 360 Games appeared first on WIRED.

"Recore" will be available in spring 2016, Microsoft said. The post Mega Man, Metroid Prime Creators Team for an Xbox Exclusive appeared first on WIRED.

This weekend Colin Trevorrow's movie set a global box office record. Here's what you need to know about the director. The post 9 Things About the Man Behind Jurassic World’s Record-Breaking Success appeared first on WIRED.

Fan-favorite character Michonne will be the protagonist of Telltale's next adventure games based on The Walking Dead. The post Telltale’s Next Walking Dead Game Stars Michonne appeared first on WIRED.

The Lowline aims to open a testing ground for its solar technology, which would direct sunlight below ground. The post Want to Build an Underground Park? You’ll Need a Lab First appeared first on WIRED.

For the first time in the history of the show, no one in the audience knows what's going to happen next. The post Game of Thrones Finale Recap: Death Is a Gift appeared first on WIRED.

Tonight at its E3 briefing, Sony will announce close to 20 upcoming VR titles for Project Morpheus. But the one they don't announce might be the craziest. The post Sony’s VR Push Hinges On The Game We Thought We’d Never Play appeared first on WIRED.

More than 50 percent of academic papers published are owned by five major publishers. The post The Web Will Either Kill Science Journals or Save Them appeared first on WIRED.

Every day, astronomer Phil Stooke publishes updated maps that illustrate the travels of the-little-rover-that-could. The post These Amateur Maps of the Curiosity Rover Rival NASA’s appeared first on WIRED.

Garbage becomes weirdly beautiful art on the shores on Mexico. The post Mexico’s Ugly Ocean Trash, Transformed Into Treasure appeared first on WIRED.

Teams will set out from Paris on a race around the world, all aiming to cover 25,000 miles and make it back to the French capital within 80 days, without burning fossil fuels. The post Racing Around the World in 80 Days—Without Fossil Fuels appeared first on WIRED.

You'll be picking through the wreckage of post-apocalyptic Boston very soon. The post Fallout 4 Will Arrive In November appeared first on WIRED.

Nintendo has released the 1989 Famicom game Mother in the U.S. and Europe as Earthbound Beginnings. The post After 25 Years, Nintendo Finally Released This RPG appeared first on WIRED.

Quantum theorist Christopher Fuchs explains how to solve the paradoxes of quantum mechanics. The post A Private View of Quantum Reality appeared first on WIRED.

Poorly penned scripts. Rom-com plots. A lack of female writers. Unknown directors. Significantly lower budgets. Little, if any, merchandising. The post Hollywood Sets Up Its Lady Superheroes to Fail appeared first on WIRED.

But just what kind of hybrid is Indominus rex? WIRED asked paleontologist Jack Horner what she was made of. The post Let’s Engineer Indominus Rex…And a Glowing Unicorn! appeared first on WIRED.

The seventh week of the WIRED Star Wars Challenge is upon us. Here are your missions! The post Here Are Your WIRED Star Wars Challenges for Week 7 appeared first on WIRED.

In a roller-coaster ride of a year, Dan Lyons went from a marketing gig to a writer on HBO's "Silicon Valley." The post From Tech Reporter to Silicon Valley Writer and Back Again appeared first on WIRED.

How would the Indominus rex fare in a fight with a T. rex or velociraptor? The post Could Any Dinosaur Beat Jurassic World’s Indominus Rex in a Fight? appeared first on WIRED.

Space photos of the week, June 7 - 13. The post Space Photos of the Week: The Crab Nebula Ain’t Got No Legs appeared first on WIRED.

Six Flags New Orleans shut down after Katrina, but it's found new life as a filmmaker's perfect blank canvas. The post The Derelict Theme Park Where Jurassic World’s Dinos Roam appeared first on WIRED.

Every weekend, WIRED Security rounds up the vulnerabilities and privacy updates that didn’t quite rise to our level for in-depth reporting this week, but deserve your attention nonetheless. The post Security News This Week: The NSA Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (Neither Will Israel, China, or Britain) appeared first on WIRED.

In the latest episode of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast, journalist Ashlee Vance talks about his new book on entrepreneur Elon Musk. The post Sci-Fi Helped Inspire Elon Musk to Save the World appeared first on WIRED.

Let it be known: If you’re reading these words, you might be doing the Internet wrong. The post While You Were Offline: This Is How You Come Out on YouTube appeared first on WIRED.

Have you ever thought about dinosaurs? No, I mean REALLY thought about them. The post Dinosaurs, Man…What Does It All Mean? appeared first on WIRED.

Director Colin Trevorrow talks about taking on a beloved dinosaur franchise, and working on getting it right. The post Jurassic World’s Director on Tackling the Beloved Franchise appeared first on WIRED.

Last night's "Primavera" episode got back to the body horror of previous seasons. The post Hannibal GIF and a Graf: Dr. Lecter’s Got a Broken Heart appeared first on WIRED.

Ford is returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016, hoping to beat the Europeans on their own soil. The post Ford’s Returning to Le Mans to Kick More Euro Ass appeared first on WIRED.

Ice hockey fans got an old-school surprise during the Stanley Cup finals earlier this month. The post How They Made Tampa Bay Lightning’s 8-Bit Hockey Tributes appeared first on WIRED.

Last Friday was National Donut Day– only in America, right? Imagine our surprise when Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and author of Predictably Irrational, identified donuts as the technology(!) he is most worried about. Polymath industrial designer Yves Behar (fuseproject founder, Jawbone chief creative officer, and August COO) rebutted Ariely’s argument, asserting that as consumers are […] The post DAN ARIELY, YVES BEHAR AND RODNEY BROOKS ON WHAT DONUTS AND GOOGLE MAPS HAVE IN COMMON appeared first on WIRED.

Last night, Netflix surprise-dropped its prison dramedy early. Let this GIF be your guide going into the binge weekend. The post Orange Is the New Black GIF and a Graf: Surprise! appeared first on WIRED.

"Botany underpins the modern world." So for this Follow Friday, let’s give plants a little love. The post Follow Friday: Exploring the Wild World of Botany appeared first on WIRED.

Aside from one bit, this week's best TV can be largely summed by this: Silly and beautiful famous people doing endearing things. The post This Week in TV: Chris Pratt Will Charm Your Clothes Off appeared first on WIRED.

The vagus nerve's wandering path means that doctors can manipulate it to treat a whole range of human disorders. The post From Obesity to Epilepsy, One Nerve May Lead to Many Cures appeared first on WIRED.

We're obsessive about our tools. Which is why we love USAG's T-handle hex wrenches. The post These Beautiful Wrenches Make Us Want to Twist and Shout appeared first on WIRED.

The Angulo siblings from the documentary The Wolfpack grew up on movies and rarely left their home. We asked them to review the summer's blockbuster films. The post We Asked the Wolfpack Guys to Review Summer Blockbusters appeared first on WIRED.

Responsiveness and improved performance could impact the gadget's battery life. The post Native Apps Will Be Great for the Apple Watch—Mostly appeared first on WIRED.

Stunning photos celebrating more than 260 spacewalks since 1965. The post The Best Photos From 50 Years of NASA Spacewalks appeared first on WIRED.

Here's what you need to know about the Eli Roth-backed filmmaking movement known as Chilewood. The post How a Movement in Chile Is Transforming Film Worldwide appeared first on WIRED.

In an app-free world, the platform battles between iOS and Android could become a tangible pain point for users. The post Apple and Google Race to See Who Can Kill the App First appeared first on WIRED.

The first question to ask here isn’t how the shipworm manages to bore into wood, but how the hell a marine creature could evolve to rely on a terrestrial material in the first place. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Lowly Clam That Almost Sank Two of Columbus’ Boats appeared first on WIRED.

The combination of money and prestige has produced some pretty spectacular machinery, but also some wonderful—or just plain odd—long shots and underdogs. The post The Most Wonderfully Bizarre Cars Ever to Race Le Mans appeared first on WIRED.

The hacker breach of the Office of Personnel Management, exposing four million government employees' data, is far worse than it looked when it first hit the public eye. The post Why The OPM Breach Is Such a Security and Privacy Debacle appeared first on WIRED.

Today the European Space Agency released images that may point to the final resting place of its lovely lost lander, Philae. The post Images Show Our Favorite Little Lander on Its Comet…Maybe appeared first on WIRED.

Action platformers? Shooters? Sports mini-games? On Oculus Rift, everything old can be thrilling again. The post Inside the Oculus Rift, Old Games Are New Again appeared first on WIRED.

This week's best music videos are an emotional roller coaster. Get on, won't you?! The post Audio Visuals: Scrap The Martian. It’s Been Done Already appeared first on WIRED.

If you've been scheduling your Comic-Con plans around the Marvel Studios panel, we have some bad news for you. The post Cape Watch: Nobody’s Gonna Get Punched in Sandman appeared first on WIRED.

Airlines and plane makers are already obsessed with cutting fuel, but they'll have to do more. The post Planes Have to Get More Efficient. Here’s How to Do It appeared first on WIRED.

Using recombinant DNA techniques, researchers have figured out how spider hormones evolved into toxic venom. The post The Secret History of Spider Venom’s Paralytic Power appeared first on WIRED.