A lawsuit filed by George Carlin's manager will still move forward.

The latest edition in the franchise is focused squarely on handing the series off to a new generation of protagonists, and modernizing the game in the process.

Forget the ice chest. Bring the full power of a portable refrigerator on your next outing into the wilds.

Many Black users who stayed amid the chaos and change on the platform, now named X, have found a renewed sense in what originally fascinated them: the mundanity in connection.

In an atomically thin stack of semiconductors, a mechanism unseen in any natural substance causes electrons' spins to align.

Xiaomi's affordable Pocos have great displays and performance, but their cameras and interface may frustrate you.

BeReal, the app defined by its ad-free, filter-free experience, will soon welcome celebrities and brands to its platform. Its COO says these new users won't threaten the app's integrity.

Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk.

Plus: Apple gets more serious about AI on its devices, and Shazam lets you use your headphones to learn what song is playing.

Parts of the state are starting the year with low reserves. With light winter rains failing to replenish supply, and a scorching summer predicted, key areas may be pushed to the brink.

Keep your boss and baby happy with discounts on our favorite WFH and parenting gear.

App developers say the high price and secretive rollout of Apple's mixed-reality headset have led them to take a wait-and-see" approach to building software for it.

The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI algorithms.

A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned.

US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.

In response to new rules, the iPhone maker announced drastic changes for users in Europe. But criticism is mounting that Apple's new system only recreates old problems.

The new Omega and Swatch collaboration needs to atone for those lackluster Moonshine Golds.

The third book in the Dune series has far less action than the original novel.

Beloved women's website The Hairpin shut down in 2018. This month it returned from the dead to churn out AI clickbait. Its fate is a warning to all digital publications.

The Take Back Our Border channel on Telegram now has over 1,000 members, some of whom are invoking a new Civil War.

Deepfake porn is prolific. The explicit, AI-generated images of Taylor Swift that circulated on X this week are taking the issue to new heights.

A new study shows piracy was up nearly 7 percent globally last year. At the top of the most pirated lists: The Last of Us and Oppenheimer.

Two experiments you can do yourself to finally, definitively put this question to rest.

Zenbivy's clever quilt-and-sheet sleeping bag alternative provided the best backcountry sleep I've ever had.

RGG's latest Like a Dragon game trades crime melodrama for deep character development.

Two fake-audio experts say that the deepfake robocall of President Biden received by some voters last week was likely created with technology from Silicon Valley's favorite voice cloning startup.

In his new book Read Write Own, investor Chris Dixon mounts a defense of blockchain, arguing it can save society from the monopoly power of tech giants.

AI is elbowing its way into ever more jobs, but while how we work will change, people skills will still be the most important factor.

WIRED spoke with a member of Meta's Oversight Board about how the company plans to handle elections around the world in 2024.

Newly disclosed breaches of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise highlight the persistent threat posed by Midnight Blizzard, a notorious Russian cyber-espionage group.

A law firm's investigation of a gruesome crash in which a pedestrian was dragged under an autonomous vehicle says GM's Cruise fixated on media reports and didn't share all it knew with regulators.

As the US and other countries ponder how to prevent dangerous uses of AI, some researchers suggest building limitations into crucial chips like GPUs to cap the power of algorithms.

With Trump's nomination all but inevitable, the former president's most fervent far-right supporters are already debating who should join the 2024 ticket.

Want to wade into the world of mechanical keyboards? We break down the terminology, phrases, and materials to make the experience less overwhelming.

Smart rings are getting more affordable, but RingConn's debut release is a little buggy.

From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow's offensive hacking has now targeted Iranians with some of history's most aggressive cyberattacks.

The winter sport is becoming more treacherous as the world warms and icefalls become less and less stable.

Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bots of potential matches. We tested it out-and our chatbot tried to woo matches with talk of nuclear warfare.

A low-cost model of Tesla will launch in 2024, CEO Elon Musk told investors. It could help the EV maker compete with BYD and other surging Chinese automakers.

The Amazon-owned home surveillance company says it is shuttering a feature in its Neighbors app that allows police to request footage from users. But it's not shutting out the cops entirely.

Several gene therapies aim to restore a protein necessary for transmitting sound signals from the ear to the brain.

A new study of single-vehicle, single-pedestrian crash data for 2016-2021 finds high hoods on pickups and SUVs are more dangerous.

Congressman Dean Phillips' presidential run has gotten a boost from rich techies trying to shake up the primary.

New Hampshire's Voter Integrity Group on Facebook has almost 7,000 followers. On Tuesday, it was filled with conspiracies, confusion, and outrage.

New research finds that the groundwater systems that hydrate your life are in rapid, sometimes accelerating decline around the globe. Here's how to stop the retreat.

From its founding, OpenAI said its governing documents were available to the public. When WIRED requested copies after the company's boardroom drama, it declined to provide them.

Fragmented and focused social platforms might be good for helping you find a knitting community. But extremist groups are also using them to normalize darker content.

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven-but it's also a boon to those with a darker purpose.

Anyone hoping to save all of their WhatsApp chats on their Android phone may need to snag a Google One subscription soon.

Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like The New York Times now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them.