In 2023, a new idea took hold: The internet isn't fun anymore. Except it's not a new idea.

For decades, director Michael Mann has pushed boundaries, sought perfection, and built a devoted following-just like Enzo Ferrari himself.

This jogging stroller folds easily into small spaces, but no hand brake makes it a no-go for runners.

I tried to sell a futon on Facebook Marketplace and nearly all I got were scammers.

From a rollicking crypto investigation to an unexpectedly moving novel about poetry-spouting AI, these are the best books we read in 2023.

Members of the US Congress touted improvements to children's privacy protections as an urgent priority. So why didn't they do anything about it?

It'll take over the world. It won't subjugate humans. For Meta's chief AI scientist, both things are true.

Your smartphone isn't built for sound. That's why you might want to consider a good old-fashioned digital audio player.

WIRED spoke with employees at Business Insider, one of the outlets owned by Axel Springer, which just struck a significant deal with OpenAI.

Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app's giveaways-but have questions about its future.

NIST, the US agency Joe Biden tasked with curbing the risks of AI, lacks the necessary resources. Lawmakers are concerned it could be forced to rely on private companies developing the technology.

Excellent sound quality and features make this midrange bar a top pick.

From The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to Diablo VI, it was a year to return to familiar worlds.

The Gadget Lab podcast celebrates the holidays with an entire show filled with recommendations for products, movies, activities, and tech tips you might want to try.

Banks use your deposits to make loans to carbon-intensive industries. A new analysis finds that $1,000 in your account creates emissions equal to a flight from NYC to Seattle.

A tiny proportion of Americans-particularly boomers-eat the majority of the nation's beef. Can clever framing sway a younger generation?

When crypto exchange FTX collapsed, it left behind a hole in the market. From Backpack to OPNX, faces new and old are vying to fill it.

More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more.

Bird was once valued at more than $2 billion-now it has filed for bankruptcy. This is the untold story of the contractors who risked it all to try to make the micromobility dream a reality.

From Bitzees to birthing guinea pigs, these toys are popular online and in our Gear team member's homes.

At the end of the day, if you're threatening violence or committing acts of violence to achieve a political end, that's terrorism," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told WIRED.

Extreme conditions caused by climate change are making winter sports more risky. From Colorado to Washington, that's also making mountain rescue missions even more perilous.

As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing ejiao," which is made with donkey skin.

Physical media hive, rise up, and read our test of the finest Blu-ray players you can buy right now.

Hotel prices and tourism numbers are up as New York City goes through its first holiday season with new rules that ban nearly all Airbnbs and other short-term rentals.

This year's best cookbooks provide tasty, well-tested instructions for grilling, fermenting, and baking. There's even something for cocktail hour.

We spent some time with the prototype robot vacuum from two ex-Google engineers that will be available in March 2024.

Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people's homes. But who's really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night?

Google's doomed social network Buzz led US regulators to force Google and Meta to monitor their own data use. Insiders say the results were mixed, as pressure mounts for a federal privacy law.

It's not too late to finish your shopping. We rounded up deals on WIRED-approved gifts that ship quickly.

Beeper's Mini" Android app was supposed to be a simple green-bubble-to-blue-bubble messaging solution. It has now fueled a larger conversation about government regulation of the tech industry.

After an 18-month rampage, global law enforcement finally moved against the notorious Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group. Within hours, the operation faced obstacles.

Meta's automated systems made mistakes in removing sensitive content from the Israel-Hamas war, the company's Oversight Board has ruled. It called on the company to put more human intervention in place.

The approval of the first Crispr-based therapy is just the beginning. Getting it to patients is the next hurdle.

The 217-mph, 1,001-hp electrified Lamborghini Revuelto is so much fun it will make you lose the ability to speak properly.

As researchers try to make sense of open-label" placebos-fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness-the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine.

Prior to the event, hundreds of people signed a letter asking The Game Awards' organizers to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. They didn't, and a rift in the industry has only grown wider.

A dispute over the patent for the blood-oxygen sensor in the two newest Apple Watch models is at the heart of the pause, which partly goes into effect on December 21.

Spike Jonze's Her turns 10 today. The futuristic film is now an optimistic time capsule.

Generative AI is only one way of creating deceptive and manipulated media-and experts are concerned that not enough attention is paid to cheapfakes" and other forms of digital manipulation.

Whether you're a water sports fanatic or a seasoned wild swimmer, these changing robes will make you feel like royalty.

Raising a range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials will also probe whether graphic content from Hamas' attack on Israel was allowed to spread across the site.

Make some long-distance connections. These cooperative multiplayer titles let you play together over the internet.

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It's another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become.

On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories.

These cams let you check up on your dog or cat-and feed them treats-over the internet.

Work Louder's first keyboard doesn't have a traditional QWERTY layout, and it's a fantastic tool for a small number of artists and creators.

Your folding phone opens up your screen space-and the possibilities. Make the most of all those extra pixels with these apps.

Plus: The FBI's baffling inaction on a ransomware group, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more.

Plus: Apple tightens anti-theft protections, Chinese hackers penetrate US critical infrastructure, and the long-running rumor of eavesdropping phones crystallizes into more than an urban legend.