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Rap was born in New York City; its current hub is Atlanta. The next big scene? Milwaukee, where a new generation is taking creative control.

Soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sensors in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone reported radiation spikes. A researcher now believes he's found evidence the data was manipulated.

Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving.

Forget Gonzalez v. Google. There's another dispute that will come before the justices in the next year and this time they will have to directly deal with issues involving platforms and speech.

As game developers wrestle with the challenges and opportunities of incorporating AI tools across the industry, those same tools continue to increase in complexity.

An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.

This is a love letter to the small, quiet, affordable, and packable portable pump that I've always wanted.

This bright mini-LED TV gives much more expensive screens a run for their money.

Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam.

The ProMED website and listserv, which broke the news of the arrival of Covid, SARS, and MERS, is now caught between financial shortfalls and staff turmoil.

A sound. A culture. A people. Even now, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, what can't hip hop do or be?

Tackle stubborn stains, ground-in grime, and pesky pet hair with one of these WIRED-tested washers.

Here's one simple way to reduce your security risk while logging in.

These noise-canceling headphones take on Apple's AirPods Max and Sony's WH-1000XM5, but they lack a few key features.

Flash is dead. Long live Ruffle.

Your best friend can receive timely medical help without ever leaving home. These are our favorite televets.

Plus: The great Threads boom simmers down, Meta pivots to chatbots, and XBox controllers get more repair-friendly.

Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty.

Unrealistic expectations and real-world problems like unwanted gifts and the temptation of "wishcycling" turned the trash jar from zero-waste influencer emblem to "elitist" cliche.

Ditch the big cellular providers, and ditch the big bills.

If you struggle to build a strict budget like I do, you might like Allo's approach of encouraging users to align their money with what's most important to them.

Prepare for fall adventures with discounts on tents, action cameras, and other outdoor essentials.

The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators' failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.

The new additions extend Fisker's offerings beyond the auto brand's just-released electric SUV.

The Irish singer became world-renowned long before artists' every interaction landed on social media. Maybe that's a good thing.

Willow's latest wearable breast pump can switch expression modes and has a fun app, but it also has a massive price tag to match.

This heavy-duty robot works much better as a mop than than it does as a vacuum.

A perfect storm of extreme weather and war have hit northern hemisphere crops like wheat, peaches, and olives. Welcome to the increasingly precarious future of food.

The AI gold rush has thrust services like ChatGPT into every aspect of our digital lives. That still won't solve your email problems.

Home services platform Urban Company helped Indian women get into the gig economy. Now they say it's setting impossible targets and then abandoning them.

Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data-and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.

A new drilling technology promises to unlock a wealth of energy-without a fossil fuel in sight. Will Knight sits down with WIRED senior writer Gregory Barber to find out more.

The papers are neither proof that Facebook divides us nor a vindication of social media. They're a starting point.

The first collaboration between OnePlus and Keychron is a heavy, customizable keyboard with a soft typing experience-if you're into that kind of thing.

This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.

Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.

Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That's you, Google.)

Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson.

Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.

Exposure to excessive heat during pregnancy has been linked to everything from preterm labor to low birth weight, and those risks are rising as the world warms.

Developer Aggro Crab is taking other developers (like From Software) to accessibility school, and it's making games better for everyone.

Experts doubt claims that LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor set to open up a future of levitating trains and quantum tech. Andrew McCalip wants to see for himself.

In his quest to watch every Nicolas Cage movie in chronological order, law professor and author Aaron Perzanowski confirmed that he owns nothing-and that you probably don't, either.

Yes, save the corals. But warming seas also imperil innumerable plankton, which power the oceanic ecosystem.

Jordi Van Den Bussche, aka Kwebbelkop, opens up about his new video that uses an AI model to reproduce his physical presence. But will fans still watch an AI clone?

As the UK pushes for a law that threatens end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has given itself a starring role in a doc about a girls' soccer team fleeing the Taliban.

Web search promised to resolve questions. Instead, it brought on a soft apocalypse of truth.

Learning a new tongue? It's a worthy pursuit, and these WIRED-tested services can help.

Current treatments for depression after giving birth are either slow to work or hard to get. The FDA is considering a new tablet that relieves symptoms within days.

People are using TikTok to change the narrative around invisible illness. So what can a medical professional learn by lurking?