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WIRED25 Day 3: Look at Problems in a New Way

Taiwan’s Digital Minister Knows How to Crush Covid-19: Trust

Charges filed in hack that caused NFL athlete’s nude pics to be posted on Twitter

The Debate Was a Disaster. But Hey, Climate Change Came Up

Anthony Fauci Has Some Very Good Reasons to Be Optimistic

These Robots Use AI to Learn How to Clean Your House

The Coronavirus Dashboard Creator Has a New Target: Elections

Trump Pushed 11 False Claims About Voting in 8 Minutes During the Debate

Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A 5G: Price, Specs, Release Date

Everything Google Announced at Its Pixel Event

SpaceX Starlink brings Internet to emergency responders in wildfire areas

Trump and the Limits of Content Moderation

How to Watch WIRED25 2020

Senator asks DHS if foreign-controlled browser extensions threaten the US

The Best Trick in 'Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2'? Double Nostalgia

Best Apple Watch (2020): Which Models to Buy, or Avoid

Facebook Merges DMs for Instagram and Messenger

How to Watch Google's Pixel Event Today—and What to Expect

In an Odd Twist, Cleaner Air in China May Mean a Warmer Earth

The West’s Infernos Are Melting Our Sense of How Fire Works

Trump-Biden Debate Twitter Recap: Politics Is a Metaverse

How to Host a Virtual Watch Party

How to Win Any Debate

Trump’s FCC Is Using Junk Data to Downplay Broadband Woes

'Where Law Ends' Review: How the Mueller Investigation Fell Flat

13 Books You Need to Read This Fall

Covid-19 Symptoms (Coronavirus): What to Do If You Might Have It

Fish Form Social Networks—and They're Actually Good

America Can Still Achieve Its Techno-Utopian Dream

During Covid, Eating Disorder Patients Turn to Apps

Your Photos Are Irreplaceable. Get Them Off Your Phone

The Cyber-Avengers Protecting Hospitals From Ransomware

The National Guard’s Fire-Mapping Drones Get an AI Upgrade

“Joker”—the malware that signs you up for pricey services—floods Android markets

A Ransomware Attack Has Struck a Major US Hospital Chain

How to Watch the First 2020 Presidential Debate

Audeze LCD-1 Review: The Best Headphones Under $500

In 'Hades,' the Underworld Is Your Playground

Could the National HIV Strategy Help Guide the Covid Fight?

Peak Newsletter? That Was 80 Years Ago

Testing Won’t Save Us From Covid-19

The Election Threats That Keep US Intelligence Up at Night

Get WIRED: Nextdoor’s CEO on Curtailing Racial Profiling

A School Ran a Simulation of the Pandemic—Before the Pandemic

Scientists May Have Found a Material for Building on Mars

The Best Smart Light Bulbs (2020): Ambient Lighting, Kits, Color, and More

TCL 6-Series TV Review (2020): It's Our Favorite TV, Again

Is Dark Matter Just Black Holes Made During the Big Bang?

The Android 11 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know

When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed

Windows XP Source Code Got Leaked All Over the Internet

The 9 Best Travel Bags: Carry-On Luggage, Duffel, Budget (2020)

Some Cities Are Plotting a ‘Green Recovery’ After Covid-19

20 Best Weekend Deals: Laptops, Smart Speakers, and More

Here's How You Can 'See' Molecules—on a Whole 'Nother Planet

Activists at Amazon Say Its Climate Efforts Still Fall Short

Alphabet, shareholders settle in lawsuits over sexual harassment at Google

Covid Vaccines in Phase III, New Risk Calculators, and More Coronavirus News

'Bill & Ted Face the Music' Strikes the Perfect Note

The Best Chrome Extensions to Prevent Creepy Web Tracking

PS5 Games Revealed (With Trailers): Every Game Sony Has Announced

The Business of the Internet Is Stuck in Trump's Swamp

Twitter’s Sexual Fascination With a Not-Sexual Octopus Movie

Sony A8H 4K OLED Review: A Love Letter to the Home Theater

The Messy Feud Over Who Controls TikTok

Microsoft boots apps used by China-sponsored hackers out of Azure

How Teachers Can Foster Community in Online Classrooms

Why Is It So Hard to Study Covid-Related Smell Loss?

The Ring Always Home Cam Flies Around Inside Your House

Federal Executions During Covid-19 Put Innocent Lives at Risk

Facebook Busts Russian Disinfo Networks as US Election Looms

One of this year’s most severe Windows bugs is now under active exploit

Everything Amazon Just Announced—Like That Crazy Home Drone

Alexa Now Has Its Own Questions for You

How the Pandemic Transformed This Songbird’s Call

Go Ahead, Try to Sneak Bad Words Past AI Filters—for Research

How Twitter Survived Its Biggest Hack—and Plans to Stop the Next One

A Trump-Biden Debate Without Climate Change Is Inexcusable

Lawmakers Demand Scrutiny of Racial Bias in Health Algorithms

The 8 Best Projectors (2020): Short Throw, Portable, Low Latency, and More

A Tip From a Kid Helped Uncover a Slew of Scam Apps

Can a Genetically Modified Bug Combat a Global Farm Plague?

Motorola One 5G Review: It Has Battery for Days

We Need to Talk About Talking About QAnon

WIRED25 Day 2: How to Build a More Resilient World

California Plans to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035

CryptoHarlem’s Founder Warns Against ‘Digital Stop and Frisk'

Arlan Hamilton and Katie Rae Say Tech Can Do Well—and Do Good

Maria Ressa Says Disinformation Is More Insidious Than We Think

CEO Sarah Friar Describes How Nextdoor Is Curbing Racism

T-Mobile hits back at AT&T and Verizon after spectrum-hoarding accusations

Meet Curly, the Curling Robot That Beats the Pros

The 15 TV Shows You Need to Binge This Fall

The Cool Physics of a Supersonic Baseball

Why Netflix Keeps Canceling Shows After Just 2 Seasons

Elon Musk Promises a $25,000 Tesla in 3 Years—Again

Where Was the Battery at Tesla’s Battery Day?

“LokiBot,” the malware that steals your most sensitive data, is on the rise

Old TV set interfered with village’s DSL Internet each day for 18 months

179 Arrested in Massive Global Dark Web Takedown

Covid-19 Support Groups Are a Potential Research Goldmine

11 Best Fitness Trackers (and Fitness Watches) for 2020

To Clean Up Comments, Let AI Tell Users Their Words Are Trash

To Make Fairer AI, Physicists Peer Inside Its Black Box

How to Preorder the Xbox Series X and Series S: Pricing, Release Date, and More

Covid-19 Vaccines Could End Up With Bias Built Right In

Scam apps with 2.4 million downloads found on Apple and Google shelves

Instagram's Founders Explain Their Covid-Charting Obsession

Does a Millipede Have a Penis? Well ... Define 'Penis'

Loose Ends: A Literary Supercut of Sci-Fi Last Sentences

What Teaching Online Classes Taught Me About Remote Learning

Build Your Own Raspberry Pi Home Network Content Filter

Six-Word Sci-Fi: A Story Set in a World Without Paper

QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game

How to Thwart Facial Recognition and Other Surveillance

Get Lost With a Signal-Blocking Smartphone Pouch

A YouTube Radio Archivist Blasts the Past Into the Present

Angry Nerd: If You're Dating Online in a Pandemic, Ghost or Be Ghosted

The Power and Paradox of Bad Software

The Fantasy of Pokémon Go Is More Important Than Ever

Trump's TikTok Deal Is Still an Unresolved Mess

Feds issue emergency order for agencies to patch critical Windows flaw

How to Watch Tesla’s Battery Day Event—and What to Expect

Trump’s TikTok Farce Ignores the Lessons of the Red Scare

'Raised By Wolves' Questions Whether Humanity Can Be Saved

A New Tool Detects Counterfeit Whiskey—Without Wasting a Drop

1More ColorBuds Review: The Comfiest Earbuds Around

The Fight Over the Fight Over California’s Privacy Future

Portland’s Face-Recognition Ban Is a New Twist on ‘Smart Cities’

The Madness of Susanna Clarke, Fairy Princess

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

Could a Century-Old TB Shot Protect Against Other Respiratory Diseases?

The 6 Best Kids Face Masks: Masks They May Actually Wear

Think Twice Before Using Facebook, Google, or Apple to Sign In Everywhere

How to Watch WIRED25 2020

Colds Nearly Vanished Under Lockdown. Now They’re Coming Back

Get WIRED: Director Nia DaCosta on Horror and Black Trauma

The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart

Traders set to don virtual reality headsets in their home offices

The 3 Best VR Headsets and Some Games to Play (2020)

Geoengineering Is the Only Solution to Our Climate Calamities

Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics

Companies can track your phone’s movements to target ads

The iOS 14 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know

The Best Creams and Tools for Removing Hair: Creams, Wax, and More

As Trump Squeezes China, Alipay’s Star Rises

Mathematicians May Have Figured Out How ‘Stone Forests’ Form

A Bluetooth Flaw Leaves Billions of Devices Vulnerable

Democracy Will Only Work If the Social Media Giants Grow Up

The 6 Best Laptop Stands (2020): Adjustable, Portable, and More

What’s Causing the Mass Bird Die-Off in the Southwest?

A Patient Dies After a Ransomware Attack Hits a Hospital

Why Teens Are Falling for TikTok Conspiracy Theories

How to Set Your Own Default Browser and Email App in iOS 14

The 943-Dimensional Chess of a Trustworthy Covid-19 Vaccine

19 Best Weekend Deals: Cameras, Apple Gear, and Games

Telegram messages are a focus in newly uncovered hack campaign from Iran

Wayback Machine and Cloudflare team up to archive more of the Web

Trump’s TikTok Circus Will Have Lasting Consequences

Dune Is a Hard Book to Adapt

The Progressive Case for a TikTok Sale

Comcast shut off Internet to hundreds, saying they were illegally connected

The 5 Best Cheap Phone Plans (2020): Alternatives to the Big Carriers

Gen Z Has a Plan to Save the Election—Starting With the Polls

Netflix's 'Ratched' Is a Plea for Mental Health Care

Streaming Services Are Abusing the + Sign and It Must End

Apple One Could Be a Bundle of Problems

A bevy of new features makes iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever

What’s in Wildfire Smoke, and How Dangerous Is It?

Apple Wants You to Smash That Subscribe Button

Rocket Lab Could Beat NASA Back to Venus in the Search for ET

Companies Can Track Your Phone’s Movements to Target Ads

How to Use a Second Monitor With Your Laptop

YouTube’s Plot to Silence Conspiracy Theories

The Nintendo 3DS' Surprisingly Social Legacy

Patient dies after ransomware attack reroutes her to remote hospital

What Even Is ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’ on Platforms?

Why Wasn't Uber Charged in a Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash?

The NIH Launches a Global Hunt for Animal-to-Human Diseases

Want to Save the Whales? Eavesdrop on Their Calls

5 Fall Camping Deals: Tents, Jackets, Fire Pits, and More

Hey Students! Here's How to Deal With School in a Pandemic

The Wayback Machine and Cloudflare Want to Backstop the Web

How to Break Out of Your Social Media Echo Chamber

Hammer drops on hackers accused of targeting game and software makers

GoPro Hero 9 Black Review: Time to Upgrade

Science Journals Are Purging Racist, Sexist Work. Finally

Hong Kong Is a Troubling Case Study in the Death of Democracy

The Best iPad (2020): Which Apple Tablet Should You Buy?

WIRED25 Day 1: Be Empathetic to Each Other

How VR—and Marvel Superheroes—Might Elicit Empathy

WIRED25: Ghetto Gastro Sees Food as a Weapon

Director Nia DaCosta on the Real-World Horrors in 'Candyman'

WIRED25: Netflix’s Reed Hastings on Broadening Your Horizons

Oculus Quest 2 Review: The Best Way to VR

'Spellbreak' Conjures Up a Unique Spin on Battle Royale

Feds Charge Chinese Hackers With Ripping Off Video Game Loot From 9 Companies

What's New in iOS 14 (and iPadOS 14): Our Full Feature Rundown

AT&T wants to put ads on your smartphone in exchange for $5 discount

Boeing hid design flaws in 737 Max jets from pilots and regulators

Why Are 2 Million People Still Getting Netflix DVDs by Mail?

Ethical Tech Starts With Addressing Ethical Debt

Is the Internet Conscious? If It Were, How Would We Know?

Netflix's 'Challenger' Is a Gripping Look at NASA in Crisis

How to Play Xbox and PC Games on Your Android Phone

A Utah Company Claims It Invented Contact Tracing Tech

There's No Better Time to Be an Amateur Radio Geek

America’s Top Science Journal Has Had It With Trump

How to Watch WIRED25

How an Epic Series of Tech Errors Hobbled Miami’s Schools

How 'Cuties' Got Caught in a Gamergate-Style Internet Clash

Apple Watch Series 6 and SE: Price, Details, Release Date

Anime Avatars Are Going Mainstream on Twitch

Oracle’s TikTok non-acquisition seeks Treasury, White House approval

Everything Apple Announced: Apple Watch 6, Apple Watch SE, iPad Air, Fitness+

New Google Fiber plan: $100 for 2Gbps, plus Wi-Fi 6 router and mesh extender

5 Best Camping Stoves for 2020 (Portable Propane Gas Stoves)

How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth

If You've Just Had Covid, Exercise Can Cause Serious Complications, Including Heart Disease

How to Watch Apple's September 2020 Event

Could Breathalyzers Make Covid Testing Quicker and Easier?

The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change

FedEx Will Track Your Packages More Precisely Than Ever

Stacey Abrams on How We’ll Beat Back Voter Suppression

One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation

A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote

The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy Against Him

How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged

The International Playbook for Foiling Russian Interference

CBP Seized OnePlus Buds as ‘Counterfeit’ AirPods. Now It's Doubling Down

New Windows exploit lets you instantly become admin. Have you patched?

Nvidia's Arm Deal Would Make It the Center of the Chip World

Shady Contracts, Raw Deals: Inside the Industry of Managing Video Game Stars

Microsoft declares its underwater data center test was a success

Antarctic Glaciers Are Growing Unstable Above and Below Water

Platforms' Election 'Fixes' Are Rooted in Flawed Philosophy

Verizon to buy TracFone, expanding big carriers’ control of prepaid industry

Scientists Found Phosphine on Venus—A Possible Hint of Life

Private data gone public: Razer leaks 100,000+ gamers’ personal info

Section 230 Is a Government License to Build Rage Machines

What Happens If You Smash a Boat Into a Whale?

11 Best Tablets for Every Budget (2020): For Work, Play, Kids, and More

Yamaha THR30 II Review: A Guitar Amp of the Future

How to Watch Apple's September 2020 Event

Climate Grief Is Burning Across the American West

Voting Machines Suck. This Pair Has a Plan to Fix Them

10 Best Android Phones (Unlocked): Our Top Picks for 2020

Knife Aid Review: A Decent, but Not Great, Mail-in Sharpening Service

Skin Care and Makeup Get the High-Tech Treatment

Governments Shouldn’t Choose the News in Your Feed

Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem

AI ruined chess. Now it’s making the game beautiful again