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The Best Smart Plugs to Help Modernize Your Home

Banning White Supremacy Isn’t Censorship, It’s Accountability

Power Up Anywhere With Our Favorite Portable Chargers

How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide

The Best Apps to Build Better Habits (and Stick to Them)

Sweet Jesus, Can Someone Just Tell Me What to Cook Every Day?

The Best VPNs to Protect Yourself Online

Update Your iPhone and iPad Now If You Haven't Recently

Dozens of Egyptian Tombs Will Be Unearthed at Saqqara Necropolis

A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990

In Praise of Positive Reinforcement for Your Pets

Apple Fixes One of the iPhone's Most Pressing Security Risks

The 14 Best Weekend Deals on Speakers, Video Games, and More

What the Arab Spring Can Teach Us About GameStop

Cable ISP warns “excessive” uploaders, says network can’t handle heavy usage

What the Arab Spring Can Teach Us About GameStop

30% of “SolarWinds hack” victims didn’t actually use SolarWinds

Star Trek: Lower Decks Is a Lot Better Than You'd Expect

Facebook and Apple Feud Over the Future of the Internet

Coffee Talk Has Become a Quiet Success in a Turbulent Year

A Vaccine Enrollment Mess of Epidemic Proportions

GameStop Makes This a Good Time to Rewatch The Big Short

Your Covid Vaccine Questions, Answered

A New Way to Restore Hand Mobility—With an Electrified Patch

The Jabra Elite 85t Are Premium Earbuds Made To Last

How I Found the Right Therapist When My Life Was Collapsing

Why Kids Matter in the Quest to Stamp Out Covid-19

Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’

This Encrypted Gun Registry Might Bridge a Partisan Divide

Robinhood Restricts GameStop Trading—in a Bid to Save Itself

Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Spoken. It Hasn’t Solved Much

Miami’s Mayor Woos Techies. What Does He Need to Succeed?

9 Adventurers Died Mysteriously. A New Theory Explains Why

Facebook Ad Services Let Anyone Target US Military Personnel

The Trump Administration Left Biden With a Rocket Dilemma

The Scott Pilgrim Game Is So Nice They Released It Twice

Online Harassment Toward Women Is Getting Even More Insidious

The Lasting Impact of Covid-19 on Homelessness in the US

The Next Target for a Facial Recognition Ban? New York

How to Buy Used Gear on eBay—the Smart, Safe Way

May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity?

Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren't Enough to Move Forward

Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers As Deliveries Soar

How to Mix and Match Wireless Smart Speakers With Ease

Fleeing WhatsApp for Privacy? Don't Turn to Telegram

Stop Calling Everyone a Tech Bro

These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer

AT&T eats a $15.5 billion impairment charge as DirecTV debacle continues

Cops Disrupt Emotet, the Internet's ‘Most Dangerous Malware’

The Priority Apollo Gravel Bike Handles Both Roads and Mud

The Real Pleasure and Pain of Making Choices in Video Games

The Ethics of Vaccinating Teachers—and Keeping Schools Closed

The Bowers & Wilkins PX7 Are a Joy to Wear (and Hear)

Heaven’s Vault: A Linguist’s Buried Treasure

To Beat China on Tech, Biden Will Have to Learn from It

Worrisome New Coronavirus Strains Are Emerging. Why Now?

A New Way to Trace the History of Sci-Fi’s Made-Up Words

North Korea Targets—and Dupes—a Slew of Cybersecurity Pros

SpaceX adds laser links to Starlink satellites to serve Earth’s polar areas

North Korea hackers use social media to target security researchers

It’s the Perfect Time to Switch to a Cheaper Phone Plan

The Rise of One of the First Video Game Workers Unions

They Claimed the Covid Vaccine Made Them Sick—and Went Viral

White Nationalism Is Far Worse Than a 'Disease'

I Love Reading 1980s Computer Magazines, and So Should You

Is It Time to Roll Out the Carbon-Eating Machines?

'2034: A Novel of the Next World War,' an Exclusive Excerpt

2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea

Are Mass Clinics the Solution for Covid-19 Vaccination?

This AI Could Go From ‘Art’ to Steering a Self-Driving Car

The North Face Puts the Latest Road Running Tech on the Trail

AT&T may keep majority ownership of DirecTV as it closes in on final deal

Apple’s Newest Fitness Feature: Celeb-Guided Outdoor Walks

The history of the connected battlespace, part one: command, control, and conquer

Could Bobbie Hold 2 Spaceships Together in The Expanse?

The Wilds Is Lost With Whip-Smart Teen Drama

Vizio's Rotating Soundbar Fills the Room With Great Surround

Stop Ignoring the Evidence on Covid-19 Treatments

New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care

Sun-Loving Bacteria May Be Accelerating Glacial Melting

The Truth About North Korea's Ultra-Lockdown Against Covid-19

A Beginner’s Guide for Working Out at Home

The Secret Ingredient That Powers Supernovas

Flash Is Dead—but Not Gone

How to Back Up Your Most Important Emails

D&D Must Grapple With the Racism in Fantasy

DDoSers are abusing Microsoft RDP to make attacks more powerful

The Best Mouse for Every Kind of Gamer

The FTC Cracks Down on Bot-Wielding Ticket Scalpers

Chrome and Edge Want to Help Solve Your Password Problems

A New Project Maps the Pacific Coast's Critical Kelp Forests

The Best Laptop Stands to Save Your Neck

This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos

How Do You Define Electric Field, Voltage, and Current?

The 13 Best Weekend Deals on Laptops, Smartwatches, and More

A Fight Over GameStop's Soaring Stock Turns Ugly

Home alarm tech backdoored security cameras to spy on customers having sex

Biden Gets to Work, Vaccine Guidelines Change, and More

Let Fire Stations and EMS Crews Administer Covid Vaccines

A Year Ago I Asked: How Bad Could Covid Get? Now We Know

People Still Really Love the Apple II

The Bernie Sanders Meme Proves the Internet Is Resetting

Janet Yellen Will Consider Limiting the Use of Cryptocurrency

Chrome and Edge want to help with that password problem of yours

How to Reboot Your Burnt-Out Brain

President Biden, Please Don't Get Into Carbon Farming

The Swashbuckling Escapism of Sid Meier’s Pirates!

An Internet Without Trump

The Art and Science of Boarding an Airplane in a Pandemic

Alphabet Is Grounding Loon—but Won't Call It a Failure

Phishing scam had all the bells and whistles—except for one

He Made a Viral Bernie Meme Site. Now He Has to Keep It Going

Ars Technicast special edition, part 1: The Internet of Things goes to war

Facebook's Oversight Board to Decide on Trump Ban

Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm?

Cheaper Yet Refined, Samsung’s Latest Galaxy Phones Are Great

The Best Phones With an Actual Headphone Jack

These Recharge Rooms Are Helping Health Care Workers Cope

How One Rabbi Uses Roleplaying Games to Build Community

This Chinese Lab Is Aiming for Big AI Breakthroughs

The US Rejoins the Paris Climate Accord. Will It Matter?

Parler Finds a Reprieve in Russia—but Not a Solution

The Strange Theater of Watching the Inauguration Online

Security firm Malwarebytes was infected by same hackers who hit SolarWinds

A Site Published Every Face from Parler's Capitol Riot Videos

Social Media Bans Are Really, Actually, Shockingly Common

WIRED’s Picks for the 10 Books You Have to Read This Winter

Looking for a Tablet? These Are Our Absolute Favorites

How to Get Great Tech Support—From Home

Vaping Won't Keep Young People From Smoking Cigarettes Later

Biden’s Covid Plan Will Define His Presidency

Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan

Your Body, Your Self, Your Surgeon, His Instagram

The Legend of Zelda, 'Dinky,' and a Bridge to My Daughter

Ars online IT roundtable tomorrow: What’s the future of the data center?

NASA Is Training an AI to Detect Fresh Craters on Mars

The Ongoing Collapse of the World's Aquifers

The SolarWinds Hackers Used Tactics Other Groups Will Copy

18 Great Wireless Chargers to Refuel Your Phone (or Watch)

How to Bust Your Spotify Feedback Loop and Find New Music

Why Do Exploding Barrels Make Video Games So Much More Fun?

Share Streaming Accounts? Set Up Separate User Profiles

Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed

If Covid-19 Did Start With a Lab Leak, Would We Ever Know?

What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity

DJI's Latest Compact Drone Is a Blast to Fly

Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?

The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster's 'Pokémon Snap' Station

The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage

Big Tech Can’t Ban Its Way Out of This

Facebook Can’t Fix What It Won’t Admit To

AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government

Wikipedia Is Basically a Massive RPG

The DC Riot Is the Sandy Hook of the Disinformation Crisis

How to Bust Your Spotify Feedback Loop and Find New Music

The 7 Best Drones for Every Budget

It’s Not Just You: Everyone’s Mental Health Is Suffering

The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage

What You Lose When You Turn Into an Animal

Trump’s Worst, Most Bizarre Statements About ‘the Cyber’

Covid, Schools, and the High-Stakes Experiment No One Wanted

Why Do Exploding Barrels Make Video Games So Much More Fun?

Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket From a 747

The US Government Needs to Invest in Digital Design

17 Bags, Backpacks, Cubes, and Straps to Protect Your Camera

Want to Write a Book This Year? These Tools Can Help

The Crooked, Complex Geometry of Round Trips

Share Streaming Accounts? Set Up Separate User Profiles

Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed

If Covid-19 Did Start With a Lab Leak, Would We Ever Know?

The FBI Has Made Over 100 Arrests Related to the Capitol Riot

What Hades Can Teach Us About Ancient Greek Masculinity

DJI's Latest Compact Drone Is a Blast to Fly

The Physics of Reddit's Spinning Solar System Icon

The Race Is On to Identify and Stop Inauguration Rioters

Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?

Big Tech Can’t Ban Its Way Out of This

The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster's 'Pokémon Snap' Station

14 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Laptops, and More

Hackers alter stolen regulatory data to sow mistrust in COVID-19 vaccine

Virtual CES Was As Surreal As We All Suspected It Would Be

Faster Vaccinations, New Mutations, and More Coronavirus News

Watch Highlights From WIRED's CES Conversations

Ex-CISA Head Chris Krebs: ‘Impeachment Is the Right Mechanism’

How law enforcement gets around your smartphone’s encryption

With Discovery, Star Trek Is Finally Moving Forward

Facebook Can’t Fix What It Won’t Admit To

Hackers Used Zero-Days to Infect Windows and Android Devices

The NSA warns enterprises to beware of third-party DNS resolvers

Robot Toilets, Vibrating Headbands, and Other Oddities at CES

2020 Was the One of the Hottest Years on Record

AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government

Wikipedia Is Basically a Massive RPG

How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy S21—and Which One to Get

Everything We Know Now About Schools, Kids, and Covid-19

I Am Not a Soldier, but I Have Been Trained to Kill

Why TikTok (and Everyone Else) Is Singing Sea Chanteys

Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation?

Samsung Has New Galaxy Phones (and New Earbuds Too)

The DC Riot Is the Sandy Hook of the Disinformation Crisis

How Old-School Text Adventures Inspired Our Virtual Spaces

An Algorithm Is Helping a Community Detect Lead Pipes

Crime Rates Dropped in 2020—Just as They Did in 1918

The Next Gen Console Games You Should Actually Care About

The 15 Best Devices From CES That You Can Buy Now

The Local Politics of Airbnb’s Ban on DC Rentals

Hackers used 4 zero-days to infect Windows and Android devices

AT&T kills off the failed TV service formerly known as DirecTV Now

These Adorable Fish Robots Form Schools Like the Real Thing

The Future of Phone Design: Flexible Screens That Roll Up

How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption

Scientists Have Sequenced Dire Wolf DNA. Thanks, Science!

How a Decade-Old Game Helped Me Cope with Seasonal Depression

How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off

The Case for Cannibalism, or: How to Survive the Donner Party

Lucasfilm Games' New Partnerships Mean the Galaxy's the Limit

The Parler Bans Open a New Front in the 'Free Speech' Wars

The Best of CES 2021

Bugsnax Is Keeping Me Going (and It Might Just Help You Too)

The Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Faces a Two-Shot Problem

In Minecraft, All the Server's a Stage

Hackers steal Mimecast certificate used to encrypt customers’ M365 traffic

The Unsettling Truth About the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker

There’s No Excuse to Ignore Warnings of Domestic Terrorism

My Quest to Survive Quarantine—in Heated Clothes

An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data

It's a Big Year for ‘Clean Tech’ at CES

The Arctic Ocean Is Teeming With Microfibers From Clothes

Parler’s amateur coding could come back to haunt Capitol Hill rioters

Postapocalyptic Video Games Saved Me From Pandemic Despair

Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP

Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants

Omori Is the Horror RPG of Your Dreams (or Nightmares)

Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues

How Many Microcovids Would You Spend on a Burrito?

A Startup Will Nix Algorithms Built on Ill-Gotten Facial Data

Mobileye Puts Lidar on a Chip—and Helps Map Intel's Future

SolarWinds malware has “curious” ties to Russian-speaking hackers

Listening to Black Women: The Innovation Tech Can't Crack

The SolarWinds Hackers Shared Tricks With a Russian Spy Group

The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations

How to Get More Plant-Based Meat Onto Plates in 2021

2021 and the Conspiracies of Johnny Mnemonic

If You Are Going to Survive, You Must Prepare to Fail

CES Liveblog: Smart Home, Workout Tech, and So Many TVs

A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life

The Best Cheap Phones for (Almost) Every Budget

New York City proposes regulating algorithms used in hiring

6 Apps to Help You Trim Down Subscriptions—and Save Money

A Digital Picture Frame Is My Favorite Way to Keep in Touch

The SolarWinds Investigation Ramps Up

What Would It Take to Run a City on 100 Percent Clean Energy?

Amazon's Fitness Tracker Teaches You How to Be Nicer (Kinda)

The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins

How Long Would It Take for a 747 to Stop, Like in Tenet?

The 14 Best Weekend Deals on Home Goods, Tech, and TVs

The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance

The Tweets That Got Trump Banned Were Far From His Worst

Reddit’s largest remaining Trump community banned for “inciting violence”

The DC Insurrection Lays Bare the Fiction of America

A Virus Variant Spreads, Vaccine Efforts Accelerate, and More

WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years

Your Media Diet Will Never Be the Same

The Mandalorian Is Way Better in Season 2

A Trump Ban Is Easy. Fixing Facebook and Twitter Will Be Hard

Get the Most Out of Your iPad With These Accessories

Hackers can clone Google Titan 2FA keys using a side channel in NXP chips

Trump Gets Suspended, but CES Does Not

The Rise of Sierra Online Wasn’t Exactly a Fairytale

New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring

The DC Mobs Could Become a Mythologized Recruitment Tool

What to Expect From the First-Ever Virtual CES

How Fast Can Scientists Find the New Coronavirus Strains?

A Game Livestreaming Site Has Become an Extremist Haven

Post-Riot, the Capitol Hill IT Staff Faces a Security Mess