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The Dog Poodemic Is Here. Call in the Dung-Hunting Drones

How to Game on a PC When You Can't Find a Graphics Card

This Dam Acts Like a Water Cannon. Let’s Do Some Physics!

Remote Weddings and Memorials Are Here to Stay. Be Prepared

The Gear to Carry on Your Next Bikepacking Adventure

What Is a Supply Chain Attack?

The 9 Best Portable Grills You Can Buy

Apple's M1 Chip Has a Fascinating Flaw

Chair Simulator Is a Game About ... Sitting

6 Easy Ways to Make Your Own Memes

Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof

An Online Pastry Course to Challenge Curious Home Chefs

I'm a Cicada. You're a Horny Human. We Are Not the Same

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors

US Soldiers Exposed Nuclear Secrets on Digital Flashcards

It’s Tough to Defend Overwatch, but It’s Still Unparalleled

The Lego Games and the Glory of Not Being Challenged

There’s a Great Whip Spider Boom. What Gives?

WIRED's Picks for the 9 Books You Need to Read This Summer

Our Favorite Mattresses Are on Sale for Memorial Day

Grilling Over Charcoal Is Better Than Grilling Over Gas

The Bizarro Streaming Site That Hackers Built From Scratch

The Best Memorial Day Sales on Tech, Gaming, Home, and More

Grilling Over Gas Is Better Than Grilling Over Charcoal

The SolarWinds Hackers Aren't 'Back.' They Never Went Away

Blurred Satellite Images Make Rebuilding Palestine Harder

The Covid Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty

Maybe Future Generations Will Be Just Fine

Vaccine Milestones in the US, Shots for India, and More News

How to Master Google's AI Phone Call Features

The Friends Reunion Proves It’s Time to Move On

How a Chaos Monkey Caused an Apple Uprising

Apple’s M1 chip has a security bug, but don’t worry—it’s mostly harmless

How Humanity’s Obsession With Color Shaped Our Modern World

NASA’s MOXIE Experiment Is Making Oxygen on Mars

Hide Your Instagram Likes—and Be Free

The Space and Air Forces Launch an LGBTQ Task Force

Deepfake Maps Could Really Mess With Your Sense of the World

This Vibrator Is Approachable and Adorable

14 Memorial Day Deals to Spruce Up Your Smart Home

The Psychology of Why Fan Art Is So Delightful

Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers targeted US agencies in a new campaign

WhatsApp's Fight With India Could Have Global Repercussions

Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition

Uber’s Union Deal in the UK Doesn’t Mean Its Battles Are Over

The Many Identity Crises of Sonic the Hedgehog

A Never-Before-Seen Wiper Malware Is Hitting Israeli Targets

SimpliSafe Is a Hassle-Free Way to Secure Your Home

How Many People Die When Polluters Exceed Their Limits?

Your Grandma's Tube TV Is the Hottest Gaming Tech

When Driving Is (Partially) Automated, People Drive More

One Man’s Amazing Journey to the Center of the Bowling Ball

No, it doesn’t just crash Safari. Apple has yet to fix exploitable flaw

AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language

Amazon to buy MGM for $8 billion in major boost to Prime Video library

Dumbed Down AI Rhetoric Harms Everyone

Amazon Just Bought MGM For Over $8 Billion. Your Move, Netflix

As Chips Shrink, Rowhammer Attacks Get Harder to Stop

Help! My Coworker Always Asks for Advice—Then Ignores It

When to Reply on Social Media—and When to Not

VR Trainings Are Not Going to Fix Corporate Racism

All Our Favorite Accessories for the Nintendo Switch

Meet Your Next Angel Investor. They're 19

So You’re Vaccinated! How Can You Let People Know?

The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server

Vulnerability in VMware product has severity rating of 9.8 out of 10

A New Antitrust Case Cuts to the Core of Amazon’s Identity

This 'Post-Soviet Sad 3D' Game Is Not About Having Fun

The Best Vinyl Accessories to Jazz Up Your Analog Audio

Disk-wiping malware with Iranian fingerprints is striking Israeli targets

STEM’s Racial Reckoning Just Entered Its Most Crucial Phase

Nature Can Save Humanity From Climate Doom—but Not On Its Own

How to Buy Movies Online and Watch Them Anywhere

As the US Unmasks, the Pressure Is on for Vaccine Passports

Freedom, Mayhem, and the Uncertain Future of Revel’s Mopeds

Actively exploited macOS 0day let hackers take screenshots of infected Macs

Florida’s New Social Media Law Will Be Laughed Out of Court

The Power of a Non-Stereotypical Asian Character in Gaming

Take Your Tunes Anywhere With Our Fave Bluetooth Speakers

This Evolutionary Gift May Protect Coral From Climate Change

In Apple’s War On Developers, Users Are the Biggest Losers

How to Stay Cool Without Air-Conditioning

The Drug Trial That Could Actually Produce Covid Treatments

The Long, Strange Life of the World’s Oldest Naked Mole Rat

AI Can Write Disinformation Now—and Dupe Human Readers

Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art

This $120 Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera Is for Film Lovers

A New Math Shortcut Helps Describe Black Hole Collisions

8 Free Streaming Services to Save You From Subscription Hell

Easy Ways to Sell, Donate, or Recycle Your Stuff

How to Avoid App Store Scams

Hear ye, DarkSide! This honorable ransomware court is now in session

Apple Exec Calls Mac Malware Levels Unacceptable Under Oath

Apple's Latest iPad Pro Is Overburdened With Power

Walden Pond Is Now Teeming With Jellyfish—but Don't Panic

How to Avoid Those Infuriating Cookie Pop-Ups

How to Back Up Your Digital Life

The Ford Lightning F-150 Is the Electric Vehicle of Dystopia

Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance

The 16 Best Weekend Deals on Headphones, TVs, and Outdoor Gear

Epic Grills Tim Cook: Does Apple Put Greed Before Gamers?

Shots for Countries in Need, a Surge in Japan, and More News

SNL Helped Create the Age of Memes. Now It Can't Keep Up

The World Needs a Chronicles of Amber TV Show

An FTC Lawsuit Says Frontier Lied About Internet Speeds

Vulnerabilities in billions of Wi-Fi devices let hackers bypass firewalls

WarnerMedia, Discovery, and the New Age of Media Consolidation

Fender's Mustang Micro Is the Perfect Portable Amp

I Love My Old iPhone. Now I Might Finally Get to Keep It

Our 19 Favorite Outdoor Deals at REI's Big Anniversary Sale

Android’s Getting Brighter and Bubblier, and We Can’t Wait

More Accessibility Options Only Make Games Better

We Hiked Along With Cicada Biologists So You Don’t Have To

Apple's Colorful New iMac Pairs Beauty With Brawn

6 of Our Favorite Sex Toys Are on Sale Now

The Most Radical Thing About Ford's Electric Pickup? The Cost

This Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm Can Twist, Grasp—and Feel

Snap Made AR Glasses—but You Won’t Be Buying Them

One-Size-Fits-All Mask Guidance Isn't Going to Work Anymore

The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work (and Life)

The Long Journey of Usoni, an African Postapocalyptic Game

These Ex-Journalists Are Using AI to Catch Online Defamation

Tern’s Family Ebike Is Perfect and Preposterously Expensive

Roku and YouTube Are Battling for Your Precious TV Data

Meet the Disabled Streamers Who Are Transforming the Industry

Coder Dee Tuck Is on a Mission to Help Diversify Hollywood

All Those Electric Vehicles Pose a Problem for Building Roads

The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told

4 vulnerabilities under attack give hackers full control of Android devices

Twitter's Photo Crop Algorithm Favors White Faces and Women

My Mother Is Gone. But Her Digital Voice Helps Keep Me Well

A Zombie-Fire Outbreak May Be Growing in Alaska and Canada

Help! Should I Hoard My Vacation Hours?

The World Loses Under Bill Gates’ Vaccine Colonialism

Replaying Mass Effect Is Good for My Mental Health

The Best Sex Toys and Tech for Every Body

How Do People Actually Catch Baseballs?

I’m Not a Robot! So Why Won’t Captchas Believe Me?

This AI Makes Robert De Niro Perform Lines in Flawless German

Prabhakar Raghavan Isn’t CEO of Google—He Just Runs the Place

Florida water plant compromise came hours after worker visited malicious site

Everything Google Announced Today: Android, AI, Holograms

Google Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram. I Tested It Out

Google Is Finally Taking Smartwatches Seriously

Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions for Apps

AT&T Is Spinning Off WarnerMedia to Focus on Telecoms Again

Storm ‘Price Tags’ Could Reveal the Cost of Global Warming

The Case for Using MDMA to Help Heal Victims of Trauma

Luxury Fashion Brands Turn to Gaming to Attract New Buyers

Online Dating Apps Are Actually Kind of a Disaster

To Observe the Muon Is to Experience Hints of Immortality

The Arecibo Observatory Was Like Family. I Couldn't Save It

Elon Musk Tweets—and Gives Crypto Markets Growing Pains

Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick: Double-Encrypting Your Data

AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia, basically admitting giant merger was a mistake

The Metaverse Is Hosting Its First Virtual Fashion Show

6 Great Next-Gen Xbox Series X/S Games You Can Play Now

19 Deals That Make Great Last-Minute Graduation Gifts

Mexico City Could Sink Up to 65 Feet

Why Humans Are So Bad at Seeing the Future

Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now?

Vietnamese Myth and Magic Come Alive in Hoa

Google IO 2021: How to Watch It, and What to Expect

Announcing the WIRED Resilience Residency

The Best Multi-Tools for Any Task

An Unfussy, Affordable Nonstick Pan That Works With Induction

The Secret Role Histones Played in Complex Cell Evolution

These Tools Can Help You Find Your Lost Devices

The Best Way to Get a VR Workout (That's Also Fun)

Our Favorite Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less

Geology Students Did Fieldwork During Covid—With Video Games

WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In

The 16 Best Weekend Deals on Headphones, Tablets, and More

The Wondrous, Tedious Ocean of Subnautica: Below Zero

Colonial Pipeline paid a $5 million ransom—and kept a vicious cycle turning

Pipeline attacker Darkside suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know

New Mask Guidance, Shots for Teens, and More Coronavirus News

Ireland’s health care system taken down after ransomware attack

Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job

Want a Better PC? Try Building Your Own

The Apple Designer You’ve Never Heard of Is Making Noise

The Knives Out Sequel Seems Made for the Internet

A New Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into Text

Tech Companies Don't Need to Be Creepy to Make Money

In Defense of Snow Days

Muchos Bezos: Inside Amazon’s Empire With Author Brad Stone

Could You Really Climb the Spinning Ship’s Cable in Stowaway?

The Real Cost of Colonial Pipeline's $5 Million Ransom

Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises

Log in to the Upscale, Retro-Cool Home Gym of Your Dreams

The Yankees Covid Outbreak May Be Bad News for Ditching Masks

Decades-Old Flaws Affect Almost Every Wi-Fi Device

GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps

When a Pipeline Goes Down, Tanker Trucks Come to the Rescue

Watch Us Roam Virtual Deep Seas With Real Oceanographers

The Chip Shortage Is Driving Up Tech Prices—Starting With TVs

AI Shows ExxonMobil Downplayed Its Role in Climate Change

Biden signs executive order to strengthen US cybersecurity

Gaming Influencers Are the Future of Esports

Apple’s AirTags Are a Gift to Stalkers

Resident Evil Village Is Too Self-Conscious to Enjoy Itself

Researchers Shed Light on the Perils of Firefly Tourism

The 16 Best Gifts for the Recent College Grad

Does a Robot Get to Be the Boss of Me?

It’s True. Everyone IS Multitasking on Their Video Calls

The Best Personal Safety Devices, Apps, and Alarms

The Teeny, Tiny Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

Colonial Pipeline resumes operations after ransomware prompted closure

The Best Personal Safety Devices, Apps, and Alarms

Resident Evil Village Is Too Self-Conscious to Enjoy Itself

Researchers Shed Light on the Perils of Firefly Tourism

Asus's New Zenfone 8 Is Powerful and Small. That's About It

The PS5 Is Starting to Look Like the Revolution It Promised

Humans Need to Create Interspecies Money to Save the Planet

Adidas and Allbirds Team Up to Make Sustainable Running Shoes

Help! A Male Colleague Thinks I’m Scary

Watch a Snake Robot Go for a Swim

DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Transform Soccer

Creators Who Joined Twitch in the Pandemic Plan to Stay

The Case for Letting People Work From Home Forever

Biden Makes a Deal With Uber and Lyft in the Name of Vaccines

Ransomware crooks post cops’ psych evaluations after talks with DC police stall

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

Vaccinating US Kids Isn't Neglect of Indian Adults

Rumble Sends Viewers Tumbling Toward Misinformation

Awesome, Hypnotic Photos of Swirling, Crystal Chemistry

How a Geeky Superhero Fan Revived a Failing Comic Con

Why Is It So Hard to Be Evil in Video Games?

A Top New York Restaurant Is Going Vegan. It Could Backfire

How to Take a Slick, Professional Headshot With Your Phone

This Is Your Brain Under Anesthesia

The Cicadas Are Coming. Let’s Eat Them!

Get Your Hands on Some of Our Favorite Sex Toys

How Amazon Paid Unwitting Civilians to Make Alexa Smarter

DarkSide Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess

US Teens Can Get Their Covid Shot. What’s Next for Schools?

Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet

Amazon “seized and destroyed” 2 million counterfeit products in 2020

Security researcher successfully jailbreaks an Apple AirTag

Major ransomware attack cripples gas pipeline on US East Coast

Black and Queer AI Groups Say They'll Spurn Google Funding

Everything You Need to Know About the Coronavirus

Ann Takamaki From Persona 5 Was Exactly Who I Needed to See

2 Baseballs Collided at an MLB Game. How Did That Happen?

One Thing Covid Didn’t Smash to Pieces? Monster Movies

The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons

Bad Weather Forecasts Are a Climate Crisis Disaster

The Best Chef’s Knives to Sharpen Your Home Cooking Skills

How to Use Tech to Capture Your Family History

4 Rugged French Presses for Your Coffee-Fueled Summer Escape

Hitting the Road This Winter? Take Your Kitchen With You

The Best Camping Gear to Jump-Start Your Adventures

What If Gravity Is Actually a Double Copy of Other Forces?

What's Google Floc? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?

Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!

The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware

Apple brass discussed disclosing 128-million iPhone hack, then decided not to

Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good

Microsoft’s 15-Inch Surface Laptop 4 Is a Battery Champion

ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality

What’s the Point of Wasps, Anyway?

These 5 Great Weighted Blankets Are on Sale Right Now

Want to Grow Your Own Food? Try a Hydroponic Garden

Trump Abused the System. Facebook Created It

Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable

Ajit Pai promised cheaper Internet—real prices rose 19 percent instead

Pfizer's FDA Request, Vaccine Diplomacy, and More News

Sci-Fi About Overpopulation Was Way Off

Epic v. Apple and the Plan to Avoid ‘Looking Like the Baddies’

24 Essential PS4 Games Every Player Should Try

The Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce Memes Are Freaking Me Out

Why Amy Klobuchar Just Wrote 600 Pages on Antitrust

The Powerful, Complicated Women of Resident Evil

Resident Evil Has Had a Rocky Relationship With Multiplayer

Here's the Truth About Section 230

Bats Raised in Helium-Rich Air Reveal a Key to Echolocation

Sisters With Transistors Puts Women Back Into Music History

Apollo's Ghost E-Scooter Is So Powerful, It's Scary

The Wolf Tree and the World Wide Web

Researchers peek at proprietary data of US particle physics lab Fermilab

Sharks Use the Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a Compass

Which Google Pixel Phone (and Gear) Should You Buy?

Here’s a Calendar Trick to Ease Post-Pandemic Reentry

Fix for critical Qualcomm chip flaw is making its way to Android devices

What a Crossword AI Reveals About Humans' Way With Words

KEF's New Wireless Bookshelf Speakers Are Modern Marvels

Twitter Group's Offer India a Covid-19 Lifeline

The Statistical Secrets of Covid-19 Vaccines

15 Last-Minute Deals on Mother’s Day Gifts

Everything You’ve Heard About Section 230 Is Wrong

To Make These Chips More Powerful, IBM Is Growing Them Taller

Severe vulnerabilities in Dell firmware update driver found and fixed

Twitter’s latest robo-nag will flag “harmful” language before you post