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New York Times spends “low seven figures” to buy Wordle

Just Got Apple Music? Here’s How to Keep Your Spotify Playlists

Finally, a Good Use for NFTs: Preserving Street Art

What Is Wi-Fi 6E and Do I Need It?

Hiking 101: Everything You Need to Head for the Hills

Multiplayer Families Deserve Better Gaming Plans

Maybe Green Energy Needs ‘Information Batteries' Too

How to (Ethically) Get Rid of Your Unwanted Stuff

How to Deal With Rocket Boosters and Other Giant Space Garbage

Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen

What's the Deal With Anti-Cheat Software in Online Games?

These Workout Headphones Let You Crank Up Your Tunes Safely

Mathematicians Outwit a Hidden Number ‘Conspiracy’

The Internet Gave Rise to 'Cancel Culture OCD'

How to Navigate International Travel Now—and in the Near Future

Kombucha Cultures Could Be the Key to Better Water Filters

These Are the 9 Android Phones Worth Buying

What It's Like to Give Up Air Travel to Curb Climate Change

Inside the International Effort to Save One Tiny Mexican Fish

16 Great Deals on TVs, Apple Headphones, Soundbars, and More

Samsung's Galaxy S21 FE Is Great. Just Don't Pay Full Price

Spotify Was Never Going to Drop Joe Rogan

The Feds Plan to Reduce Roadway Deaths—With Smarter Road Design

macOS 12.3 will break cloud-storage features used by Dropbox and OneDrive

Google Has a New Plan to Kill Cookies. People Are Still Mad

6 Apps for Saving and Budgeting Your Money

Which iPhone Should You Buy (or Avoid) Right Now?

How to Build a Better Metaverse

How to Watch the 2022 Winter Olympics

The Capitalist Trap of Pig Organ Transplants

Did Eating Meat Really Make Us Human?

Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks

Android malware can factory reset phones after draining bank accounts

How to Get a Covid-19 Booster Shot

Gibraltar Could Launch the World’s First Crypto Stock Exchange

A bug lurking for 12 years gives attackers root on every major Linux distro

Safari Flaws Exposed Webcams, Online Accounts, and More

Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users

Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware

Starlink preps rugged user terminal that may avoid “thermal shutdown” problem

The Best Controllers for Microsoft Flight Simulator

NASA’s Newest Spinoff Tech Comes Back to Earth

An Unsung Hero of Gaming History Deserves a Higher Profile

Dark Souls servers taken down following discovery of critical vulnerability

AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180 for 5Gbps

Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup

The Best Mirrorless Cameras to Level Up Your Photos

Bird Flu Is Back in the US. No One Knows What Comes Next

Is It OK to Listen to a Butt-Dial Message?

Wait, So Where Will Urbanites Charge Their EVs?

Dystopia Is All Too Plausible in The School for Good Mothers

Everyone Wants to Be an Entrepreneur

Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution

The Autofocus on Sony’s A7 IV Makes This Camera Shine

The Prisoner Who Revolutionized Chinese Language With a Teacup

Now Is a Good Time to Update Your Recovery Email Addresses

A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

TikTok Has Created a West Elm Caleb Cinematic Universe

This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

Meta and Twitter's NFT Landgrab Could Backfire

Supply chain attack used legitimate WordPress add-ons to backdoor sites

How to Order Free At-Home Covid-19 Tests

How to Shut Up Your Gadgets at Night So You Can Sleep

Do You Know How to Get to the Self-Driving Future?

The Internet Is Failing Moms-to-Be

10 Good N95, KN95, and Surgical Face Masks to Buy Right Now

Europe Is in the Middle of a Messy Nuclear Slowdown

The US Refuses to Fall in Love With Electric Cars

This Fallout TV Show Is a Terrible Idea—Unless It's a Comedy

10 Great Deals on Robot Vacuums, Mattresses, and Air Purifiers

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal and the Post-Console World

Why Airlines Are Fighting the 5G Rollout

A Bug in iOS 15 Is Leaking User Browsing Activity in Real Time

How to Get Work Done—From Anywhere

What the Black TV Viewer Is Owed

The Trouble With 'Encanto'? It Twerks Too Hard to Be Popular

He Made a Covid-Zapping Video Game. Then He Fought Covid for Real

The 'Dune' NFT Copyright Fiasco Is the Least of Crypto's Legal Worries

This Recyclable Boat Is Made From Wool

75 Years On, the Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking

Microsoft fixes Patch Tuesday bug that broke VPN in Windows 10 and 11

Safari and iOS bug reveals your browsing activity and ID in real time

The Best USB Hubs and Docks for Connecting All Your Gadgets

The US Inches Toward Building EV Batteries at Home

A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results

Humanity Has Turned Land Itself Into a Menace

Gaming Giant Unity Wants to Digitally Clone the World

Now You Can Rent a Robot Worker—for Less Than Paying a Human

Your Medical History Might Someday Include ‘Climate Change’

Microsoft warns of destructive disk wiper targeting Ukraine

China’s ‘People’s Courts’ Resolve Online Disputes at Tech Firms

Is There Really Such a Thing as Low-Carbon Beef?

Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced

Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts

Yellowjackets Is the Internet's Favorite Anti-Internet Show

Our 4 Favorite Electric Kick Scooters

How Apple's iCloud Private Relay Can Keep You Safe

An Injection of Chaos Solves a Decades-Old Fluid Mystery

The Mega-Guide to Fixing Your Own iPhone

Meet Our New Favorite Travel Mug

Home Cooks, You Should Be Pre-Salting Your Vegetables

When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go

Games Bring Space Exploration Home. But They Omit the Full Risks

Russia Takes Down REvil Hackers—as Ukraine Tensions Mount

The Matrix Resurrections Is a Movie for Grown-Ups

How to Reboot Your Gadgets and How Often to Do It

Apple Booted the Wordle Copycat Apps, But More Will Come

Put In a Dollar, Get $100 Back: A True Bitcoin Story

Maybe the Internet Shouldn’t Pick an Oscars Host

A Pandemic Historian Warns Us All to Stop Looking at the Past

The Science Behind Dry January’s Zero-Alcohol Hooch

The Gritty, Underground Network Bringing Japan’s Arcades to the US

Ukraine says government websites hit by “massive cyber attack”

Ultra-Long Battery Life Is Coming … Eventually

Cities Want Ebikes to Stay in Their Lane—but Which One?

Pregnant People Are Still Not Getting Vaccinated Against Covid

The Mercedes EQS Might Just Have Too Much Tech

The World Was Cooler in 2021 Than 2020. That’s Not Good News

New Chrome security measure aims to curtail an entire class of Web attack

Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet

The Best Cheap Phones for Almost Every Budget

The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley

North Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400M in Crypto Last Year

This Treadmill Invites You to ‘BYO Screen’ for Connected Workouts

Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk

Game Studios Are Turning Play Into Work

The Best Starting Words to Win at Wordle

NSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador

The Antitrust Case Against Facebook Draws Blood

10 Great Deals for Bundling Up Indoors This Winter

Cozy Grove Saved Me While Stuck on a Train for 35 Hours

The Best iPad to Buy (and a Few to Avoid)

The Search for ET Has an X-Factor: the Evolution of Stars

As Omicron Surges, Parents of the Youngest Kids Wait for Vaccines

The Humanities Can't Save Big Tech From Itself

Omega's New Speedmaster Is the Latest to Cash In on Vintage Vogue

As Kazakhstan Descends into Chaos, Crypto Miners Are at a Loss

Apple’s Private Relay Roils Telecoms Around the World

Riot Games Investigates Esports Team Founder Over Bullying Claims

A Staple of Sci-Fi Space Travel Will Likely Remain a Fantasy

A Grand Unified Theory of Buying Stuff

It Doesn't Make Sense to Treat Facebook Like a Public Utility

Skábma: Snowfall Is a Huge Win for Indigenous Game Makers

US-China Trade Tensions Threaten Europe's Biggest Tech Company

Feeling Overwhelmed? Start a Someday-Maybe-Later List

Earth’s Oceanography Helps Demystify Jupiter’s Flowing Cyclones

A New Document Reveals More of Google's Anti-Union Strategy

When Mind Melds With Machine, Who’s in Control?

The Best Speakers for Kids

The FTC Wants Companies to Find Log4j Fast. It Won't Be So Easy

Video Games Already Do What the Metaverse Just Promises

This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure

Scientists Capture Airborne Animal DNA for the First Time

The Mandalorian Could Use a Watson

Accessible Cars Aren’t Born, They’re Made

The Best Electric Toothbrushes for Your Pearly Whites

Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning

Nanoleaf's Lines Bathe Your Walls in Colorful Light

Tropical Futurism Envisions the Climate of Our Fate

How to Read Your iOS 15 App Privacy Report

How to Watch Movies in Virtual Reality

Norton Put a Cryptominer in Its Antivirus Software

'Gaymers' Are Taking Brazil by Storm

Reset Your Computer Once a Year for a Happier Life

10 Good N95, KN95, and Surgical Face Masks to Buy Right Now

Can Synthetic Palm Oil Help Save the World’s Tropical Forests?

You May Be Able to Own a Self-Driving Car After All

Audi's EV Dakar Rally Car Is Resurrecting the Range Extender

Distance Wireless Charging Made a Minor Comeback at CES 2022

The Future of Tech Is Here. Congress Isn't Ready for It

Sonos’ Patent Win Will Change Google’s Smart Speakers—for Now

Was Voltaire the First Sci-Fi Author?

Put the System That Enabled Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes on Trial

Spider-Man: No Way Home, Piracy, and the End of the Box Office

The Physics of the James Webb Space Telescope

We Spotted the Hottest Trends at CES 2022

The 19 Best Gadgets From CES 2022 You Can Buy Right Now

CES 2022 Highlights: 83 Glimpses of the Future

The Next Wave of Extremist Cults Will Make QAnon Look Tame

Astronomers Discover a Strange Galaxy Without Dark Matter

Facebook’s Data Center Plans Rile Residents in the Netherlands

Can Being Reminded of My Death Improve My Life?

The Best of CES 2022

5 months on, Apple has yet to fix iOS bug that sends devices into a crash spiral

CES 2022 Liveblog: Even More Gadgets From Tech’s Big Show

Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny

How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier

This Is the Year of the Shadow Pandemic

The Holmes Verdict and the Legal Loophole for 'Disruption'

Join WIRED HQ at CES (Virtually)

The Best TV Shows You Missed in 2021—and How to Watch Them

In Praise of Unglamorous American Invention

CES 2022 Liveblog: The Gadgets Keep Coming at Tech’s Big Show

How Do You Practice Responsible Astrology?

How Do You Design a Better Hospital? Start With the Light

Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw Microsoft Fixed 9 Years Ago

Join WIRED HQ at CES (Virtually)

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You

Pluton, Microsoft’s new security chip, will finally be put to the test

John Deere's Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming

CES 2022 Liveblog: Tech’s Big Show Heads Back to Las Vegas

The Pixel Art Revolution Will Be Televised

The Best Apps for Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions

To Study the Next Earth, NASA May Need to Throw Some Shade

The End of BlackBerry Phones Is Finally, Truly Here

The Global Economy Ignores Developing Nations at Its Own Peril

Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback

The Danger of Leaving Weather Prediction to AI

The Best Movies You Missed in 2021—and Where to Stream Them

Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic

Welcome to the New WIRED

Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders

6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet

Scientists Settled an Old Family Mystery Using DNA From Postcards

To Fight Climate Change, First You Need to Measure It

The Creepy TikTok Algorithm Doesn’t Know You

How Body Farms and Human Composting Can Help Communities

Our Favorite Paper Planners for Crossing Tasks off Your List

Bitcoin’s Libertarian Streak Meets an Autocratic Regime

At the Dawn of Life, Heat May Have Driven Cell Division

Yup, CES Is Happening. Here’s What to Expect

Crime Prediction Keeps Society Stuck in the Past

Noblewoman’s tomb reveals new secrets of ancient Rome’s highly durable concrete

How to Send Messages That Automatically Disappear

Why Paleontologists Are Getting Into Florida’s Oyster Business

How to Start (and Keep) a Healthy Habit

The 18 Best EVs Coming in 2022

Where Parents Can Get Help with Climate Anxiety

How to Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok