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The pandemic has slashed demand for rides and boosted orders for UberEats. Neither segment is profitable.

A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more.

It's supposed to be the perfect compromise between in-person and online education. It could end up as a public health nightmare.

An MIT team tackled the mystery of why something as soft as hair can erode a steel blade, hoping to figure out how to make shaving tools last longer.

With coronavirus infections rampant in parts of the nation, backlogs are preventing people from getting timely test results, hampering efforts to contain the virus.

The story of a guy who wouldn't let a few quintillion possible decryption keys stand between him and his cryptocurrency.

Alumni of the software giant’s Beijing research lab are now executives at Alibaba, Tencent, SenseTime—and TikTok parent ByteDance.

These noise-canceling headphones silence the world better than most, and the mics are now actually usable on phone calls.

In an interview with WIRED, former national intelligence official Sue Gordon discusses Russian election interference and other digital threats to democracy.

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a phone these days. These are our favorite Android devices and iPhones for $200 to $500.

Rashad Robinson, an organizer behind the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, says civil rights groups can’t be left to police the company by themselves.

And Meryl Streep holds a riding crop. And ... Digital satirist Ronald McDonkey's images challenge the idea of fame and our relationship to it.

How did an African green monkey that died in 1962 get involved in the biggest research debacle of this pandemic?

Meet the hackers who, this weekend, will try to commandeer an actual orbiter as part of a Defcon contest hosted by the Air Force and the Defense Digital Service.

A three-day hackathon produced a promising set of mobile apps for helping women in crisis, and for stopping violence against women before it occurs.

Indoor-air experts think: Sure, maybe. Why the hell not? We convinced the CEO of an air filter company to give it a try.

Through deceptive designs known as “dark patterns,” online retailers try to nudge you toward purchases you wouldn’t otherwise make.

By reverse engineering apps intended for cyclists, security researchers found they could cause delays in at least 10 cities from anywhere in the world.

After years of secrecy, one major election tech company is giving more hackers a look under the hood.

As the White House zeroes in on a single app, some experts say more pressing issues are going by the wayside.

Using open-source software and less than $100, a researcher was able to create plausible images and audio of actor Tom Hanks.

In 2020, America may ruin the American movie-going experience. But hey, if you’re willing to plop down 30 bucks, you’ll be able to watch Mulan next month.

The company's latest portfolio is filled with powerful and expensive devices.

Apple's new operating system hasn't been released to the public yet, but its new permission notifications are already shaming developers into cleaning up their acts.

The Games and Online Harassment Hotline launched Tuesday as a resource for anyone to talk about the emotional issues that emerge all over the industry.

WIRED Tested. Shopping for a new phone can be an ordeal. Let us take some of the pain out of it with these picks and tips.

The company is wooing creators with features they know and love, on a platform President Trump doesn’t publicly hate.

The now-patched vulnerability would have let hackers target Microsoft Office using Symbolic Link—a file type that hasn't been in common use in over 30 years.

When two men were hired to break into Iowa judicial buildings, they thought it was just another physical security audit—until they were charged with burglary.

A Dutch public broadcaster got rid of targeted digital ads—and its revenues went way up.