Plus: Joe Biden’s classified-documents scandal, the end of security support for Windows 7, and more.
https://www.wired.com/story/royal-mail-ransomware-attack-security-roundup/

The state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-key-to-californias-survival-is-hidden-underground/

Writer Warren Lapine’s latest project is a collection of letters Roger Zelazny wrote to his friend Carl Yoke.
https://www.wired.com/2023/01/geeks-guide-roger-zelazny-talk/

Activision-Blizzard’s ambitious, much-hyped initiative has stalled. Recent upheavals reveal the instability of esports—and a murky future fo
https://www.wired.com/story/overwatch-league-esports-what-went-wrong/

In a post-Roe world, bodily autonomy must include control over personal data.
https://www.wired.com/story/privacy-health-data-women/

Hidden screening devices are used to track the movement of dangerous materials—and recently caught a shipment of uranium at London’s Heathro
https://www.wired.com/story/heathrow-radioactive-cargo-screening/

Need to estimate, from trillions of miles away, how likely another world is to host life? There’s a flowchart for that.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-search-for-life-in-space-starts-with-ancient-earth/

Police in the Indian state of Telangana have found a novel way to help people avoid getting swindled online: grassroots education.
https://www.wired.com/story/cyber-ambassadors-india/

The loquacious bot has Microsoft ready to sink a reported $10 billion into OpenAI. It’s unclear what products can be built on the technology.
https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-has-investors-drooling-but-can-it-bring-home-the-bacon/

Gracefully avoid sketchy situations and score a deal on the post-holiday gadget turnover.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-buy-used-on-ebay/

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-lina-khans-plan-to-liberate-us-workers/

Last year was one of the warmest measured, say NASA and NOAA. It would have been even more sweltering if not for La Niña, which will soon fa
https://www.wired.com/story/2022-wasnt-the-hottest-on-record-thats-nothing-to-celebrate/

US politicians are battling over banning the appliance. Around the globe, gas stoves are emitting chemicals that harm the environment and pe
https://www.wired.com/story/gas-stove-ban-culture-war/

A London-based startup is networking seamsters with the goal of personalizing fit and making garments last longer.
https://www.wired.com/story/startup-tailoring-sojo/

XBB.1.5, aka the Kraken, is sweeping the Northeast US and dodging immunity. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to panic.
https://www.wired.com/story/kraken-covid-variant-xbb15/

Targeted manipulation of bacteria could boost immunity and help sufferers of chronic diseases and allergies.
https://www.wired.com/story/microbes-health-science/

EV sales are booming. But to keep the momentum going and make a dent in carbon emissions, the US will have to build a vast new charging infr..
https://www.wired.com/story/people-love-electric-vehicles-now-comes-the-hard-part/

Video game adaptations are notoriously brain-dead. But the minds behind HBO’s infectious new zombie series turn action into drama—and break
https://www.wired.com/story/last-of-us-does-the-impossible-hbo/

In the past year algorithms got a lot better at generating illustrations, art, and photo-real scenes. Next up? Video.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/where-the-ai-art-boom-came-from-and-where-its-going/

Lab animals have long borne the brunt of drug safety trials. A new law allows drugmakers to use miniature tissue models, or organs-on-chips,
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-just-greenlit-high-tech-alternatives-to-animal-testing/

Data from Sweden and the US suggests cash incentives increase uptake without denting people’s trust in vaccines or future willingness to get
https://www.wired.com/story/lets-pay-people-to-get-vaccinated/

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years.
https://www.wired.com/story/faa-notam-outage/

Now that the holiday craze is over, here are some discounts on a variety of gadgets to help ease you into the new year.
https://www.wired.com/story/deals-january-11-2023/

SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left sensitive information about hundreds of police operations publicly a
https://www.wired.com/story/sweepwizard-police-raids-data-exposure/

Rapid grocery delivery apps are leaving the continent, putting the Turkish startup on top. But, its reign is anything but stable.
https://www.wired.com/story/getir-europe-delivery-wars/

With rising sea levels  and extreme weather events, the global north needs to prepare to welcome displaced people.
https://www.wired.com/story/migration-climate-environment-refugees/

Here’s how a stock image—that looked like me—made its way to Chinese marketplaces. With each repost and edit, I grew more convinced that it
https://www.wired.com/story/china-deepfake-advertising-policy/

The digital currency exchange’s stupendous fallout has put local Web3 companies in the Bahamas on the back foot.
https://www.wired.com/story/bahamas-ftx-crypto-party/

Flu meds and prescription drugs have been in short supply all winter—but the problem goes back over a decade.
https://www.wired.com/story/drug-shortages-arent-new-the-tripledemic-just-made-you-look/

NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously tho
https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-may-have-just-spotted-the-universes-first-galaxies/

The tractor maker is accused of blocking farmers from fixing their own equipment. A new agreement offers concessions—but campaigners say it’
https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-advocates-question-john-deeres-new-promises/

More than 120 models of Siemens' S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.
https://www.wired.com/story/siemens-s7-1500-logic-controller-flaw/

It can deliver fast Wi-Fi to the largest of homes, but this mesh system has some odd limitations.
https://www.wired.com/review/netgear-orbi-rbk863/

The hottest West Coast tech 16,000 years ago was a “projectile point” for hunting game. Though tiny, the artifact tells an outsize tale.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-this-fearsome-weapon-reveals-about-early-americans/

Where you went to school won’t matter as much as what you can actually do now.
https://www.wired.com/story/skills-labor-market-jobs/

Abstaining from alcohol can have immediate benefits. But lasting gains require lasting change.
https://www.wired.com/story/does-dry-january-really-make-people-healthier/

Whether you’re biking to the office or schlepping a camera to a shoot, a laptop bag is your constant companion. These WIRED-reviewed packs d
https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-best-backpacks-for-work/

Iranian women are baring their heads to protest government controls. A top official said algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes.
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-says-face-recognition-will-id-women-breaking-hijab-laws/

Are you struggling to find a signal in your home or office? Here’s how to get clearer chats.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-wifi-calling/

Right-wing networks from Brazil and the US fueled calls for violence. Experts accuse tech platforms of looking the other way.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-far-right-helped-stoke-the-attack-on-brazils-congress/

'The Last of Us' star talks video games, violence, and playing tough guys (Hi, Mando!) when you’re actually a people pleaser.
https://www.wired.com/story/pedro-pascal-interview-last-of-us-mandalorian/

Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wa
https://www.wired.com/story/catching-cosmic-rays-virgo-interferometer/

Novelist Ning Ken’s history of Beijing’s Zhongguancun district shows how two generations of professors and tech entrepreneurs helped make th
https://www.wired.com/story/what-the-west-doesnt-know-about-chinas-silicon-valley/

The country’s surge in cases is a human tragedy but isn’t showing signs of changing the Covid picture in the West—where the virus is already
https://www.wired.com/story/china-covid-crisis/

By emulating the human ability to forget some of the data, psychological AIs will transform algorithmic accuracy.
https://www.wired.com/story/psychology-artificial-intelligence/

Had a long day and still want to stream something? These tips from sleep experts will help you stay awake till the credits roll.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-falling-asleep-movies-streaming/

Beyond just getting us from A to B, 2023’s vehicles want their drivers to be happier, healthier, and safer.
https://www.wired.com/story/wellness-cars-driving-transportation/

Depending on who you are, this can be much more complicated than “whenever I feel like it.”
https://www.wired.com/story/how-often-you-should-update-profile-photos/

Need to grab a clip from Twitter or remix that YouTube meme compilation? These tools can help.
https://www.wired.com/story/10-browser-add-ons-extensions-download-videos-photos/

WIRED photographer Roger Kisby captures the glory, madness, and optimism of the consumer tech extravaganza.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/ces-2023-photos-roger-kisby/