From Donald Trump to DOGE to Chinese hackers, this year the internet’s chaos caused outsized real-world harm.
Privacy may be dead, but civilians are turning conventional wisdom on its head by surveilling the cops as much as the cops surveil them.
Google’s AI is now even smarter, and more versatile.
A fun diversion for retro gaming on the Nintendo Switch 2—if you can stand to look at it.
From university breaches to cyberattacks that shut down whole supply chains, these were the worst cybersecurity incidents of the year.
Money gifts burning a hole in your pocket? These deals on WIRED-tested gadgets and gizmos will stretch your dollars.
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
Questions around the reliability of the US greenback are dulling the luster of what was the world’s currency of trade. New, global alternatives are emerging.
The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive.
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t.
