Time is moving fast. It feels like New Year's Eve was just yesterday, but it's already the middle of January. Before we slide through the end of the month, we've got some discounts for you.…

Apple dropped $200 million this week on a company that makes lightweight artificial intelligence. It’s all about keeping an edge in AI ... by adding more AI to the edge. The acquisition of Xnor.ai, a…

On Saturday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, the same launchpad where astronauts departed for the moon 50 years ago. A Crew…

A 17-year-old intern at NASA discovered a new planet on his third day on the job. Wolf Cukier, then a junior in high school, was interning at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland when…

The law that took effect January 1 says businesses must “inform” consumers that they are collecting personal information “at or before the point of collection.” The attorney general’s draft regulations, due to be finalized in…

Another reason, he says, is to accommodate up-and-coming technologies such as 5G and so-called waterfall displays—a new type of mobile screen design that bleeds over the edges of the phone. Think of Samsung’s Galaxy phones…

Pictures of Samsung's next flagship smartphone appear to have been leaked to phone news site XDA Developers. The pictures show the phone will be called the "Galaxy S20," features at least four camera lenses, and…

At its core, CES is a festival of desire, whether that’s for an affordable 5G phone, an inkjet beauty wand, or a personal pod transporter that means you’ll never have to walk again. It can…

As a barrage of missiles rained down on two Iraqi bases housing thousands of U.S. troops, a stealthier form of warfare was striking on another front: online information operations linked to the Iranian regime were…

The Trump administration Wednesday reaffirmed its policy to maintain a light touch in regulating self-driving vehicles, with a new document that is long on promoting the industry and silent on rules governing testing or operating…

We're living in the golden age of STEM toys. This year's CES floor is host to dozens of companies all hoping their edu-taining STEM-related toys will make it your kids' playroom later this year. One…

With a pair of 200-kilowatt motors sending power to all four wheels, Sony’s first car can go from 0 to 62 mph in 4.8 seconds. It can hit a top speed of 149 mph, even…

Foldable phones, like 5G phones, are very expensive at the moment. The Samsung Galaxy Fold, for example, costs almost $2,000. As all tech, these phones will get cheaper over time, and TCL thinks it can…

“We were working 100-hour weeks,” Rockstar Games cofounder Dan Houser said ahead of the 2018 release of Red Dead Redemption 2. As fans prepared to play the long-anticipated action Western game, Rockstar employees were still…

Welcome to our CES 2020 liveblog! The WIRED crew is on the ground here in Las Vegas to touch, test, prod, and fondle all of the latest doodads, robot bartenders, underwater drones, and exoskeletons. This…

The idea that PCs are dying never held much weight; if anything, despite inroads by the iPad Pro, they’ve solidified their position as the device you turn to when you need to get things done.…

The White House has issued principles for regulating the use of artificial intelligence that call for as little government interference as possible and offer only broad guidance to federal agencies. In fact, the principles might…

The U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Friday will likely lead to retaliatory cyberattacks against America, security authorities say. That means the power and electricity you use, the smart devices you carry and your bank accounts…

This year will be a big one for the Red Planet, with the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover from Cape Canaveral in Florida this summer. The rover isn’t due to land on Mars until…

In December 2018, Canada and France announced plans for a new international body to study and steer the effects of artificial intelligence on the world’s people and economies. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said the…

Since September, commuters using Shanghai’s Number 9 bus route have had a new way of catching a ride. Rather than stand at a designated stop, they open a smartphone app and book a ride to…

Those smart TVs that sold for unheard of low prices over the holidays come with a catch. The price is super low, but the manufacturers get to monitor what you're watching and report back to third…