Recently, NASA took another look at SN 1572 using the 20-year-old, still functioning Chandra X-ray Observatory. Scientists were keen to figure out what caused the lumpy knots and threads that make it look like a giant dust bunny.SN 1572 exploded in what's called a Type 1a supernova that happens when a dense white dwarf star…

Gallery: Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review | 16 Photos Screens with high refresh rates aren't new, but they're still relatively uncommon. The OnePlus 7 Pro and 7T have it, as do gaming-focused devices like the Razer Phone 2 and the ROG Phone II. Even more uncommon its the Pixel's ability to automatically change…

Keyboard coverThe Surface Pro's Type Cover is the same as before. It's still covered in the luxe Alcantara fabric and will still cost you an extra $160, but pounding out my review on it was a breeze.As before, the individual keys here have ample travel and springy feedback and the entire layout is well-spaced. No…

Deception has always been part of the hacker playbook. But it's one thing for intruders to hide their tracks, and another to adopt an invented identity, or even frame another country for a cyberattack. Russia's hackers have done all of the above, and now have gone one step further. In a series of espionage cases,…

There are lots of ways to hack a PC. You can exploit software vulnerabilities. You can put malware on a USB drive and drop it in a parking lot for some unsuspecting office worker to pick up and plug in. Or you can turn an operating system's features against itself, strategically manipulating them to gain…

Andrew Anzalone was restless. It was late fall of 2017. The year was winding down, and so was his MD/PhD program at Columbia. Trying to figure out what was next in his life, he’d taken to long walks in the leaf-strewn West Village. One night as he paced up Hudson Street, his stomach filled with…

Good day! Welcome to this Monday’s edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s roundup of all the best culture news. What did you miss over the weekend? Well, for one, you might have to wait a little longer than expected for Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop. Also, people are still going to see Joker—and talking about it. Not sure…

First, the news you really want: The new trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will debut tonight during ABC's Monday night football game. Actually, if you're reading this in the evening, you might want to check to see if the trailer has dropped already. Go look. It's OK; we'll wait.Back? Great, we'll continue.…

Presidential candidates are in the business of making big promises, and few of the Democratic contenders for the 2020 nomination have promised more than Andrew Yang. An entrepreneur turned politico, Yang has styled himself as the techie’s candidate. His platform is defined by its embrace of high-tech solutions for a variety of social problems and…

If it seems too good to be true, the old cliché goes, it probably is. And it doesn’t get much gooder than the bizarre hand of the aye-aye, a specialized lemur that uses a hyper-elongated middle finger to tap along hollow tree branches, listens for grubs within, gnaws a hole in the wood, and reaches…