When Fitbit launched its first product in 2009, the activity tracker didn’t even share data to a smartphone app. Instead, it wirelessly connected to a base station that had to be tethered to your computer. The clip-on itself displayed some information, but Fitbit’s website was where you’d find visualizations of your personal activity data. It…

November has arrived, and in many parts of the country it has brought with it a blustery gust of cold air. If you're in the Bay Area and the thought of being cooped up all winter has your skin crawling, you might want to get out of the house and come visit us at WIRED25…

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.At the edge of a lake on a fault line of the new Cold War stands a building that, depending on how you look at it, is either a relic of a failed revolution or the beating heart of a new one.In Soviet times, the Kuchurgan electricity plant…

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said Saturday the company will ban “party houses” and take other steps to safeguard hosts and guests after five people died at a Halloween party hosted…

Nintendo has a long history when it comes to exercise-driven games. I’m dating myself, but I can say I remember playing Track & Field on NES with the Power Pad.…

Sometimes it feels as if Internet platforms are turning everything upside down, from politics to publishing, culture to commerce, and of course swapping truth for lies. This week’s bizarro reversal was…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps — the easiest way to keep up with everything that happened in the world of apps over the past week — from the…

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Amazon has set its eye on the next business it wants to disrupt in its key overseas market India: online movie tickets. The e-commerce giant said Saturday it has partnered…

The Overwatch team is introducing character leveling this time around. There'll be unlockable abilities (or "talents") for the hero missions and possibly story missions, but you won't be able to customize hero abilities in player-vs.-player modes. You can expect to see several heroes join the ranks, including the long-rumored Sojourn. The current heroes will have…