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…

More than 50 buildings and soundstages sprawl across the 44 acres of the Sony Pictures lot. That's a lot of window­less oblongs, and even more distance between them. If you need to get from, say, the Jimmy Stewart Building to Stage 15, golf carts and Sprinter vans are the customary mode—even on sunny days. On…

In January, Liz O’Sullivan wrote a letter to her boss at artificial intelligence startup Clarifai, asking him to set ethical limits on its Pentagon contracts. WIRED had previously revealed that the company worked on a controversial project processing drone imagery.O’Sullivan urged CEO Matthew Zeiler to pledge the company would not contribute to the development of…

Starting at $25,470 the 2020 Accord Hybrid continues the automaker's tradition of well priced, solid vehicles. During a drive in Austin, Texas I was immediately impressed with the build quality of the car. It's on par with luxury vehicles from Germany and of course Toyota (another company known for high build quality). That's sort of…

There's a scant 68 days until Christmas is once again upon us, and 65 until Hanukkah begins. There are likely plenty of people left on your shopping list, including those few who are always impossible to buy for (looking at you, Dad) so we want to lend you a helping hand: If you find yourself…

In a major reversal for the franchise, Activision has announced that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will not include a loot-box system. Specifically, the company says that "all functional content that has an impact on game balance, such as base weapons and attachments, can be unlocked simply by playing the game."ARS TECHNICAThis story…