Shipping tech giant Pitney Bowes has confirmed a cyberattack on its systems. The company said in a statement that its systems were hit by a “malware attack that encrypted information”…

Elinor Carucci was just waking up following major surgery when her husband Eran gently whispered, "We have to take the picture now." Before her hysterectomy, Carucci had convinced the hospital to let her document her own uterus post-op. But time was tight. The surgeon rushed to her bedside with a plastic bucket, lifted out the…

This week, Californians got two helpings of bad news, as Pacific Gas & Electric shut off the power for some residents to try and cut down on wildfires, even as a blaze broke out and displaced thousands in the San Fernando Valley. (The electricity kept flowing to Silicon Valley's tech companies, though.) Meanwhile, it was…

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to something you love. The British company Dyson, for example, disbanded its 500-person automotive business this week, and its plans to build an out-of-the-box electric car. Founder and CEO James Dyson explained that the landscape around electric vehicles has changed since the project began four years ago. Other electric…

The equal sign is the bedrock of mathematics. It seems to make an entirely fundamental and uncontroversial statement: These things are exactly the same.But there is a growing community of mathematicians who regard the equal sign as math’s original error. They see it as a veneer that hides important complexities in the way quantities are…

There are few things as polarizing as PC keyboards. There are message boards and subreddits filled to the brim with opinions on the virtues and vices of different switch mechanisms, dissecting every aspect and component right down to the plastic used in the keycaps. There's good reason for that.Whether you own a great laptop or…

MacOS Catalina is live and out now for the masses to download—and Apple being Apple, it's packed with features focused on user security and privacy. Here's how Catalina promises to make your Mac safer and better protected than ever, from warnings about weak passwords to smart ways to retrieve a lost MacBook.Improved Data ProtectionMacOS Catalina…

Fortnite just blew up its entire map and all that’s left is a black hole. Some are speculating that this is simply a teaser for a new Fortnite map, but…

The leaves are turning and pumpkin lattes have begun their assault on taste buds everywhere. But fear not, deals are also in the autumn air, including one great deal on our favorite Android phone of 2019. So far, at least.Google's Pixel 3A (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is anomalous in the Android world. It's fairly powerful, has…

It’s been a rough run for Kik of late. The once mighty messaging service announced in late September that it would be shutting down its app. CEO Ted Livingston noted…