In early August, the enterprise security firm Armis got a confusing call from a hospital that uses the company's security monitoring platform. One of its infusion pumps contained a type of networking vulnerability that the researchers had discovered in a few weeks prior. But that vulnerability had been found in an operating system called VxWorks—which…

America’s newest airline will never cram you into a too-tight seat. It won’t charge too much money for too-terrible food. It won’t strand you on the tarmac without explanation. Actually, it won’t carry you anywhere at all—but it might someday carry your stuff. Today, UPS announced that its drone service is the first of its…

Near the end of the teaser for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, there’s something very interesting—towering chunks of a Death Star, rising like mountains from a blustery sea. Oh, there's no doubt. It's a Death Star. We can argue about which Death Star, the one from Episode IV or the one from Episode VI,…

In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide. Today, the coalition is issuing its eighth monthly “10 Most Urgent” list of journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases demand…

This story is part of a series on how we watch stuff—from the emotional tug of Facebook video series to crappy captions on YouTube.In the language of interface design, the row of TV shows and movies chasing across a streaming service’s home screen—Netflix, Amazon Prime, Crunchyroll, whatever—is called a carousel. I’m not sure whether, in…

I’ve often wished there were a remote control for real life that let you fast forward through the unpleasant parts and pause on the good stuff. There’s not, but there is a practice that will put you back in control of your time. To explain, I need to hit rewind.Ten years ago, everything in my…

Jeanette Winterson is a timeless writer. It's not that her work transcends the ages—though it easily could—but rather that her novels are rarely bound by setting. Written on the Body feels fairly modern but, aside from its queer themes and learned discussion of cancer, is a love story that could have happened in any time.…

This story is part of a series on how we watch stuff—from the emotional tug of Facebook video series to the delight of Netflix randomness.If you rely on YouTube’s captions, good luck. In a recent random sample, the common phrase “You’re on your own” was captioned “You won you’re wrong.” “Ethan has to leave” came…

"I typically prefer doing to talking," says Jim Ryan, "but I think we've been guilty of not talking enough about what we've done." Ryan, the CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is referring to PlayStation Now, the subscription service Sony launched all the way back in 2014 that allowed PlayStation owners to download older games, or…

Imagine you’re enjoying a pleasant stroll through the park when you hear someone say, “My owner needs your attention! Please follow me!” You look around and see no one; then you look down and see a dog staring up at you. You think someone’s pulling a fast one. But then the dog reaches around and…