The situation has made clear that the field needs to change. Here’s where to start, according to a current and a former Googler. https://bit.ly/3o5J7nn
This year radically changed what live events—at least those that weren’t canceled—look like. It also taught organizers some lessons. https://bit.ly/2KP2wdW
This year saw plenty of destructive hacking and disinformation campaigns—but amid a pandemic and a historic election, the consequences have never been graver. https://bit.ly/2L7omt3
Eric Green, head of the nation’s top genomics research institute, looks back on how far the field has come and shares his bold vision for the future. https://bit.ly/38QuJsG
With lots of research, arrows, and an inviting color palette, artists helped transform complex research into useful information. https://bit.ly/3rAzuiP
After a year of protests against racial inequality and industry vows to do better, Black founders are still getting left out of Silicon Valley’s financial engine. https://bit.ly/3pBu2tZ
Michael Almereyda’s future-minded Shakespeare adaptation (with a WIRED cameo) is 20 years old. Now it feels like an eerie premonition. https://bit.ly/38Nk8Pc
Between glimpses of a medical cure and winning science’s shiniest prize, this proved to the gene-editing technology’s biggest year yet. https://bit.ly/3hnGQRQ
Phone calls. Web searches. Location tracks. Smart speaker requests. They’ve become crucial tools for law enforcement, while users often are unaware. https://bit.ly/2WQ0oFd
The pandemic and the election forced social media platforms to police false information like never before—but we have no clue if that solved anything. https://bit.ly/2Jnvtgh
Wait, isn’t that fancy new TV supposed to deliver bright, beautiful images? If yours is a little dimmer than expected, we can help. https://bit.ly/38uM36w
From turntables to smart water bottles, here are the things that brought the WIRED gear team irrational delight in this most atypical year. https://bit.ly/2WIkotf
David Silver of DeepMind, who helped create the program that defeated a Go champion, thinks rewards are central to how machines—and humans—acquire knowledge. https://bit.ly/2KU7Qw8
Trump's White House has long been AWOL on cybersecurity. That lack of oversight almost seemed to be working—until the SolarWinds hack. https://bit.ly/3aCnt6d
Apple invites users to sweat along with prerecorded classes on its new streaming workout platform—but the experience lags behind the competition. https://bit.ly/2KKG6KD
New modeling software is helping animal health experts develop more customizable prosthetics for pets with missing limbs. Still, not all legs are created equal. https://bit.ly/3azsv3s
This year, monoculture floundered, but microculture flourished. Everyone found a niche—and learned what they could live without. https://bit.ly/3rhGwsA
In a Covid-inspired pivot, chefs around the world are offering interactive cooking classes online that help groups of disparate strangers learn some new tricks. https://bit.ly/2KklWXK
Physicist Brian Keating, codirector of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for the Human Imagination, started the show to continue the center's mission of bringing together the world's top thinkers. https://bit.ly/37woniH
“It’s all well and good for an android to take a position and shut down motor functions. There’s no art in that. I want the old ways. That’s why I’m on Earth.” https://bit.ly/3amDdKH
You're probably using it to chat with friends, but if you're not using it to stream, play games, and chat with friends too, it's time to start. https://bit.ly/38erBXj
Chefs tinkered with food chemistry, while dining apps reengineered logistics. Those changes will endure even after the pandemic is over. https://bit.ly/37x8vNf
State and local officials are scrambling to figure out how to inoculate millions—after health care workers and the elderly—against the novel coronavirus. https://bit.ly/2Kdtfk7
Video game companies are increasingly putting restrictions on what reviewers can show, widening the gap between expectations and reality. https://bit.ly/388WE75
Amateur and professional cryptographers, including those at the FBI, had been trying to decode the infamous serial killer's message to the media for decades. https://bit.ly/3af8pLB
Without any need for steering wheels or pedals, the cubes give passengers room to maneuver inside. The latest entrant, from Zoox, can hold 4. https://bit.ly/3oR2occ
50 years after the first spacecraft touched down on our super hot neighbor (and promptly died), NASA has a plan for a tougher mechanical lander. https://bit.ly/2KpfUFd