Plus: Google delays the end of cookies (again), EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news. https://bit.ly/3ziVHqm
The porous rock beneath the Gulf Coast launched the petroleum age. Now entrepreneurs want to turn it into a gigantic sponge for storing CO2. https://bit.ly/3bfUacn
The company is raising the prices of its VR headsets by $100, creating another potential barrier to mass adoption of the technology. https://bit.ly/3OGsT0x
The startup used regulatory loopholes and marketing to make nicotine cool. Now the FDA threatens to shut the company down, but new rivals are taking over. https://bit.ly/3uCWWiq
'The Dawn of Everything' fundamentally shifted my view of … everything. I had to meet one of the minds behind its world-tilting revelations. https://bit.ly/3AAiVui
Fecal transplants can fix gut diseases, but finding the right donor stool is tricky. The solution, some scientists believe, is to keep a store of your own. https://bit.ly/3O6zYaB
Thor: Love and Thunder is out Friday; Ms. Marvel wraps up on Disney+ next week. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, it’s time to pick faves and stick with them. https://bit.ly/3Iq2OBj
In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers. https://bit.ly/3IvFJNO
Known as ALPRs, this surveillance tech is pervasive across the US—and could soon be used by police and anti-abortion groups alike. https://bit.ly/3RgAh5j
The Limits to Growth argued that rampant pollution and resource extraction were pushing Earth to the brink. How does it hold up 50 years later? https://bit.ly/3P7rXTz
Lawmakers in the US and Europe are considering ways to regulate crypto and crack down on money-laundering and other illicit activities. https://bit.ly/3nC7daS
Cities of the future will likely be even more segregated by income, hostile to pedestrians, and designed to line the pockets of tech giants. https://bit.ly/3P47grv
After I became a parent, my social media feeds filled up with videos of kids who are sick or have died. Why couldn’t I look away? https://bit.ly/3yFWpyM
Powering plant growth with solar panels instead of photosynthesis could be a more efficient way of using the Sun’s energy for food. But it’s not all good news. https://bit.ly/3IcLAHu
From cryptocurrency thefts to intrusions into telecom giants, state-backed attackers have had a field day in the year’s first half. https://bit.ly/3I9Qntn
Microsoft’s updated midrange model is a top-tier student pick and cheaper MacBook alternative, but its battery leaves much to be desired. https://bit.ly/3NP04yI
Robots will venture into the sunless depths of lunar craters to find ancient water ice, while studies find hints about how water arrives on rocky worlds. https://bit.ly/3yNgseR
Gareth Damian Martin sat down with WIRED to explain the "passive cruelty" of corporate culture and the game's visceral economic fears. https://bit.ly/3yBqTSm
No one will agree on what the metaverse is. But that's not stopping a coalition of big names in tech from designing the tools needed to build it. https://bit.ly/3yDNbTx
It's a sign of the times: the off-kilter '90s nostalgia that's also bringing back Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name.” https://bit.ly/3bLloI1