Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance
Your body is a data goldmine. From the way you look to how you think and feel, firms working in the burgeoning biometrics industry are developing new and alarming ways…
Black Widow Is Right on Time—and Too Late
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. It’s fitting—and ironic—that Black Widow takes place…
How to Turn Your Xbox Series X/S or PS5 Into a Beta Testing Machine
You can join betas on both Sony and Microsoft hardware.Photo: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo If you’ve managed to grab a Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or Xbox Series S, you’ve no…
OnePlus 9 Pro’s throttling controversy shows why benchmarks don’t always matter
A benchmarking controversy with the OnePlus 9 Pro shows why experience trumps numbers every time.
Baldur’s Gate 3 patch revealed via a bizarre escape room livestream
Baldur’s Gate 3 is getting a brand new patch, which was announced via a strange escape room livestream.
Fortnite challenge guide: Eliminate trespassers
Having trouble taking down trespassers in Fortnite? In this guide, we’ll show you how to defeat trespassers for the newest season 7, week 5 challenge.
DJI releases its Pocket 2 gimbal camera in a new color
DJI launched the second version of its Pocket gimbal camera last October. This week it released a new color for the summer holidays.
So, You Want to Try an Ebike? Here’s What to Know
LG: So it sounds like using your ebike to get takeout or maybe even possibly going through the drive-through would be better than taking it on a mountain bike trail.…
Why Scientists Love Making Robots Build Ikea Furniture
The frustration and anguish of trying and failing to piece together Ikea furniture may seem like an exercise in humiliation for you, but know this: The particleboard nightmare may one…
This manual for a popular facial recognition tool shows just how much the software tracks people
In 2019, the Santa Fe Independent School District in Texas ran a weeklong pilot program with the facial recognition firm AnyVision in its school hallways. With more than 5,000 student…