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Legal experts say Musk faced an “uphill battle” to prove his claims of fraud over bots on the platform, and risked damaging revelations during trial.

The open source protocol is finally here to ensure that your devices play nicely. Here's how it could change the smart home scene.

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

There’s a brand-new Nest Wifi Pro and a second-generation wired Nest Doorbell. But it’s a redesigned app that’ll catch your attention.

In The Value of a Whale, author Adrienne Buller argues forcefully against market-based “solutions” to the climate crisis. She thinks we can do better.

The recorded music market is regaining its former hourglass shape—this time with platforms like Spotify at the center.

The makers of some of our favorite gaming headsets have come up with equally impressive desktop speakers.

B&W has taken its already excellent Px7 S2 cans and made a luxe version. Do the material and sonic gains justify the extra outlay? Oh yes.

In the rapidly warming Eastern Mediterranean, water stratifies into layers, like a cake. That’s allowing carbon-spewing crystals to form.

The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.

The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decisionmaking, which could reshape federal government—but not the private sector.

Want to give your children an easy way to contact you—without giving them a smartphone? Family Setup on WatchOS can help.

The company is losing huge sums of money on cookie-cutter homes—suggesting a fundamental weakness in the US housing market.

Tesla’s Optimus robot did not dazzle robotics experts and can’t yet walk. But if the project delivers, it could give the company an edge in manufacturing.

Major streamers are stepping back from the Twitch grind, and smaller ones fear the platform is more interested in removing features than growing audiences.

We've got tips to help you cut through the clutter to find the real deals.

Cameras can offer peace of mind, but choose carefully when you’re inviting one into your home.

Hulu’s Reboot and HBO Max’s Irma Vep update showbiz satire for the binge-watching era.

Help the whole family catch more z’s with soothing background noise.

Wood and biosolids from water treatment plants can be used to improve the soil—and keep remaining trees healthy.

The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data.

Constantly posting content on social media can erode your privacy—and sense of self.

We tried the new hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of Kia's most popular car and found the brand is still very much on a roll.

This starter keyboard can sing your song lyrics back to you.

Channel your inner Mad Max and prepare for disaster and all-around bad weeks with these WIRED-approved essentials.