The McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist

The cold war between a startup and a soft-serve machine manufacturer is heating up, thanks to a newly released trove of internal emails.

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SPOILER ALERT: Spoiler Alerts Are Making Us All Stupid

If you think they’re protecting the experience of experiencing art, you’re more deluded than you know.

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Fungi Could Be the Downfall of Humanity

Climate change could threaten humans' protection from fungal infections. It's time to fear the fungi.

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17 Bags, Backpacks, Cubes, and Straps to Protect Your Camera

There are dozens of ways to tote around your photo and video gear. We’ve tested a bunch of solutions and rounded up our favorites.

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The Tamagotchi Was Tiny, but Its Impact Was Huge

It’s been 25 years since the little device first hit store shelves, but its simple brilliance lives on in today’s most popular games.

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What Are You Going to Tweet After You Die?

The artful death announcements of Chadwick Boseman and MF DOOM show us how the way we die online can help the living grieve.

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Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Is a Wasted Opportunity

This “definitive edition” is a buggy and broken trip down memory lane. You might want to stay at home.

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Our Favorite Mattress Deals for Black Friday (So Far)

Trouble sleeping? A bunch of our favorite WIRED-Reviewed hybrid, organic, and foam mattresses are on sale right now.

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NASA Really Wants Its Spacecraft to Slam Into an Asteroid

The DART mission is scheduled to launch early Wednesday. It will crash into an asteroid to see if it's possible to deflect one.

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Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean

The size of undersea creatures seemed to follow a strange but stable pattern—until industrial fishing came along.

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How to Preserve and Share Grandma's Recipes

Going digital can save time and money and keep family traditions alive.

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Devious ‘Tardigrade’ Malware Hits Biomanufacturing Facilities

The surprisingly sophisticated attack is “actively spreading” throughout the industry.

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Too Many Game Subscription Services? Here’s How to Choose

PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now? Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass Ultimate? It’s confusing, so we break them all down.

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Which Streaming Services Are Best For You?

Whether you're a hardcore cord-cutter or an animation fan, there's a platform for you. Here are the best we've tried.

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30 Stimulating Gifts for All the Best People in Your Life

Turbocharge the holidays with a speedy electric scooter, the smartest robot vacuum, and presents that are just plain fun.

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Researchers Want to Restore ‘Good Noise’ in Older Brains

Aging people lose variation in brain oxygen levels—a sign of declining cognitive flexibility. A new drug study probes whether that loss can be reversed.

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Why Bosses Are Inflexible About Flexible Work Arrangements

Since lockdown, employees have adopted new work habits, but many execs want a return to the old normal.

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This Rolex Is Made Using Eye-Surgery Lasers

The 2021 Rolex Datejust 36's unique dial pattern is etched into the surface using femtosecond laser technology.

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TikTok’s Next Big Move? To Become Facebook

ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok and Douyin, has global ambitions to challenge Meta’s universe.

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The Future of Digital Assistants Is Queer

AI assistants continue to reinforce sexist stereotypes, but queering these devices could help reimagine their relationship to gender altogether.

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