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Shlomi Dolev Contributor Shlomi Dolev is the Chair Professor and founder of the Computer Science department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the author of Self-Stabilization. Shlomi also is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief scientist of Secret Double Octopus. More posts by this contributor The quantum computing apocalypse is imminent […]

Mikhail Kokorich, the founder of Momentus, a new Y Combinator-backed propulsion technology developer for space flight, hadn’t always dreamed of going to the moon. A physicist who graduated from Russia’s top-ranked Novosibirsk University, Kokorich was a serial entrepreneur in who grew up in Siberia and made his name and his first fortunes in the years […]

Eventbrite, the 12-year-old, San Francisco-based event-planning company, has filed confidentially for an IPO and plans to go public later this year, according to a new report in the WSJ. The company’s lead underwriters are Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co., it says. The offering must seem a long time in coming for Eventbrite founders […]

When Shonda Rhimes left ABC last August for Netflix, both she and the studio kept a tight lid on their plans. We could only imagine where the twists and turns that her future stories would take us. Well, now we know. This week, Rhimes’s production company Shondaland and Netflix announced seven projects that she will make […]

Today at Comic-Con, Warner Bros . gave fans a peek at the first DC Comics films post-Justice League. Warner Bros. and DC had a bumpy 2017. There was the astonishing critical and commercial success of Wonder Woman, followed by the box office disappointment of Justice League — leading to an executive shakeup and a general rethinking […]

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin, performed its most critical test to date, Prime Day had some ups and downs but ultimately broke records and major tech companies are uniting to help you move data across apps. Here’s your weekly roundup of the top stories from the tech world:  1. Blue Origin successfully lands both […]

Amazon Prime has been an enormous influence on e-commerce, but this online juggernaut is beginning to show cracks. Now is the time for arch-rival Walmart to swoop in with a Prime-like offering that strikes at the weaknesses Amazon has introduced into its formidable loyalty program: price, a lack of focus, and competing subscription services.

With our fixation on all things tech, we’re missing out on the big picture -- there are actually more biotech and healthcare startup IPOs than tech offerings.

Is there any space on kids’ homescreens for another social sharing app to poke in? Y Combinator backed Splish wants to have a splash at it (😊) — with a super-short-form video and photo sharing app aimed at the under-25s. The SF-based startup began bootstrapping out of their college dorm rooms last July, playing around with […]

Security researcher UpGuard Cyber Risk disclosed Friday that sensitive documents from more than 100 manufacturing companies, including GM, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Tesla, Toyota, ThyssenKrupp, and VW were exposed on a publicly accessible server belonging to Level One Robotics. The exposure via Level One Robotics, which provides industrial automation services, came through rsync, a common file transfer protocol […]

Stardew Valley, the popular indie farming simulator (it’s more fun than “farming simulator” makes it sound, I promise) is quite possibly the chillest game of all time. But, without any multiplayer aspect, it can get … a bit lonely. From farming, to fishing, to exploring mines, it’s always felt like a game that would be […]

In emerging market countries where economic volatility is a way of life, there aren’t a lot of relatively safe options for members of the burgeoning middle class to park their money. For instance, countries like Nigeria have experienced a tremendous growth in the number of citizens entering the middle class, which now accounts for about […]

We’ve seen more than one project use the immutability of blockchain to verify important physical things. So, for instance, a pioneer in the space, Verisart, has brought blockchain certification of high art to leading galleries worldwide, and other players are now entering this growing market. Codex Protocol is a new startup also putting art on […]

Last weekend, Epic Games put forth its first true effort at official competitive Fortnite Battle Royale. It was a disaster. The private hosts used for the tournament were about as laggy as could be, with pro players getting eliminated simply because they couldn’t move. This tournament was for a total prize of $250K. That’s big […]

Disney fired director James Gunn from the set of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the company confirmed at Comic-Con this week. The move came after highly offensive joke tweets dating from between 2008 and 2011 resurfaced. The tweets, which have since been deleted, make light of topics ranging from molestation and rape to pedophilia. […]

As part of its ongoing mission to close the barn doors after the cows have got out, Facebook has suspended the accounts of British data analytics firm Crimson Hexagon over concerns that it may be improperly handling user data.

Grant Morrison’s Square Slice Studios just signed a content deal with Magic Leap. If you’ve read a comic book at some point in the past two decades, odds are you’re very excited at this news. Morrison is, after all, one of the most exciting writers working in the comics media today. The Scottish writer came […]

Getting banned for cheating is nothing new in Pokémon GO. There’ve been big ol’ ban waves every few weeks for ages now. The policies have never been totally set in stone, however — at least not publicly. Like many of the game’s mechanics, the player base has had to share info amongst themselves to figure […]

Insurance premiums total more than a trillion dollars in the U.S., and yet, where that money goes is something of a mystery. It certainly doesn’t seem to get invested in the consumer experience, where ancient incumbent companies still process paperwork as if it is the 1800s, and consumers are left wanting for new insurance options […]

I’ve been working with an ugly but functional lopsided two-monitor setup for years, and while it has served me well, I can’t say the new generation of ultra-wide monitors hasn’t tempted me. But the truth is they just aren’t wide enough. Or rather, they weren’t. Samsung has just blown my mind with a monitor so […]

AMC's new show, which depicts the doomed Franklin expedition to the Arctic, is the right kind of historical fiction. The post The World Needs More Shows Like 'The Terror' appeared first on WIRED.

With a new long-form video app called IGTV, Instagram is giving us a glimpse of our vertical-video future - and is aiming it squarely at teens. The post The Future is Vertical appeared first on WIRED.

Emily Calandrelli's children's books weave in science throughout. The post The Ada Lace Books Will Get Girls Interested in STEM appeared first on WIRED.

This week, special guest Nitasha Tiku charts Juul's ever-changing relationship with its consumers, its investors, and those who oppose its product. The post Juul of the Valley appeared first on WIRED.

Former <em>Mythbusters</em> host Kari Byron has a few suggestions for handling toxic fans. The post The Key to Triumphing Over Star Wars Trolls appeared first on WIRED.

This week's podcast is all about the software that points to the future of our how we'll use our gadgets - even if they infuriate us in the interim. The post A New Era of Frankensoftware appeared first on WIRED.

The new movie <em>Hereditary</em> is very frightening—but not entirely because of its occult twist. The post Satanists Just Aren't Scary Anymore appeared first on WIRED.

Microsoft just revealed the 10-inch Surface Go. On this week's Gadget Lab podcast, we discuss the pros and cons of our tiny computing future. The post Panos on Surface appeared first on WIRED.

Join us for live coverage of Apple's WWDC 2018 keynote at 9:15 am PDT on Monday, June 4. The post WWDC 2018 Liveblog: News and Updates From Apple's Keynote appeared first on WIRED.

If you went into Apple's annual developers conference thinking it would be about performance, stability, and Animoji—and not MacBook Pros—you were right. The post WWDC: Do Less. No, Do More appeared first on WIRED.

A second film could've explored where Han Solo got his cynical, jaded attitude. The post 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Should Have Been Two Movies appeared first on WIRED.

Of all the questions the show has left unanswered, this is one of the most nagging. The post No, Seriously, How Do the Guns Work on 'Westworld'? appeared first on WIRED.

Sci-fi author Peter Watts' short story is a take on John Carpenter's movie told from the alien's point of view. The post If You Like 'The Thing' You'll Love "The Things" appeared first on WIRED.

Google plans to start publicly testing Duplex, its uncanny robot-phone-calling technology, within the next couple weeks. The post Talk to the Bot appeared first on WIRED.