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As we get out of the house, the gear-obsessed WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite bags and EDCs. Today, reviewer Michael Calore raves about his do-it-all L.L.Bean tote bag. You can also check out other Bag Check stories where WIRED writers share their carryall of choice. Every single Sunday morning, I roll my

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For the past few decades, researchers have understood that quantum computers should eventually be able to crack the widely used codes that secure much of the digital world. To protect against this fate, they’ve spent years developing new codes that appear to be safe from

The House passed landmark housing legislation this week after a clash with the Senate over certain provisions. What is next and when President Donald Trump could sign it into law remain unclear. The House passed a revised version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a resounding 396-13 vote. The bill aims to

A veteran IRS criminal investigator who publicly criticized his own agency while leading aggressive tax enforcement investigations against wealthy individuals could soon be fired over alleged misconduct tied to his personal tax returns. Brian Visalli, a nearly 25-year special agent in the IRS Criminal Investigation division, has until May 29 to respond to allegations that

A WIRED investigation this week found that a former Phoenix police officer who owns a company that offers firearms training to Immigration and Customs enforcement was involved in six shootings, four of which were deadly. Meanwhile, a New York police officer’s lawyer has been banned from Madison Square Garden amid a lawsuit the cop filed

Nature abhors a vacuum, so the saying goes, but nobody told the universe. Space is filled with cosmic voids—vast regions mostly free of matter that have opened between dense threads of material that make up a cosmic web. Far from being vacant backwaters with little to study, these voids may hold solutions to some of

The third round of May Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on May 27. The first round went out on May 13 to those born on or before the 10th of a

Three years ago, during an expedition at the bottom of the Gulf of Alaska, a submarine detected a golden orb that contrasted with surrounding rocks. Its smooth, organic surface did not resemble that of any known animal; the team immediately retrieved it for study. Now, at last, we know what it was. The submarine retrieves

As of July 1, all vehicles sold within the European Union must include a standard, preinstalled interface that allows a breathalyzer lock to be added to the ignition system. This measure is part of a larger strategy promoted by the EU to reduce drunk-driving-related deaths and injuries by at least 50 percent by 2030. The

President Donald Trump took out the trash his own way – by sharing an AI video of himself tossing Stephen Colbert into a dumpster. Trump posted the video Friday evening on X, following Thursday’s final broadcast of “The Late Show.” The video celebrated the end of the long-running late-night talk show with a clip depicting