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After five years the designer and creator of Fluffy, the Scorpion Art Car built for the Burning Man music festival is selling the Scorpion on eBay. Complete with seven flame throwers and help with set up and take down at...

Each Saturday we round up the news stories that we didn't break or cover in depth at WIRED, but which deserve your attention nonetheless. The post Security News This Week: Anonymous Hacks ISIS Twitter With Gay Pride appe...

A cryptocurrency is only as reliable as the technology that keeps it running, and Ethereum is learning this the hard way. An attacker has taken an estimated $60 million in Ethereum's digital money (Ether) by exploiting v...

The Department of Defense's Hack the Pentagon program was apparently so successful, the agency has decided to extend and develop new initiatives for it. Similar to Facebook's, Twitter's and Google's bug bounty projects, ...

On its third mission this year, Ariane 5 lofted more than 10.7 tonnes - its heaviest commercial cargo so far.

Anton Yelchin, who starred in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek films as Chekov, died early Sunday at the age of 27. Yelchin was involved in a freak accident that led to him being "pinned by his own car," according to TMZ. Yelchin'...

A group of Edinburgh University students may have a game-changer for refugees in Greece and beyond -- a mobile phone charging station for their phones completely powered by the sun. The post Refugees in Greece are using ...

Unicode 9.0 is set to be finalized later this month, formally introducing a number of sure-to-be hit emojis, including bacon, selfie, face-palm, and more. Turns out, however, that a rifle was once in consideration for ne...

Blue Origin is launching its crew capsule today--and then they're going to take out its parachute and see what happens. You can watch it happen at 10:15 am ET.

There's nothing that makes you feel smaller than an expanse of nothing but sand and sky.

Rolls-Royce just unveiled its luxurious take on the driverless car. This thing will have an engine unlike anything available today.

Driving through flooded tunnels is not advisable, if you have a choice. We don't know if this Tesla driver had a choice, but he passed the stalled cars cars with internal combustion engines because all-electric cars don'...

 The EU is not the problem. The EU has shown that it can stand up to corporate giants like Google and Microsoft much better than our own government. They’ve stood up to big TelCo’s, prevented giant mergers (that our...

Following a 186-day stay aboard the International Space Station, three astronauts returned safety to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule on Saturday, with NASA photographer Bill Ingalls capturing some stunning shots of th...

 I’ve been skateboarding for longer than I care mention, and I still had to hold onto the damn railings. I’m going to blame it on the screwy sense of orientation one experiences in virtual reality, but it probably o...

A $1.2 million smart home system, basement bowling alley, and 13,000 sq. ft. of luxury digs highlight this $12.5 million Las Vegas, Nevada home that's known simply as the J2 Residence. The post Step inside the ultimate s...

It’s been a pain-point for some Mac users for a while now: the inability to rearrange third-party menu bar extras. Sure, it’s been possible to move around stock menu bar extras by simply holding the Command key while...

 Sometimes the coolest demos at a convention are tucked away in the back corners, far from the bright lights and big booths industry stalwarts. One of the hidden gems of this year’s E3 arrives courtesy Contact CI. The...

NASA is still testing wild new wing technologies to improve energy efficiency in flight. The agency announced yesterday that it is conducting research on a unique wing design that uses 14 electric motors. The experimenta...

If it wasn't for the photos I wouldn't have believed it

Power, precision, and style--this laptop/tablet hybrid has it all.          

Siemens continues its initiative to create greener methods of transportation by manufacturing a new hybrid-electric passenger train for Brightline. The train is capable of speeds up to 125 mph, and will debut in Florida....