Jessica-Maria's tempted experiences and research.

What happens when technology knows more about us than we do? Poppy Crum studies how we express emotions -- and she suggests the end of the poker face is near, as new tech makes it easy to see the signals that give away how we're feeling. In a talk and demo, she shows how "empathetic technology" can read physical signals like body temperature and the chemical composition of our breath to inform on our emotional state. For better or for worse. "If we recognize the power of becoming technological empaths, we get this opportunity where technology can help us bridge the emotional and cognitive divide," Crum says.

Yuval Noah Harari, historian and best-selling author of Sapiens, Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Tristan Harris, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Humane Technology, speak with WIRED Editor in Chief Nicholas Thompson.

A new art exhibit allows visitors to toss crumbs at an Ivanka Trump lookalike, who swiftly vacuums them up with a smile on her face.

The so-called Collections #1–5 represent a gargantuan, patched-together Frankenstein of rotting personal data.

Get out of my face

Berlin artist Adam Harvey has come with a clothing pattern that fools facial recognition software by flooding it with false readings, a project he calls "Hyp...

Mary admitted to being addicted to catfishing, which might be why she got caught by Nev and Max not once, but twice. #MTV #CatfishTheTVShow #CatfishCatchUp S...

What makes attention valuable? Can bots be an audience? The answer might have something to do with cats. A talk with artist and architect Curtis Roth on his current project

Dina Karadžić and Vedran Gligo used the dark net’s principles to realize »Pivilion«, a decentralized and user-curated web gallery that runs on Raspberry Pi’s.

Who should control the Internet—and how? As the international treaty governing the Web comes up for renegotiation, Michael Joseph Gross explores the many battlefields in a war that will change cyberspace. Illustration by Stephen Doyle.