From formal courses to online communities, tech giants are realizing that their employees want new tools to solve age-old problems.Leaders at some of the largest tech companies are trying to fix the biggest problem of the century: not enough time in the day.Read Full Story

You might be tempted to use that shiny new prime number for RSA encryption. Don't do it. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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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 This Week: License Plate Readers in Texas Are Now Also Debt Collectors appeared first on WIRED.

Amazon posted record profit during its Q4 earnings report on Thursday, but still fell short of Wall Street expectations.Amazon posted a record quarterly profit in its fourth-quarter 2015 earnings on Thursday.Read Full Story

A new report on a massacre of hunter-gatherers in Africa is consistent with the claim that war, far from being an inborn trait that evolved millions of years ago, is a recent cultural invention -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Even if you're not into the big game, big deals abound for 4K and feature-loaded sets. The post The Super Bowl’s a Good Time to Buy a TV. Here Are the Best Deals appeared first on WIRED.

Despite declining revenue, Microsoft's quarterly earnings report points to the success of Azure and Office 365.Barely two years into Satya Nadella's tenure as Microsoft CEO, the once-passé tech giant continues to gain ground, as evidenced by Thursday's quarterly earnings report. Nadella has shifted much of Microsoft's focus to its cloud business, a decision that appears to be propelling the company forward in spite of declining revenue this past quarter.Read Full Story