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FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors.

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An evening of podcasting in San Francisco (with a discount for WIRED readers).

Here are the best delivery services and meal kits in 2026, including the Martha Stewart meal service, a GLP-1

Following mass layoffs in 2022 and 2023, many tech workers turned against their employers. When liberal politicians also rallied against Silicon Valley, their backers turned to Donald Trump.

As anxieties over surveillance tech grow, unsuspecting singles are sharing stories of being covertly filmed on dates by Meta smart glasses.

The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal funding based on population sizes.

A new bipartisan effort in Congress to rein in automated license plate readers takes a page from the national drinking age: Comply, or risk losing federal highway funding.

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The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants

The System76 Pangolin Pro Linux Laptop wraps a speedy processor, plenty of ports, and a great operating system in a svelte, 16-inch package.

The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.

The latest iPhone update is chock-full of smart upgrades, with a big focus on improvements to Siri.

Protect your home against dust, pets, allergens, and more with the best air purifiers, tested firsthand.

An analysis of 160 deepfake websites reveals politicians in 22 countries appear on them. Nearly all of them are women.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development. Donald Trump, meanwhile, wants the US to maintain its lead over China.

I tested soundbars of all shapes and sizes

Roborock's more affordable vacuum did well on corners and navigating my home, but thresholds and small objects remain a challenge. Still, it's a good vacuum for the price, especially when it's on sale.

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Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who

While the publishing industry frets over how authors are using AI, many readers are taking things into their own hands.

These bird feeders come with cameras and connected apps to let you see and learn about the birds in your neighborhood.

Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI

Theres no reason we cant think that, at some point in the future, we can have volcano forecasts that are like weather forecasts.

Take your home office to new heights with our favorite motorized standing desks.

A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn

Turns out that the best office chair is also the best gaming chair, now with aesthetics to match.

Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on his life

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After I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more secure.

A team-up with Waymo in Nashville has former Lyft drivers maintaining self-driving cars. What

With affordable replacement parts, a five-year warranty, and updates through 2033, the Fairphone proves sustainability doesn

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ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time for reasons that remain murky.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dig into the latest prediction market buzz, Flock

OpenAI leaders think the company

OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk

The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI