07-22-26 -
States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Block...
Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.
07-22-26 -
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freak...
An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
07-22-26 -
Flipper Busy Bar Review: An Expensive Focus Tool
It didn’t keep my coworkers at bay, but Flipper’s expensive productivity tool did help me focus on the task at hand.
07-21-26 -
Is the All-New Range Rover GT Stepping on Jaguars Tail?
It’s “the most car-like Range Rover ever created,” but will this all-electric grand tourer spoil Jaguar’s Type 01 party?
07-21-26 -
OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack.
07-21-26 -
Shop Best Buys Black Friday in July Sale 2026 Before Fall Chaos
The discounts may not beat Prime Day, but I found worthwhile prices on WIRED-approved TVs, laptops, tablets, speakers, and other home gear.
07-21-26 -
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea O...
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
07-21-26 -
This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moores Law With Light
Pat Gelsinger wants to pave the way to ever more powerful artificial intelligence using tiny beams of light.
07-21-26 -
A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims Blind...
A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real users.
07-21-26 -
Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers
Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition to power every layer of AI infrastructure.
07-21-26 -
The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams
A flip phone with 5G, USB-C, a headphone jack, and a removable battery? Say it ain’t so.
07-21-26 -
The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun
The FDA could decide whether to loosen rules around peptide production this week. Some telehealth players are already seeing dollar signs.
07-21-26 -
Hallidays New Smart Glasses Skip the Camera
Halliday’s G2 glasses can listen to and summarize your workplace meetings—with no video involved.
07-21-26 -
The Best Smart Home Accessories to Boost Your Curb Appeal (2026)
These locks, lights, and other smart home upgrades let you add automation without messing up your home’s vibe.
07-21-26 -
Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public...
Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected.
07-21-26 -
Its a Modern-Day Draft: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichais Co...
Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.
07-21-26 -
A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and P...
Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars.
07-21-26 -
Stop Saying Kids Cant Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.
07-21-26 -
The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.
07-21-26 -
Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing
Once a quirky bastion of amateur vulva jewelry and pet portraits, Etsy is now deluged with mass-produced goods and AI knockoffs. Some customers don’t seem to mind.
07-20-26 -
The Galaxy Card Is Samsungs Answer to the Apple Card
Directly added to your Samsung Wallet account, it’s yet another cash-back credit card, this time tailored for Samsung stans.
07-20-26 -
The FDA Says It Didn't Apologize to Supplier Linked to Diarrhea Outbreak, Act...
The agency stressed that the July 17 voluntary recall from Taylor Farms still stands. The supplier has been linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.
07-20-26 -
Fans Flocked to World Cup Host CitiesCausing 80 Percent of the Tournaments Em...
The latest estimates reveal that the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from large-scale events such as the FIFA World Cup stem from spectators traveling to host cities.
07-20-26 -
Even Mild Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain
A recent study suggests that not getting enough sleep increases the risk of weight gain, and thus of conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
07-20-26 -
A Beginners Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (2026)
From countertop kits to a bathroom bucket full of straw and beyond, I spent a year testing popular mushroom-growing methods. Here’s what fruited—and what just grew mold.
07-20-26 -
An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big P...
Several Chinese businesses associated with the ebike brand Aipas settled a lawsuit with Amazon and the safety certification company UL in July.
07-20-26 -
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.
07-20-26 -
Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to Trackflation
Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.
07-20-26 -
Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code
A first-of-its-kind analysis found more than one in eight apps built for US service members carried foreign code—some from firms in nations the Pentagon designates as adversaries.
07-19-26 -
How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify
A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music—and save your data and battery—follow these tips.
07-19-26 -
The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet Just Took a Big Step Forward
Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet that has an atmosphere and sits within the habitable zone of a solar system.
07-19-26 -
How To Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals: Spain vs. Argentina
The end of the FIFA Men’s World Cup is nigh. Here’s how to watch the final games and the first ever World Cup halftime show.
07-19-26 -
FIFAs World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage
Organizers want the show to be the most-viewed halftime show in history. Having Shakira, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, and BTS will surely help—but do soccer fans want it?
07-18-26 -
Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach exposes an AI music generator’s scraping ways, and more.
07-18-26 -
The Best Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras
If you prefer not to have cameras in and around your home, try one of these more private, WIRED-tested security devices.
07-18-26 -
FIFA Doesnt Have a Plan to Deal With Climate Change
This year’s World Cup has faced sweltering heat and humidity. Now it may need to deal with wildfire smoke.
07-18-26 -
How Googles New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage
Now that Google has changed how its usage quotas are tallied, you might not get as many AI responses as you did before.
07-18-26 -
Balmuda NatureWind Studio Review: A Better Breeze
Balmuda has engineered a remarkably pleasant breeze with its new NatureWind Studio, but is it worth hundreds more than its competition?
07-18-26 -
Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents
“Context bombing” tricks malicious AI agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
07-18-26 -
SteelSeries Coupon Codes: 15% Off in July 2026
Find the best SteelSeries coupon codes, promo codes, and discount codes for May 2026. Get deals on headsets, keyboards, and mice, including first-order and student discounts.
07-17-26 -
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
An error with the cloud computing giant’s billing operation caused some customers’ monthly bills to rise from a few cents to billions of dollars.
07-17-26 -
What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wild...
The US is home to some of the most polluted air on the planet as smoke from 120 out-of-control Canadian wildfires drifts across the border.
07-17-26 -
Polymarkets Corporate Structure Is a MysteryEven to Some of Its Former Employees
The prediction market’s Panamanian operation seems odd, even for a company whose CEO had his apartment raided by FBI agents.
07-17-26 -
ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to Identify Unaccompanied Minors and Fraud
A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.
07-17-26 -
The Odyssey Backlash Failed Tremendously
For all the hysteria over “woke” casting and ahistorical choices, Christopher Nolan’s epic is on track to make $200 million globally during its opening weekend.
07-17-26 -
Lyfts CEO Says, Were the Good Uber
David Risher insists that Lyft has lowered its prices and that customers who only check his competitor’s app are “leaving money on the table.”
07-17-26 -
The Best New Camping Gear at REI (2026): Tents, Coolers, Bikes, More
I tested REI’s best new and revamped outdoor gear of 2026. Here’s what’s worth buying, from tents and sleeping bags to coolers and bikes.
07-17-26 -
Conspiracy Theorists Think Trumps Speech Paves the Path to the Insurrection Act
Election deniers have spent years promoting the idea that the 2020 election was stolen. They believe Donald Trump’s speech finally proves them right.
07-17-26 -
Valve Steam Machine Review: A Compromised Console
Great for indie darlings, but Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo remain kings of TV gaming.
07-17-26 -
23 Best Gifts for Cooks (2026): Vitamix, Frying Pans, Air Fryers
From the best air fryer to frying pans to knife sharpeners anyone can use, these ideas will keep the curious home chef in your life tinkering away.
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