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AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

DAN GOODIN

“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”

Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft

ERIC BERGER

"NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."

RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield

BETH MOLE

The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.

The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms

DAVID GILBERT

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

Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too

CONNIE LOIZOS

When Jensen Huang took a live call from Trump, some of us were more focused the phone he used to take it.

For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

STEPHEN CLARK

"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."

Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

The refreshed Volvos also get new infotainment systems with Gemini onboard.

System 76 Pangolin Pro Review (2026): Powerhouse Linux Laptop

SCOTT GILBERTSON

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

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

EMILY MULLIN

The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200.

If the US Collapses Soon, Don’t Blame Emily St. John Mandel

KATIE DRUMMOND

Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, turned her into something of a pandemic prophet. Her new novel, Exit Party, imagines two possible American futures—totalitarian state and post-civil-war chaos.

Lawmakers Want States to Crack Down on Flock Cameras—or Pay the Price

PARESH DAVE

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.

The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank

VITTORIA ELLIOTT

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.

Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides

SOPHIE KLEEMAN, KATE KNIBBS

WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.

‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag

JASON PARHAM

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

Why the Postpandemic Tech Bust Sent Billionaires to Trump

JS TAN, CLARISSA REDWINE

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.