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TechCrunch Mobility: When a robotaxi has to call 911

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video

ANTHONY HA

Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?

‘Project Hail Mary’ becomes Amazon MGM’s biggest box office hit

ANTHONY HA

Amazon’s bet on “Project Hail Mary” has paid off handsomely.

YouTube CEO says the best YouTubers will ‘never leave their home’

ANTHONY HA

CEO Neal Mohan insisted that he isn’t worried about Netflix luring away YouTube's most popular creators.

The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great

IVAN MEHTA

The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn't brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.

Why OpenAI really shut down Sora

CONNIE LOIZOS

OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab?

The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged

CAROLINE HASKINS

Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems.

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms

DAVID GILBERT

WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.

‘Guns, Beer, Titties, Freedom’: Inside the World’s Toughest Off-Road Race

MATTHEW REAMER

Every winter, 80,000 people gather in the California desert for King of the Hammers, a popular racing series featuring high-speed relays and rock crawling with dirt bikes, stock VW Bugs, and million-dollar trophy trucks.

Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant

EMILY MULLIN

Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful.

Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space

TIM FERNHOLZ

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

The Best Earplugs for Protecting Your Hearing (2026)

LOURYN STRAMPE, PARKER HALL

Whether you want to sleep through the party or rock out (safely) to your favorite band, these earplugs will help block out the noise.

5 Best Video Doorbell Cameras (2026): Smart, Battery, AI, Budget, and Subscription-Free

SIMON HILL

Never miss a delivery. These WIRED-tested picks will help you keep tabs on your front door from anywhere.

Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales

KATE PARK

As AI floods software development with code, Qodo is betting the real challenge is making sure it actually works.

Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris

IVAN MEHTA

Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.