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Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking

ANNA LISA BONFRANCESCHI

On May 18, an asteroid about the size of Chicago’s Cloud Gate will fly four times closer to Earth than the moon.

Some Asexuals Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex

MATTHA BUSBY

“I’ve got one hand on the keyboard, one hand down below,” an artist who role-plays with their chatbot tells WIRED. But some asexual advocates aren’t thrilled about the association.

Best Indoor Garden Systems: I've Been Testing All Year (2026)

KAT MERCK

Grow a backyard’s worth of greens and vegetables in your house with a vertical hydroponic garden. Here are a few that might be worth the investment.

After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy

AARIAN MARSHALL

Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.

Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

ANDY GREENBERG, MADDY VARNER, DELL CAMERON, ANDREW COUTS

Plus: Instructure’s Canvas ransomware debacle comes to a close, an alleged dark net market kingpin gets arrested, OpenAI workers fall victim to a supply chain attack, and more.

Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy

MARIA GALLUCCI

States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power.

How to Control Everything on Your Phone With Your Voice (iOS and Android)

DAVID NIELD

Go fully hands-free with these tips for Android and iOS.

The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets

KATE KNIBBS, WIRED.COM

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants us to know it's taking this very seriously.

Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support

LAUREN FORRISTAL

It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.

$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month

JULIE BORT

Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman reportedly takes charge of product strategy

ANTHONY HA

OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.

The offline desk gadget that actually got me to sit up straight

IVAN MEHTA

Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work

ANTHONY HA

ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.

The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

ANTHONY HA

The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.