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15 Best Office Chairs of 2026— I’ve Tested Nearly 65 to Pick Them

JULIAN CHOKKATTU

Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats.

VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build voice agent factory

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

VoiceRun, a startup that creates voice agents, raised $5.5 million in a round led by FlyBridge.

Is 2026 the year buttons come back to cars? Crash testers say yes.

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

The requirements won't go far enough for many, but it's a start.

EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines

TERESA TOMASSONI, INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS

A new rule aims to speed up and streamline the permitting process.

Tesla will only offer subscriptions for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) going forward

SEAN O'KANE

It's a huge change to Tesla's approach with FSD, and it could impact Musk's $1T pay package and the company's myriad legal troubles.

In Photos: One Week Since the Shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis

LEAH FEIGER, PALOMA SHUTES

Protests across Minnesota—and around the country—are ongoing, as residents demonstrate against their federal government.

YouTube now has a way for parents to block kids from watching Shorts

AMANDA SILBERLING

Parents will be able toggle the Shorts time limit on connected children's accounts.

US cargo tech company publicly exposed its shipping systems and customer data to the web

ZACK WHITTAKER

Shipping tech company Bluspark left internal plaintext passwords, including those of executives, exposed to the internet, at a time when hacks in the shipping industry are on the rise.

AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million series A

LUCAS ROPEK

The company used an AI-native platform to help companies fight threats.

Gemini’s new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more

AISHA MALIK

Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini.

Trump Doesn’t Need the Proud Boys Anymore

DAVID GILBERT

In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated.

Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story

DELL CAMERON, RYAN SHAPIRO

Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.

Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation

REBECCA SZKUTAK

Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank.

Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans

NATE ANDERSON

Police finally come clean about botched use of AI tools.

Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy raises $87M ahead of $250M Series B

TIM DE CHANT

Type One Energy has raised more than $160 million from investors to date. The new funding will help the company further refine its stellarator technology.