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It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing

AMANDA SILBERLING

This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it's almost a guarantee.

US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs

JON BRODKIN

Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss.

Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes

AISHA MALIK

You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

AMANDA SILBERLING

Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will take over as CEO at the start of September.

Ben McKenzie Says Crypto Has a Secret Ingredient: Male Loneliness

WIRED STAFF

The actor-director discussed his least favorite currency and read a series of mean tweets—about us!—at our inaugural WIRED@Night event.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down

LAUREN GOODE, PARESH DAVE

John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will replace Cook as CEO on September 1. Cook will stay on as executive chairman.

John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO

SAMUEL AXON

Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day.

Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer

BETH MOLE

Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.

Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)

KAT MERCK

Responsibly dispose of your food scraps with one of these indoor, (mostly) odor-free, WIRED-tested devices.

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries

IVAN MEHTA

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.

A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China

JAVIER CARBAJAL

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return

JULIE BORT

Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.

Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

AMANDA SILBERLING

After 15 years, Tim Cook will hand off his role as Apple CEO to John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering.

Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs

STEPHEN CLARK

Problems with the ground system would have "put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk."

How to Watch the 2026 Lyrids Meteor Shower at Its Peak

JORGE GARAY

Between the night of April 21 and the early morning of April 22, those looking in the right place will see the sky light up with 15 to 20 meteors per hour.