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eSIM adoption is on the rise thanks to travel and device compatibility

IVAN MEHTA

eSIM as a technology has been around for a decade now. However, global eSIM adoption was around 3% last year and will only cross 5% this year. Despite these figures, analysts, eSIM-providing startups, and investors are bullish about eSIM's upward trajectory, largely thanks to travel. Device compatibility One of the key factors for that is […]

AWS re:Invent was an all-in pitch for AI. Customers might not be ready.

REBECCA SZKUTAK

AWS is releasing a lot of new AI tech but the cloud infrastructure giant's enterprise customers may not be ready for it yet.

Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe.

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

ANDREW CUNNINGHAM

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.

The Best Deals From the Silk & Snow Cyber Week Sale (2025)

LOURYN STRAMPE

For a few more days, you can save on mattresses and bed frames from one of our favorite makers.

Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

SCHARON HARDING

Netflix's plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny.

ChatGPT’s user growth has slowed, report finds

SARAH PEREZ

ChatGPT's global monthly active users only grew by around 5% from August to November, while Gemini's users grew by about 30%.

Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity

ANGELA WATERCUTTER

The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars.

Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype

MEGAN FAROKHMANESH

First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless

SARAH PEREZ

Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.

SpaceX reportedly in talks for secondary sale at $800B valuation, which would make it America’s most valuable private company

CONNIE LOIZOS

The eye-popping figure reflects how routine mega-valuations have become in private markets.

This startup built a Fitbit for your brain to combat chronic stress

MARINA TEMKIN

Awear won the Battlefield 200 health stage pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

Feds find more complaints of Tesla’s FSD running red lights and crossing lanes

SEAN O'KANE

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified at least 80 incidents.

AWS needs you to believe in AI agents

THERESA LOCONSOLO

AWS announced a wave of new AI agent tools at re:Invent 2025, but can Amazon actually catch up to the AI leaders? While the cloud giant is betting big on enterprise AI with its third-gen chip and database discounts that got developers cheering, it's still fighting to prove it can compete beyond infrastructure.  This week […]

WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions

ZOË SCHIFFER, LEAH FEIGER

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we bring you the news of the week, then dive into how some DOGE operatives are still at work in the federal government—despite reports claiming otherwise.