Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday requiring frontier AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind...
Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
A Google security engineer has been charged with crimes stemming from allegedly placing trades on Polymarket using confidential internal information...
A Dating App Is Giving Away Free Gas to Convince People to Get Out of the House
While Gen Z catches a lot of flack for being single, or even antisocial, there’s a brutal economic reality underscoring...
Huawei’s ‘Chip Queen’ Throws Down the Gauntlet
The plot thickens in the great AI chip race. Tingbo He, president of Huawei’s chip-design subsidiary HiSilicon, says her company’s...
I Like Ferrari’s Luce EV. But This Is Why It’s Heartbreaking
You know things are bad when the Pope gets involved. No doubt reeling from a launch that somehow went down...
Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump’s Ballroom Has Turned Toxic
President Donald Trump is squeezing Republicans to do his bidding on the ballroom. White House officials are pushing Republicans in...
Former Google and Apple Researchers Launch a Startup to Build AI’s Missing Feedback Loop
A group of AI researchers who previously worked at Google DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta Superintelligence Labs announced on Wednesday...
The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration
The State Department doesn’t seem to want anyone to know that it has an Office of Remigration. There’s no mention...
Xreal’s New $299 ‘xbx’ Smart Glasses Channel Xbox Vibes
Xreal, known for its high-end display-centric smart glasses, is making its gear more accessible. On Wednesday, the company revealed a...
Waymo Takes Its Self-Driving Cars to Virginia
Self-driving cars aren’t yet permitted to operate in Virginia. But Alphabet-owned Waymo began transporting its cars to the state last...
The Osprey Farpoint 40 Has Been My Go-To Travel Bag for 8 Years
As we get out of the house, the gear-obsessed WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite bags and EDCs....
Department of Labor Tells Employees to Report Anyone Prioritizing DEI
Late last week, employees at the Department of Labor received a long email strongly urging them to file whistleblower complaints...
A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
A tiny blue octopus that lives in the deep sea off the coast of the Galápagos Islands is so small...
NASA Details Its Plan to Build a Lunar Base at the Moon’s South Pole
NASA finally presented the details of its phased plan to create the first lunar base at the moon’s south pole....
Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien
Nobody was surprised that Pope Leo XIV cited well-known saints and previous pontiffs in his first encyclical, or papal letter...
