The Delicate Art of Making a 1907 House Smarter
At the very end of 2025, my wife and I bought our first home, a 1907 Craftsman in the heart...
AI Conquered Coding. Fast Food Is Next
Kristen Charpentier’s first hint that she was talking to a robot when she pulled into a Dairy Queen drive-thru lane...
The Best Audio Players for Kids: Yoto, Toniebox, and More
In my current season of toddler parenthood, I’ve sometimes felt that I could cut the tension between myself and the...
People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It
Dean met Nicole on Bumble in 2018, and they immediately bonded over their shared Chicago upbringing. Nicole had kids, and...
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
On March 13, 2025, Hugo Moreno-Mendez arrived at the McLennan County Probation Department in Waco, Texas, expecting a routine probation...
The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
Steve Eimers has racked up hundreds of thousands of followers across platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and X. Under the moniker...
YouTube Star AboFlah Made Streaming His Life. He Wants His Kids to Live Offline
AboFlah keeps looking directly into the camera. He can’t help it—the YouTuber has collected 50 million subscribers and has spent...
The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos
When Charlotte Mason ponders cosmic mysteries, she likes to doodle. “I am quite a visual person,” she said. “I usually...
There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them
The 2026 astronomical calendar features only four eclipses. But August is a bounty of riches, with two set to occur....
Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?
Face computers are on the upswing, as companies, massive and tiny, are all vying for nuggets in the smart-glasses gold...
Boroux vs. Rorra vs. Culligan: Water Filters, Tested Head to Head
I will admit that the popularity of those giant, stainless steel, gravity-fed water filters remained a mystery to me for...
7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
This week, WIRED obtained a memo that tied dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water and wastewater utilities to Iran, the...
Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal
Who is legally responsible when agentic AI goes rogue, and what recourse do victims have when they’ve been breached by...
Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time
An international research team has discovered evidence of a moonlike body. It marks the first time such an object has...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth
If you own a strong enough telescope, you might be able to witness history on Wednesday: A dead rocket is...
