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SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point: www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Seems normal and fine. from @aarianmarshall.bsky.social

Preorders are open now for the Also TM-B ebike, which starts at $4,000. It ships next year.

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

What's it like to own a Cybertruck in the year 2025? We talked to owners about their most controversial purchase and why they (still) love it: www.wired.com/story/owning...

Wrote about the unsettling year that federal air safety employees are having. They say the skies are safe, but the shutdown, and how the gov might react, is creating more stress “It feels as if they want us to be afraid, but I’m just angry,” one FAA worker told me www.wired.com/story/shutdo...

NEW: Everything's... fine... @aarianmarshall.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/shutdo...

"Labubu has become the de facto face of [China's] growing soft power, even if Pop Mart would rather distance itself from geopolitics" via @zeyiyang.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/labubu...

Experts told me Tesla has gotten better at monitoring the behavior of drivers using FSD (S), which can't actually drive by itself But amidst Tesla's Big Pivot to autonomy and robotics, it seems to be pushing drivers to use the feature exactly when they shouldn't www.wired.com/story/story/...

How federal workers experienced the DOGE-ification of the government—n their own words We spoke to over 200 www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

today the @wired.com mural in bushwick they’re working on zuck dog leg and sam altman dog manicure so tag us if u see us

Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? In our new politics issue, we're getting into it. Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

“It's pretty indicative of general speech associated with the deep parts of internet culture, in particular the types that are very much into irony posting and edgelord humor," says extremism researcher @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social With @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/charli...

Videos of Charlie Kirk being shot spread like wildfire across social platforms yesterday -- and many are still up. This is the post-content moderation world we now live in: www.wired.com/story/charli...

In which two @wired.com writers discover that sporting an AI wearable "friend" gets you bullied by people AND machines via @kylierobison.com + @boone.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

A real bummer of a read about what happens when an under-regulated surrogacy industry collides with the scary realities of childbirth and a vengeful venture capitalist with plenty of expendable cash www.wired.com/story/the-ba...

In this week's Made in China newsletter: at China's flagship AI summit WAIC, the vibe was totally different from Trump’s America-first, regulation-light vision for AI. Beijing is pitching itself as the world leader of AI safety regulation. WIRED's @willknight.bsky.social reports from Shanghai:

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Spy vs. Spy but it's AI vs. AI www.wired.com/story/i-watc... (sign up for @willknight.bsky.social's AI Lab newsletter! www.wired.com/newsletter)

FWIW, the Transportation Research Board’s standing committees were a really useful resource for me - a great way to find practitioners engaged in relatively niche research areas. TRB abruptly dissolved the committees in June to avoid Trump admin scrutiny usa.streetsblog.org/2025/07/02/t...

Excited for this subscriber-exclusive conversation! Tune in next week on @wired.com for a livestream discussion with Katie about her viral interview and the future of wellness. What burning questions do you have? Drop them in the comments section of this article, and we may answer them live 👇🏻✨

NEW: California confirms to WIRED that Tesla said it will expand its employee-only car service to include friends + family of employees and select members of the public Tesla has said that a Bay Area robotaxi launch is coming. But it isn't legally allowed to use AVs www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

This week, @wired.com launched its new premium subscription. Newsletters on AI, China, politics, tech culture! Chats w/reporters! Unparalleled insight into tech + science + the future! Get it here: www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

“Unfortunately, I think ‘No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on,” wrote Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a note to staff obtained by WIRED. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

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ICE officials will be receiving access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire "information concerning the identification and location of aliens in the United States,” according to an agreement viewed by WIRED.

NEW: The EV price war in China is more brutal than ever. What if some local governments decide to pick a favorite? I found 10+ provincial & city govs that announced up to $700 subsidies for buying a car w/ Huawei’s software. Who’s footing the bill remains a mystery. www.wired.com/story/huawei...

Waymo sees money in solving teen/parent anxieties. 5 percent of all US drivers were 19 or younger in 2007, the year the iPhone came out, federal data show; by 2023 this had dropped to 3.7 percent. Teen drivers 16 to 19 are three times more likely to be in a fatal crash than drivers 20 and older.

Extremists, right-wing influencers and GOP lawmakers spent the days after the tragic Texas floods pushing conspiracies about "weather weapons." On Sunday, a weather radar system was vandalized and one extremist group is taking credit with @mollytaft.com www.wired.com/story/texas-...

i really don't wanna be the washed, aging guy who is boneheadedly worried about a younger generation bc their childhoods were different than mine but also most of the things i read about the context of their lives makes me...pretty sad about the experience they're having?

Talked to Waymo about teens’ fears—of driving, of awkward small talk, of social FOMO—and if self-driving cars are part of a solution www.wired.com/story/the-te...

EXPENSIVE EVS: Lux electric autos aren't shifting units. The new electrified G-Wagen has been an absolute disaster for Mercedes. Porsche and Audi and more are finding the going rough. There's a simple reason why. Check the article on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/this-i...

my latest essay for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/genera...

Talked to a TX state senator who represents a part of Austin covered by Tesla's new, limited robotaxi service. She + other local lawmakers asked the company to delay service before its Sunday launch and hasn't heard back www.wired.com/story/texas-...

Great/disturbing/funny/a little sweet "One of the most prominent critics, MIT professor Sherry Turkle, told me her 'deep concern' is that 'digital technology is taking us to a world where we don’t talk to each other and don’t have to be human to each other.'” www.wired.com/story/couple...

ICYMI: WIRED obtained hundreds of 911 calls from inside ICE detention centers. Pregnancy complications, seizures, overdoses, sexual assaults, chest pains, head wounds, and more. Experts say for every 911 call, countless medical emergencies go unreported. The story is free to read:

NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding. Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:

Ladies and gentlemen, Big Balls has left the building. from @jakelahut.writes.news, @makenakelly.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

A small group of Tesla invitees took robotaxi rides in Austin today, with a Tesla employee sitting in the front passenger seat. Service is limited to a small corner of the city, and each ride is a flat fee of $4.20, according to Elon Musk (GET IT!?!?) www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

NEW The Definitive Story of Tesla Takedown with @aarianmarshall.bsky.social and featuring comments from @bostonjoan.bsky.social and @alexwinter.com www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

If you haven't read the @wired.com Definitive Story of Tesla Takedown yet, go treat yourself! #TeslaTakedown www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

With @davidgilbert.bsky.social : We retraced the history of the #TeslaTakedown, which began with a BlueSky post + has evolved into a nationwide movement that's led thousands to protest outside Tesla dealerships. It's laying the infrastructure for other political fights www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

A bit of Friday news: Ahead of this weekend's protests, Waymo is pausing service in LA and making adjustments in SF, Austin, and Atlanta Less than a week ago, images of 5 Waymos torched in the LA protests became flashpoints in conversations about democracy + tech www.wired.com/story/ahead-...

We've updated and republished our guide to surveillance-resistant protest, first published in the summer of 2020. Paywall is down for this. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

I wrote about what we know - very little! - about a safety-critical element of Tesla’s robotaxi service: the humans who will assist the cars www.wired.com/story/as-rob...

Need a good listen for your Friday evening commute home from work? Check out my convo with @aarianmarshall.bsky.social on Terms of Service this week about how and why cars have become so high-tech and what it means for the future of transportation. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...