NEW: WIRED analyzed Meta's AI app and found NameTag — a hidden facial recognition system designed to identify people via the wearer's smart glasses — has already shipped to over 50 million phones.

Zak Brown spent a decade racing before joining the business side of Formula One. He talks to WIRED about rebuilding a legendary brand, obsessive fans, and the pull of the driver’s seat. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

After a weird experience with Norse Atlantic Airways a few weeks ago, I decided to file a FOIA request to the FTC Ends up, dozens have complained about Norse. It has no phone #, and its customer service relies on AI It’s a perfect situation for scammers: www.wired.com/story/norse-...

The State Department’s Office of Remigration is taking a concept celebrated by neo-Nazis and embedding it in U.S. policy. “Remigration, touted by neo-Nazis, and now our own government, is nothing more than an ethnic cleansing plan,” said @wendyvia.bsky.social. More from @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

Soon we will learn the answer: which is worse—a Maryland driver or no driver at all

Little bit of news this morning: Waymo is beginning to map Arlington + Alexandria in N Virginia, though state law doesn't allow driverless cars to operate there yet After Waymo has struggled to jumpstart AV services in MD and DC, this will be interesting to watch www.wired.com/story/waymo-...

🎇New package! We know you are confused, angry, invigorated or maybe paralyzed by corporate America's embrace of AI. So we wrote a bunch of stories, made a bunch of videos, added quizzes and made a whole mandatory AI training www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...

Tesla reports that, in an least two incidents, its remote workers drove its autonomous cars into stationary objects 😬 This sounds v silly but actually raises important safety questions about the humans in the loop in self-driving operations www.wired.com/story/tesla-...

Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity. www.wired.com/story/meta-e...

NEW, from @peard33.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @stevenlevy.bsky.social and me: Morale at Meta is sinking, with layoffs pending, exorbitant spending on AI, a new initiative to track employee computer movements, mandatory role changes, courtroom losses, and more www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

Remember PCR tests from Covid? The CDC doesn't have one for the Andes virus. I learned that a lab in Nebraska built and validated an Andes-specific PCR test in literal days in anticipation of receiving the American cruise ship passengers. My story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/race-t...

“An AI generator for posts would turn this into a clanker forum of AI's talking to each other..." Someone talking about their hatred of AI... on a cybercrime forum

New dynamic to watch: orgs and activists groups pushing for greater scrutiny of the SpaceX(AI) IPO via @peard33.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/activi...

Bit of news: As (fresh-faced?) adults report mid-ride age checks, Waymo says it's working on its "system and processes" to ID unaccompanied kids where they're not allowed to ride alone. Waymo has said it uses in-car cameras to check that riders aren't violating rules www.wired.com/story/waymo-...

BREAKING: The Chinese government pressured Zambia to screen + exclude Taiwanese speakers attending @rightscon.org, leading to the largest international convention on digital rights being canceled a week before it takes place, the host org @accessnow.org tells WIRED. By @telliotter.bsky.social + me

Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts that AI adoption has happened faster than expected. www.wired.com/story/apple-...

First responders have had it up to here with Waymos. from @aarianmarshall.bsky.social

One emergency responder said the technology is "backsliding" www.wired.com/story/emerge...

This is shocking and depressing and very good www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Startup Neurable is licensing its wearable brain-scanning tech and promises a “flood” of new consumer gadgets. We are not remotely ready for the privacy and security concerns that come with consumer neurotech. Story by @julianchokkattu.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/get-re...

Elon's "secure" chat app: > Requires X login. > Keys sit on X's servers, not your device. > No outside audit. > "No tracking" claim contradicts its own data disclosure. > Screenshot-blocking is off by default. > Help and ToS kick you back to X. > Useless if your contacts aren't on X.

incredibly important story from my colleague @telliotter.bsky.social about how the FTC, of all agencies, is on a rampage against trans care providers:

NEW: Turns Out, You Can’t Do That @knibbs.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/us-spe...

How real is the Anthropic Mythos hype? Ask Mozilla, which has already used it to find (and fix) nearly 300 bugs in Firefox. from @lhn.bsky.social

I sometimes say that Tim Cook is the world’s greatest glue salesman. Here’s why www.wired.com/story/apple-...

"WIRED’s stories were not only groundbreaking; they were singular." HUGE congratulations to my @wired.com colleagues for this well-earned 2026 Hillman Prize for our coverage of DOGE! www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

Last April, a hacker hijacked crosswalk announcements to mimic Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Records obtained by WIRED reveal how unprepared local authorities were.

Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. www.wired.com/story/madiso...

Used EVs are having a moment as gas prices continue to climb. (A shame that so many companies already scrapped plans for new EVs, but hey!) from @aarianmarshall.bsky.social

NEW: Dozens of robotaxis by Baidu stopped on the road in Wuhan, China, causing crashes on highways and trapping passengers in the cars—some for more than an hour. One passenger told me it took her 30 minutes to even connect to a customer representative. Here’s a dash cam video of one crash.

The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senator's questions—occasioned a call for more transparency.

Emails, texts, and NTSB reports show Waymo and an Austin school district struggled for months to train robotaxis to stop for school buses as required by law (Aarian Marshall/Wired) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

From drones to missiles to submarines, Anduril wants to transform how the tools of war are made. It’s not all going as planned. www.wired.com/story/anduri...

"This might be the only thing Meta has done that has been good for people’s mental health." www.wired.com/story/the-la... from @boone.bsky.social

Airlines are bracing themselves for an oil crisis — and experts say they’re a canary in the coal mine for the rest of the global economy:

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Meta is cutting end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs, potentially setting a very problematic precedent in the industry. And they announced it in a way that was also extremely insulting to their users ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.wired.com/story/the-da...

On March 26, a panel of WIRED experts will dissect the defense tech industry’s impact on modern warfare. Submit your questions now. www.wired.com/story/livest...

The New York Times is right. I don’t care! (And huge credit to the @wired.com team, whose intrepid, fearless, always fair reporting gives the tech bros plenty to be mad about.)

The Laundry Chair is a chair for your laundry from @simonegiertz.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/simone...

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

This is very cool and sci-fi and all, but Sean Duffy overseeing the deployment of "flying cars" in U.S. airspace is not exactly the most reassuring thing:

The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and "eVTOLs" up and running around the country—even if they're not fully FAA-certified. www.wired.com/story/flying...

Court filings: Anthropic has spent $10 bln on training and inference. Its generated $5 bln in all-time revenue. Now billions of dollars in revenue for just this year is at stake and customers/prospects are already asking for new terms or backing out. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

A new bill that would give farmers in Iowa the right to repair is a big threat to tractor manufacturer John Deere. www.wired.com/story/latest...

Just learned that @wired.com got nominated for four (!!) National Magazine Awards, including for our "How to Win a Fight" package, with a specific callout for this excellent piece by @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/the-wi... asme.memberclicks.net/national-mag...

A White House staffer is running an anonymous pro-MAGA X account with nearly 300,000 followers. The account, JohnnyMAGA, has never disclosed formal ties, blurring the lines of official WH messaging and organic digital support. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

so you wanted a car that was just like a smartphone, how did that work out?