this is a really important project, and I can't think of anyone better than @damonberes.com to be leading it

For this week's edition of Made in China, @zeyiyang.bsky.social spoke to Dan Wang about his new book, which argues that China is an engineering state and America is a nation ruled by lawyers www.wired.com/story/dan-wa...

one of the best film reviews I've read in a while, I miss when more places published work like this. “It may shock some Americans to learn that many Chinese people, on many days, don’t even have the thought of America cross their minds,” @jennygzhang.bsky.social writes slate.com/culture/2025...

🐜 🐜 🐜 New from @knibbs.bsky.social: "Inside the world of illicit wildlife trafficking, there’s a growing assumption that nobody in government is paying attention." www.wired.com/story/usda-a...

$670 million worth of Labubus have been sold this year so far already, @zeyiyang.bsky.social reports

Really really good piece from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social on Palantir: www.wired.com/story/palant...

Trump recently fired one of our top economists after her agency published a disappointing jobs report. China shows how manipulating economic data erodes government credibility: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Behind closed doors, Chinese researchers are laying the groundwork for a new global AI agenda—without input from the US. www.wired.com/story/china-...

"AI companies used what amounts to the collective history of our species to create software that obscures its very richness and complexity." www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

This snippet is particularly insightful. Once again, "attention is all we need", in reverse :)

"But perhaps the most convincing piece of evidence suggesting that ChatGPT regurgitated the language of Warhammer 40,000 is that it kept asking if The Atlantic was interested in PDFs." Amazing blog from @lmatsakis.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

I wrote about how AI chatbots strip cultural and historical context away from language. What remains is merely a ghost in the machine, and it's repeatedly making people confused and scared www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Love this from @lmatsakis.bsky.social about *why* it seemed like ChatGPT was satanic www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

everyone should subscribe to @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social's Made in China newsletter, and all of the other wonderful newsletters WIRED just launched: www.wired.com/newsletter/?...

Welcome to the 1st edition of WIRED's Made in China newsletter: How Chinese Short Dramas Conquered the World, aka "The Secret Life of My Not-Billionaire BF Who's Addicted to Vertical Soap Operas." To get more like this from @lmatsakis.bsky.social and me, sign up here: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

The first edition of Made in China is here! Working with @lmatsakis.bsky.social (and @zeyiyang.bsky.social!) has been the privilege of my career and this newsletter is already so fantastic. Read! Subscribe: www.wired.com/story/china-...

Thrilled about the launch of Made in China, an indispensable weekly newsletter from @zeyiyang.bsky.social and @lmatsakis.bsky.social. Sign up and learn a little something! www.wired.com/story/china-...

One of the highlights of my career has been reporting on China & working closely with @zeyiyang.bsky.social. So I’m really excited to share that we’re launching a new newsletter together for @wired.com. It's called "Made in China." You can sign up for it here: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

Oh, wow. I just know this will be good.

man it’s been terrifying to see some of the china reporting over the years but @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social actually do it with nuance and expertise. sign up for “made in china” now

One of the highlights of my career has been reporting on China & working closely with @zeyiyang.bsky.social. So I’m really excited to share that we’re launching a new newsletter together for @wired.com. It's called "Made in China." You can sign up for it here: www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

Smashing "subscribe" so hard on the new MADE IN CHINA newsletter by @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zeyiyang.bsky.social that I nearly threw up www.wired.com/newsletter/e...

NEW from me: after EPA announced it would officially do away with its scientific research arm Friday, officials at the Office of Research and Development had few answers for employees on a Monday call about how many of them will be reassigned to other offices—and how many will lose their jobs

SCOOP: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been one of the loudest cheerleaders for Trump's tariffs. But his former investment bank is offering clients a way to bet they won’t survive in court. new from me & @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cantor...

Trump's Commerce Secretary loves tariffs. His former investment firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, is letting clients essentially bet that the tariffs will be struck down in court, per a letter obtained by WIRED. Scoop w/ @lmatsakis.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/cantor...

NEW: A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court. scoop from @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social:

NEW by @lmatsakis.bsky.social: Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is betting that Trump’s tariff bills will be struck down in court. The company is buying the rights to potential tariff refunds. www.wired.com/story/cantor...

SCOOP: @zeyiyang.bsky.social identified 10 local governments in China that are offering discounts to consumers who choose cars running Huawei software. It’s not always clear whether the government, Huawei, or third-party vendors are paying for them www.wired.com/story/huawei...

SCOOP: WIRED identified 10 local governments in China that are offering discounts to consumers who choose cars running Huawei software. It’s not always clear who is footing the bill.

New: Since January, dozens of companies have been mentioning deportations in SEC filings, saying they risk causing labor shortages and a recession. This is very unusual. For reference, between June 2020 and Jan. 2025, just 6 filings mentioned deportations: www.wired.com/story/compan...

Good piece on the new AI Now report from WIRED's @lmatsakis.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/report...

NEW: The self-owns are aplenty. @willknight.bsky.social, @laurengoode.bsky.social, @knibbs.bsky.social, and @lmatsakis.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

We spoke to sources across the country about Trump's crackdown on international students. They all said the same thing: these moves will undermine American dominance in science and technology and derail critical research efforts in areas like AI www.wired.com/story/trump-...

NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals. www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

I am so ashamed to watch my country make perhaps one of the biggest geopolitical own goals of all time out of ignorance and bigotry www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

About the AI summer reading list: • There were a number of other AI-fabricated sentences in Heat Index • Some people and quotes were invented • I talked to someone who was quoted, but had not spoken with the writer • I also spoke with the writer, who owned up to it all new with @cwarzel.bsky.social

SCOOP: A Silicon Valley venture capitalist claims he personally facilitated getting Starlink internet to the IDF within days of 10/7/23. This was days before the IDF targeted Gaza's telecom/internet, & 4 months before Israel permitted any Starlink use: www.wired.com/story/shaun-...

Two men claiming to be newly appointed Trump appointees were blocked from entering the US Copyright Office this morning. Scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/us-cop...

Sccoooop OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation: www.wired.com/story/openai...

Scoooop w/@lmatsakis.bsky.social: A 'Trump Card Visa' is already showing up on immigration forms (courtesy of DOGE): www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

"WIRED confirmed that citizens of China, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea and many other countries are eligible to select the Trump Card Visa option in Global Entry applications." New details on the Trump "gold card visa" from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @lmatsakis.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

SCOOP: Elon Musk's DOGE has started rolling out a dedicated website and other digital infrastructure for Trump's $5 million gold card program, which he said would allow wealthy people to buy US residency. From me & @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

NEW: a coalition of states and startups are suing the nuclear regulatory commission, saying that there are too many regulations standing in the way of nuclear progress. some nuclear experts say removing regulations is the exact wrong move at a fragile moment of public nuclear acceptance:

SCOOP: Jamieson Greer, Trump's top advisor on matters related to international trade, consulted for Chinese ecommerce giant Shein before joining the White House, according to a former Shein employee and internal documents seen by WIRED. By @timmclaughlin3.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/shein-...

At 2 PM EST today me and @zeyiyang.bsky.social are doing an Reddit AMA about Temu, answering all your questions about Chinese e-commerce, tariffs, higher prices, and more. Hit us up! www.reddit.com/r/TemuThings...

absolutely, so to make sure everyone can get the info they need we’re running an AMA on r/TemuThings tomorrow at 2 pm ET with the amazing @zeyiyang.bsky.social and @lmatsakis.bsky.social ! leave your questions here:

NEW from @zeyiyang.bsky.social: The wife of professor Xiaofeng Wang, who was abruptly fired by Indiana University the same day the couple’s houses were searched by the FBI last month, said on Monday that she believes her family has been unfairly targeted www.wired.com/story/profes...

“I hate to say it—I think they beat us at capitalism.” www.wired.com/story/tariff...