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Incel slang is now so ingrained in the mainstream discourse that its origins have been obscured. How did we get here?

NEW: Kalshi announces details into two insider trading investigations. WIRED confirms that one suspended account belongs to California congressional candidate Kyle Langford: www.wired.com/story/kalshi...

On the plight of Fisker Ocean owners, who discovered when the EV manufacturer that made their software-stuffed cars went bankrupt that they maybe never owned them at all Now a group of very dedicated owners are fighting to take their EVs back www.wired.com/story/the-ri...

Tide's new Evo tiles may have taken a decade to create, but aside from being dry it's not quite clear how different from Tide Pods they work. Especially since they still use PVA plastics, and Tide wouldn't say how much PVA is in there compared to a Tide Pod. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/tide-e...

"This was about more than an electric car, or a hobby, or even a community. It was about taking back control of an economy run by rent-seeking tech companies that will jack up prices until the day they drop you." Incredible @wired.com tale by @aarianmarshall.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/the-ri...

A lot of people are sharing that clip of the US men's hockey team laughing about the women's team with Trump/Kash Patel. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how, despite the Heated Rivalry effect, hockey culture still sucks: www.wired.com/story/winter...

hey so turns out the Olympics are the best

"Rather than a one-off event, management has slowly enacted the firings over the course of weeks and told employees that the process will continue through the end of this month."

NEW: “Top-down mandates to use large language models are crazy,” says one current Block employee. “If the tool were good, we’d all just use it.” My latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/inside...

Want to make a quick $10K? Just hack a Ring camera www.wired.com/story/a-10k-...

Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime: www.404media.co/leaked-email...

“We’re not fucking around in the dream space anymore,” @lasermistress.bsky.social says “This is a particularly fucking fraught time. But we are still going to live our lives.” a look at the crafters and makers pushing back against ICE who say resistance is practical www.wired.com/story/makers...

New: In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman tells me his $50M donation to Trump and AI Super PACs was part of an effort to make sure AI benefits all of humanity. However, he acknowledges AI is not very popular with humanity right now. www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated millions to super PACs aligned with President Trump -- much to the dismay of many inside the company. He tells @wired.com that the donations are about being "team humanity." Great story from @mzeff.bsky.social

"I was hoping a swarm of AI agents would see my fresh meatsuit, friendly and available at the low price of $20 an hour, as an excellent option for delivering stuff around San Francisco" @thiccreese.bsky.social always on that "what could possibly go wrong" beat www.wired.com/story/i-trie...

It’s been really fun to watch Bad Bunny’s “plant people” go viral. That was by design. The team behind Left Shark also came up with the idea to have the grasses be people. Production designer Bruce Rodgers had a feeling they’d get memed. He just knows these things. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...

Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS. Eager to hear tips on the industry at [email protected]

“Ideally, we would change that paradigm and make less waste,” Love says. “But while we're making that much waste, let's divert some of it. Let's use it.” NEW from @boone.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/hacker...

NEW: Salesforce employees are circulating a letter urging CEO Marc Benioff to denounce ICE www.wired.com/story/letter...

Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE’s physical presence across the US. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

people out here doing the ultimate sick vape tricks www.wired.com/story/hacker...

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

hey nice State Farm superbowl commercial, please keep in mind that State Farm makes disaster victims catalog every single item in their destroyed homes but then lowballs them on the value so they don't get their full policies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.

SCOOP from me in this week’s @wired.com Inner Loop newsletter: A look inside a forum where users claiming to be ICE/CBP vent their frustrations and concerns about their jobs. “This is going to be a train wreck that we may not survive.” www.wired.com/story/inside...

NEW: “Here are the biggest names in tech that appear in the highest number of Epstein files—and what they say about how interwoven those relationships were.” Worth reading and sharing widely👇🏻 www.wired.com/story/epstei...

As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast. That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...

We’re launching a pop-up newsletter to keep tabs on everything going on with ICE - including @wired.com reporting and essential coverage from other outlets, plus analysis to help you make sense of the chaos. Sign up here, first edition next week:

lmao this is what happens if you have the audacity to plan a date night using “ai agents” www.wired.com/story/google...

"As we watch the least effective and most morally objectionable of our tactics come home and be used amongst and against us, we are left with a profound feeling of betrayal." www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...

Independent Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort was arrested early on Jan. 30 in connection with her documenting an anti-ICE demonstration in a St. Paul church during a service on Jan. 18.

We analyzed ticket sales for nearly 1,400 opening day screenings of Melania at theaters across the US. These are the only two that were sold out. from @regret.bsky.social

Google might be winning the AI war. Now it’s just got to figure out how to look cute doing it. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/google...

NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions. “Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.” www.wired.com/story/google...

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

Minnesota lawmakers have pleaded with the Trump administration to withdraw ICE agents from the state. But why can’t they do more? The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:

NEW: Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed, the Trump administration began rewriting the narrative, labelling the victim as a "lunatic" and a "terrorist" contradicting all available evidence www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

Hi there, if you're in law enforcement, a legal observer, a government worker, or a tech worker and you're in MN/or have any info about what's happening now with ICE and law enforcement operations, you can reach me at Vittoria89.82. We can speak anonymously.

BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

NEW: You think disinformation is bad now? Wait until you hear about "AI swarms" and how they have the potential to upend democracy across the globe www.wired.com/story/ai-pow...

the latest update on the efforts to let you know when your connected gadgets will stop being supported: www.wired.com/story/legisl...

hi are you as freaked out by the big scary winter storm maps peppering the internet? i wrote a little guide:

ICE complains about 'doxing' any time one of their officers is identified. Meanwhile at least 1,000 of them are apparently putting ICE right there in their LinkedIn profiles. from @regret.bsky.social

Leave it to @vermontgmg.bsky.social to clearly, incisively articulate exactly the awful vibe I have about this week and all that Trump is doing, but couldn't quite put into words. A must-read on the historic, crushing moment the United States has found itself in because of our president: