The UK-based automaker has been forced to stop vehicle production as a result of the attack—costing JLR tens of millions of dollars and forcing its parts suppliers to lay off workers. www.wired.com/story/jlr-ja...

The last night of tech mogul Mike Lynch’s life has become fodder for conspiracy theories. For the first time, the whole story can be told.

As Apple’s radical redesign rolls out across all of its platforms today, designers and app creators are still unconvinced it delivers the “greater focus” it promises.

In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing, Donald Trump's advisors were sure who was to blame. That law enforcement says they were wrong didn't, and doesn't, much seem to matter.

As thousands gather for Charlie Kirk’s funeral Sunday, we revisit our piece on the spontaneous vigil from the day he died where a crowd of families, college students, and Proud Boys gathered to mourn.

ICYMI: The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like Helldivers 2 and online furry role-play, not a legible political ideology.

When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.

Tweak these settings to get the most out of your feature-packed iPhone. www.wired.com/story/key-ip...

WIRED went to Brazil for YouTube’s first live NFL broadcast. It was helmed by the platform’s biggest influencers as the league expands its quest for global domination. www.wired.com/story/the-nf...

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so large they’re impossible to write out using standard mathematical notation.

The Nvidia CEO reveals his consuming love for Google’s image generator, the artsy side of Grok, and what exactly he uses Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT for right now.

Apple’s iPad Mini sports a new CPU and better cameras, and you’ll save a few bucks. www.wired.com/story/save-d...

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.

There's no singular feature of the new iPhone that'll make you go, “Wow!” But when you actually experience these individual improvements, they combine to become more than the sum of their parts.

Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources say. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.

Cleaning a car seat isn’t just about wiping up juice and vacuuming Cheerios. Done wrong, it can damage your child’s most important safety device. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Welcome to your new Apple smartphone. Here’s how to get the most out of it right out of the box. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Phones are useful on the go, but distracting when you're at home. Here's how to automatically make them less interesting. www.wired.com/story/set-yo...

A fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive model to train another model for less. www.wired.com/story/how-di...

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter. www.wired.com/story/data-c...

Plus: Wacom debuts a new drawing tablet, and Wyze’s smart lock can unlock with a hand wave. www.wired.com/story/gear-n...

Plus: An investigation reveals how US tech companies reportedly helped build China's sweeping surveillance state, and two more alleged members of the Scattered Spider hacking group were arrested. www.wired.com/story/a-dang...

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures. www.wired.com/story/say-he...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims anyone not wearing smart glasses will be at a “cognitive disadvantage” in the future. But you'll have to pay a hefty social price for those added smarts. www.wired.com/story/meta-s...

In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

NEW: @emilymullin.bsky.social could not just publish "Yakety Sax" as a dispatch on today's ACIP meeting so she did the next best thing and wrote about it

In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents. 🫠

On the TikTok deal conundrum, w/ @zeyiyang.bsky.social now on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/trump-...

a reminder that we must wait for confirmation bc even after today’s trump announcement, china has not officially said the tiktok deal is done

Looking forward to still writing about this drama next September. But for now, here’s what we know about the TikTok deal as of Friday. Reported with @jakelahut.writes.news

A punt-plus plus

Donald Trump's cronies are buying TikTok ... unless they aren't! The Chinese government certainly isn't saying anything, and is taking as many words as possible to not say it. @zeyiyang.bsky.social and @jakelahut.writes.news have you covered on all the confusing developments

JUST IN: There may be a deal to save TikTok in the US—if you take President Trump’s word for it. Trump announced victory on Friday after a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but details of the deal remain unclear, and China has yet to confirm it.

Donald Trump claimed victory on a deal that would put TikTok in the hands of his allies after a call with Xi Jinping. But details on the agreement—and Beijing's buy-in—remain murky. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Meta allegedly torrented pornographic videos with names like "ExploitedTeens" and "EuroTeenErotica" in service of training one of its AI models. Is this uhhhh superintelligence? www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

On its 20th anniversary, YouTube is venturing into an era of AI-generated video, and may never be the same.

Many Android phones and iPhones use this screen technology to make everything look buttery smooth. Here's how it works.

Everything you need to know to successfully transfer your contacts, music, photos, and apps from one iOS device to another.

When an entry-level Volvo can get to 60 mph quicker than a Porsche 911, and in the same time as a Ferrari, electric car makers need a reset. www.wired.com/story/evs-ha...

These innovative pavings convert the kinetic energy of footsteps into clean electric energy. www.wired.com/story/how-en...

Strike 3 Holdings is suing Meta in federal court, alleging the tech giant pirated copyrighted adult videos to train its AI models. www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

The vaccine advisory group ACIP, not all members of which seemed to know what the group does, recommended to the CDC that combined MMRV shots not be given before age 4. www.wired.com/story/vaccin...

Petitioning the bosses to get @emilymullin.bsky.social combat pay

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions. www.wired.com/story/ice-ma...

The memes and online footprint of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson don’t place him neatly in a box, though many are still trying. www.wired.com/story/no-one...

If you haven't heard of Human Design, the astrology-like system that has people dumping their spouses after a reading and restricting their diets to be their "authentic selves"—you will soon. Nice distraction from the relentless news cycle by @matthabusby.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/human-...

“The FCC under Brendan Carr uses mergers and business interests of media companies as leverage to extract concessions, extract bribes, and extract censorship.”

NEW: "Every election cycle, assuming we still have elections in this country, the content of broadcast news might drastically shift depending on which political party controls the censorship office." @makenakelly.bsky.social talked to the experts and they were pretty blunt.

“He'll push it until he's stopped,” former FCC chair Tom Wheeler tells @makenakelly.bsky.social. “He's been very artful in not making formal decisions that are appealable to the court, but instead these informal, coercive activities..."