“We follow the laws in the countries where we operate. Based on an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, we have removed these two apps from the China storefront only,” an Apple spokesperson said in an email. www.wired.com/story/apple-...

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...

@carolinehaskins.bsky.social obtained 1,665 pages of documents about a neighbourhood dispute centred on an unlicensed school at the Zuckerberg compound in California www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

“Maybe we didn’t change everything. But we changed how people imagine what’s possible.” must read, on the inside story of Nepal's Discord revolution www.wired.com/story/nepal-...

“She also said we would never treat Tim Scott like this,” one officer tasked with escorting Nancy Mace says in the report www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

🚨 ICE is exploring plans to launch a privately-run, statewide transportation system in Texas, envisioning a nonstop operation that funnels immigrants detained in 254 counties into ICE facilities and staging locations across the state www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

I have no idea how Oobah Butler continues to get rich people to participate in his docs, but in this one, despite his schemes including a legal child sweatshop and luxury luggage that "looks like a bomb," he convinced VCs to give him $1 million: www.wired.com/story/oobah-...

Incredibly, the Justice Department today charged a group of alleged Cosa Nostra mobsters with using a version of the exact card shuffler hacking technique we demonstrated in the video below to rig poker games with an NBA player and coach, stealing millions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

if you were wondering how and why the Trump administration seemingly suddenly pivoted to Bluesky, @makenakelly.bsky.social has the answers www.wired.com/story/inside...

Reliance on central cloud services has, in may ways, improved cybersecurity and stability around the world. But this standardisation comes with major tradeoffs—the platforms become a single point of failure for large swaths of critical services. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

a hall of fame editor’s note

Autumn Gardiner started to believe the rejected photos were being caused by her facial difference. The camera system didn’t seem to work for her, she says. “It was humiliating and weird. Here’s this machine telling me that I don’t have a human face." www.wired.com/story/when-f...

NEW: In the most significant action against brutal scam compounds in Southeast Asia to date, US and UK officials have sanctioned the alleged operators of more than 10 scam centers in Cambodia. 146 entities linked to the Prince Group have been sanctioned—and $15 billion of crypto seized

a Gaza reconstruction plan shared with Trump admin officials features the names and logos of more than two dozen companies, but some told WIRED they had no knowledge they were involved “This was surprising and new information for us,” an IKEA spokesperson said www.wired.com/story/a-plan...

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

ICE has deported over 100,000 people since January, double the rate of the Biden administration in 2024. In this video @telliotter.bsky.social reports on where exactly the arrests are happening, where people are being detained, and where they’re being deported to. youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

"it seems the correct thing to do, for us to stand in a moment’s silence to honor a great warrior" not something said at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona for Charlie Kirk's memorial, but in a derelict shed in the town of Boyle in the northwest corner of Ireland www.wired.com/story/conspi...

NEW: the Trump-Epstein 'friendship' statue that was removed from the national mall and broken up has been repaired and is back on the national mall for "a limited time"

Department of Education employees set out-of-office email responses to inform recipients they'd be unable to respond until after the shutdown hours later, many people realised their response message had been changed to blame Senate Democrats for the entire shutdown www.wired.com/story/govern...

What if deepfakes were entertainment? Not of celebrities and public figures. Deepfakes of you. That’s the chilling, central question at the heart of OpenAI’s new Sora app. www.wired.com/story/openai...

VERY FUNNY SCOOP: The Onion made a 20-minute Epstein/Trump mockumentary called “Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.” I got a sneak peek and it is gloriously dumb. Read about it/watch the trailer here: www.wired.com/story/the-on...

“I kept comparing it to a natural disaster. But it wasn’t natural. Just a stampede of wide-eyed, confused government employees moving files around and looking over their shoulders because they think maybe Elon was creeping behind them with a chain saw.” www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

Throughout the summer, @wired.com reporter Kate Knibbs has been following our campaign. From right-wing attacks to our mutual aid work to the 20 bottles of hot sauce in the campaign office, here’s what she saw: www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact. featuring art by the one and only @coldwarsteve.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/silico...

I covered the protests in London against Trump for @wired.com. Protesters aren't convinced by the AI deal from US tech giants: They want to know what the UK is giving them in exchange for up to $45bn in investment and where the power for data centers will come from www.wired.com/story/climat...

Trump UK state visit update (Paul Grover -WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Spent some time with Jensen Huang this morning and let's just say some stuff came up a lot www.wired.com/story/jensen...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

If you live in Vegas, you can get a free ride in a Zoox self-driving toaster starting today www.wired.com/story/here-c...

There’s still a lot we don’t know about her Melania Trump’s new AI initiative, but I did learn about an important figure guiding her through the technology: her longtime agent (who also happens to be a big NFT guy, among other things). Oh, and his wife is her designer.. www.wired.com/story/melani...

Every time the Apple event cut back to Tim Cook, I couldn’t help but think about his recent visit to the White House and the utter sycophancy of his demeanor, as well as all the other tech CEOs. www.wired.com/story/tech-c...

“Amen, stop the application of poison given to our precious children.” “F yah! About time. Let the revolution begin.” “Hopefully more will follow Florida’s lead.” Anti-vaxxers are THRILLED about Florida's plan to end vaccine mandates. Important context from @davidgilbert.bsky.social here:

figures show that over the past three months, CBP officials have been searching more phones and other devices than ever before scoop by @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/phone-...

"Across Europe’s biggest democracies, organised crime groups are slowly gathering power." How the mafia infiltrated Germany - by the one and only @maxdaly.bsky.social unherd.com/2025/08/how-...

"The decision to demonize government surveillance while making Big Tech the passive victims ultimately waters down the film’s message—making it more of a near-90-minute commercial for brands like Amazon and Microsoft than food for thought." ✍️ @alanayzola.com www.wired.com/story/war-of...

since the start of the Israel-Gaza war on October 7, 2023, 186 journalists have been killed—the Committee to Protect Journalists

“Journalists are civilians and must never be targeted. Those responsible for these killings must be held accountable.” cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

The story of the high-stakes race to escape Trump's tariffs, complete with airport logjams, bidding wars for private planes, and one snapped knee ligament: www.wired.com/story/charte...

New from me in this week's Inner Loop, Epstein 'Great Expectations' edition: “Honestly, like, fuck Trump,” a Trumpworld source who works in conservative media tells me. “I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but there’s obviously something nefarious that went on.” www.wired.com/story/trumpw...

sharing this with immense relief and happiness, missing journalist Alec Luhn has been found alive in Norway. confirmed with his friends and family www.vg.no/nyheter/i/B0...

ICYMI: Trump posted a threat to “federalize” DC, sharing a photo of a bloodied man sitting in the street. police reports obtained by WIRED confirm the alleged victim was Edward Coristine, the 19yo who's gone by “Big Balls” online and was one of DOGE’s first operatives www.wired.com/story/edward...

MISSING: Alec Luhn, last seen afternoon of July 31. Was headed from Odda, Norway on solo backpacking trip. Planned to stay at DNT Holmaskjer and DNT Breidablikk, finish Monday morning at Årsnes Kai bus station. Red Cross search underway in the area. Please reshare www.facebook.com/veronika.sil...

Our friend @alecluhn.bsky.social is missing in Norway's Folgefonna National Park after a backpacking trip to the glacier there. Please share if you're in the area or know people who might be. Come home safe, buddy www.facebook.com/share/p/18xA...

"To the shame of the technology and science communities, a voracious sexual predator managed to buy his way into relationships with some of the most prominent and influential figures in the field." www.wired.com/story/epstei...

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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 —

hi there, I am using this rare footage capturing the moment of a journalist being born as a ploy to get you to read a thread about what I do at WIRED as director of multiplatform video ↓↓↓↓↓

a mobile ad van in Aberdeen ahead of President Trump's visit to his golf courses (📹: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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