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Text • Molly Higgins

Groupon Promo Codes: 50% Off in September 2025

Unlock up to 50% off with top Groupon coupon codes, and explore deals on getaways, spa packages, memberships, and event tickets in September 2025.

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Text • Zoë Schiffer, Julia Black

Meta Poaches OpenAI Scientist to Help Lead AI Lab

Yang Song, who previously led the strategic explorations team at OpenAI, is the new ‘research principal’ of Meta Superintelligence Labs.

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Text • Luke Larsen

Qualcomm Debuts Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme, Its Next-Gen Laptop Chips

Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme, anticipated sequels to its game-changing PC chips.

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Text • Brad Bourque

Save $50 on Our Favorite Budget Graphics Card

You can get an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti for $379 at Walmart.

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Text • Will Knight

This AI-Powered Robot Keeps Going Even if You Attack It With a Chainsaw

A single AI model trained to control numerous robotic bodies can operate unfamiliar hardware and adapt eerily well to serious injuries.

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Text • Kat Merck

The 15 Best Tried and Tested Gifts for Bird Lovers (2025)

Whether your giftee loves bird watching, bird feeding, or just putting a bird on it, these gifts are sure to be a hit.

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Text • Jake Lahut

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump's America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

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Text • Lauren Goode

A Former Apple Luminary Sets Out to Create the Ultimate GPU Software

Demand for AI chips is booming—and so is the need for software to run them. Chris Lattner’s startup Modular just raised $250 million to build the best developer tools for AI hardware.

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Text • Scott Gilbertson

Best Backpacking Stove (2025): MSR, Jetboil, Firebox

The best tested backpacking stoves will help you have a hot meal or cup of coffee, just about anywhere.

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Text • Emily Mullin

A Startup Used AI to Make a Psychedelic Without the Trip

Mindstate Design Labs, backed by Silicon Valley power players, has created what its CEO calls “the least psychedelic psychedelic that’s psychoactive.”

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Text • David Nield

What Is YouTube Premium Lite—and Should You Subscribe to It?

Here’s another option to remove (most) ads on YouTube, if you pay up.

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Text • Saabira Chaudhuri

Coke Designed a Plastic Bottle to Sell Us All More Soda

The modern 20-ounce bottle, first introduced in the 1990s, launched Cola-Cola’s distinctive shape into the plastic era. It also held more Coke than the glass containers and cans that came before.

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Text • Makena Kelly, Jake Lahut, Elisa Muyl

The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics

Introducing WIRED’s 2025 Political Power Users—the creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.

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Text • Nena Farrell

The Best Sheets on Amazon, Tested by WIRED (2025)

Looking for great sheets you can buy with that Prime membership? Here are our favorite sets, from ultra-cheap bamboo to high-quality cotton percale.

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Text • Ritsuko Kawai

The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward Breaking Point

Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.

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Text • Henri Robbins

Logitech Signature Solar Slim+ K980 Keyboard Review: See the Light

Logitech's latest full-size office keyboard has no USB port and is powered purely by ambient light.

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Text • Reece Rogers

For One Glorious Morning, a Website Saved San Francisco From Parking Tickets

The serial website builder Riley Walz launched a project that tracked San Francisco parking enforcement in real time—until the public data feed was cut off.

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Text • Zoë Schiffer, Will Knight, Lauren Goode

OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers

The new sites will boost Stargate’s planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors.

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Text • David Cox

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn

Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.

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Text • Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess

‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

The agency says it found a network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards—enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area. Experts say it mirrors facilities typically used for cybercrime.

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Text • Brad Bourque

The Best Roku for Most People Is Under $30 on Sale

Smarten up your sluggish TV with $11 off a Roku Streaming Stick Plus.

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Text • Zoë Schiffer

Why One VC Thinks Quantum Is a Bigger Unlock Than AGI

Venture capitalist Alexa von Tobel is ready to bet on quantum computing—starting with hardware.

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Text • Scott Gilbertson

Best External Hard Drive (2025): SSD to Store Data, Video & More

Need an ultrafast drive for video editing or a rugged option to back up your photos in the field? We’ve got a solution for every situation.

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Text • Dell Cameron

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.

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Text • Jacob Roach

How to Use 1Password's Travel Mode at the Border (2025)

Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place.

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Text • Jason Parham

Confessions of a Black Looksmaxxer

Critics say looksmaxxing—the trend of men boosting their physical attractiveness—often uses eugenic beauty standards. Some Black influencers are struggling to fit in, while others are fighting back.

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Text • Katie Drummond

How Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Remembers SignalGate: ‘No Fucking Way’

The Signal Foundation president recalls where she was when she heard Trump cabinet officials had added a journalist to a highly sensitive group chat.

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Text • Kate Knibbs

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.

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Text • David Gilbert

Nick Fuentes’ Plan to Conquer America

For years, influencer Nick Fuentes was too extreme even for MAGA. Now he's working his way into the mainstream—and has a plan for his secret followers to seize the levers of power.

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Text • Julian Chokkattu

Apple iPhone 17 Review: Close to Perfect

If you need to upgrade this year, the iPhone 17 comes close to perfection.