AI companies are using serif to project humanity. Critics are calling it “tasteslop.”

The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.

On Uncanny Valley, we dive into the IPO bonanza that the top AI companies are embarking on to the point where some real estate listings are looking for not just regular old cash, but Anthropic stock.

The indie artist has played a string of surprise, small venue shows with no phones allowed, prompting fans to piece together clues about a potential upcoming album.

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power.

You can tap the star-shaped, NFC-enabled wand at terminals to make contactless payments. It's the first of several tap-to-pay hardware doodads coming from Cash App.

From app-controlled security to electronic shifting and radar alerts, Segway’s Myon may have more tech than you need. That’s not always a bad thing.

With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.

A homeschooling center in Manhattan is part of the company’s nationwide expansion. Internal documents reveal its strategy: “Opening date > safety.”

Quantinuum, a quantum computing startup, is losing millions. Investors want in anyway.

A video creator known as Doctor Spaghetti has scrutinized hours of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to get to the bottom of an explosive culinary conspiracy theory.

The app AT4K turns the messy Google TV interface into something closer to the Apple TV interface, making it cleaner, more customizable, and less frustrating to use.

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Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.

Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.

Influential figures, including Nick Fuentes, have been accused of “hijacking” the murder of Henry Nowak to push a racist agenda.

Activists say it’s the first time big tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects.

Spencer Huang, Nvidia’s robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds.

After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.

The man who headed Trump's invasions of US cities joined the US and European far-right in Portugal to preach "remigration"—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.

Fight the scourge of unsolicited rings and pings from spammers, scammers, and telemarketers.

The company’s RTX Spark chips might finally turn the “AI PC” into reality.

How your front fork and rear shock work, so you can hurt less and have more fun.

The writer and anti-bullying activist is on social media, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.

Google, Microsoft, and other hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

Several real estate listings in the San Francisco Bay Area are offering to exchange a home for a piece of the AI startup.

I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.

Soccer fans on r/WorldCup2026Tickets are using Claude to build DIY ticketing software, exchanging on back channels, and leaving scalpers scrambling.