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• Matt Kamen
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• Matt Kamen
Great for indie darlings, but Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo remain kings of TV gaming.
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• Matthew Korfhage
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• Boone Ashworth
Nice PlayStation you got. Bet it could probably run Linux too.
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• Matt Burgess
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.
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• David Gilbert
True the Vote is working with a Detroit pastor to produce a new documentary called Trap, based on claims that have already been thrown out in court.
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• Emily Mullin
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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• Will Knight
The CEO of Foundation Future Industries, which counts the president’s son as its chief strategy adviser, tells WIRED it’s exploring some “kinetic things.”
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• Miles Klee
The defense secretary’s idea of administering testosterone therapy to service members of the US Armed Forces reveals little understanding of the complexity of hormones.
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• Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Emily Mullin
On today’s Uncanny Valley, we unpack OpenAI’s ongoing drama, both legal and reputational, and whether these developments could further hurt the company—particularly in its fight against Anthropic.
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• Kate Taylor
Foot traffic to leafy green chains is falling, data shows. Still, a few brave souls who spoke to WIRED were determined to get their fix. “I honestly didn’t even think about” the risk of explosive diarrhea, one says.
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• Matthew Korfhage
As wildfire smoke threatens air quality and safety for millions, here’s your playbook to keep your family safe from the damaging effects of smoke.
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• John Brandon
This remarkably vivid home projector has deep inky blacks, without a five-figure price tag.
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• Emily Mullin, Kate Taylor, Leah Feiger
Cyclosporiasis isn’t the only thing spreading across the US. So is anxiety about getting hit with it.
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• Maxwell Zeff
The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and local policy says they may already be outdated.
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• Jeremy White
Swatch's latest MoonSwatch is the Mission to the Moon 1969, a limited-edition model with components crafted from Omega’s 18K Moonshine Gold. To get one, you'll have to join a lottery.
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• Jeremy White
The electric L03 is looking to punch above its weight in style and tech as it launches in 60 countries worldwide.
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• Scott Gilbertson, Gear Team
Whether you’re climbing peaks or taking the family to the local park, we’ve found the best sleeping bags for every temperature, budget, and camping expedition.
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• Scott Gilbertson
We’ve tested filters from Sawyer, Katadyn, LifeStraw, MSR and more to find the best option for every adventure.
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• Jason Parham
Despite positioning itself as an anti-hookup app, users tell WIRED that Goose has fake profiles, harsh acceptance standards, and problems with inclusivity.
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• John Brandon
Projectors are adopting RGB backlighting, the hottest tech from the world of TVs. This large but vivid projector is a great option for summer movie nights.
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• Reece Rogers
I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive features.
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• Jorge Garay
Researchers identified traces of erythrulose, a monosaccharide, thousands of light-years away.
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• Julian Chokkattu
The original OnePlus phone disrupted the mobile market 13 years ago with its affordable price and top-end specs. Now, the company is exiting North America and Europe to focus on China.
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• Julian Chokkattu
Skullcandy’s audio products aren’t exactly known for their stellar audio quality or noise cancellation, but its latest headphones are getting an assist from Bose to turn things around.
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• Molly Taft
Roughly 100 wildfires are raging out of control in Ontario, sending smoke streaming more than 1,000 miles from their origin.
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• Hugo Lowell
The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.
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• Andrew Couts
Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.
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• Will Knight
Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little brains.
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• Will Knight
Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.
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• Malak Saleh
Argentina’s Lionel Messi was supposed to be done years ago. Now, sports science is helping soccer’s biggest stars rewrite the rules of aging.