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• Matt Kamen

Valve Steam Machine Review: A Compromised Console

Great for indie darlings, but Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo remain kings of TV gaming.

WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage

Panasonic Japanese Microwave Review (2026): True 1-Button Cooking

The Japanese Microwave measures food temperature directly, and stops cooking when food’s hot. It’s kinda terrific.

WIRED
• Boone Ashworth

A $10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony’s PlayStation 5 a Computer Again

Nice PlayStation you got. Bet it could probably run Linux too.

WIRED
• Matt Burgess

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

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.

WIRED
• David Gilbert

The Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

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.

WIRED
• Emily Mullin

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“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.

WIRED
• Will Knight

A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War

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.”

WIRED
• Miles Klee

Pete Hegseth’s Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk Science Fever Dream

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.

WIRED
• Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Emily Mullin

Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis

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.

WIRED
• Kate Taylor

Salad Chains Are Seeing Foot Traffic Drop Over Cyclosporiasis Fears

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.

WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage

Do Face Masks Help With Wildfire Smoke? Yes, But More Is Needed

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.

WIRED
• John Brandon

Review: Xgimi Titan Noir Max Home Projector (2026)

This remarkably vivid home projector has deep inky blacks, without a five-figure price tag.

WIRED
• Emily Mullin, Kate Taylor, Leah Feiger

Everyone Thinks They Have the Diarrhea Parasite

Cyclosporiasis isn’t the only thing spreading across the US. So is anxiety about getting hit with it.

WIRED
• Maxwell Zeff

Here's Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

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.

WIRED
• Jeremy White

Swatch’s New Gold MoonSwatch Solves the Problem of the Nightmare Royal Pop Launch

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.

WIRED
• Jeremy White

XPeng’s New ‘Budget’ EV Looks Like the Ferrari Luce

The electric L03 is looking to punch above its weight in style and tech as it launches in 60 countries worldwide.

WIRED
• Scott Gilbertson, Gear Team

11 Best Sleeping Bags (2026): Ultralight, Warm Weather, for Kids

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.

WIRED
• Scott Gilbertson

The Best Backpacking Water Filters of 2026

We’ve tested filters from Sawyer, Katadyn, LifeStraw, MSR and more to find the best option for every adventure.

WIRED
• Jason Parham

Gay Men Flocked to Goose for Friendship. Some Still Feel Excluded

Despite positioning itself as an anti-hookup app, users tell WIRED that Goose has fake profiles, harsh acceptance standards, and problems with inclusivity.

WIRED
• John Brandon

Hisense XR10 Smart Projector Review: RGB-Powered Wonder

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.

WIRED
• Reece Rogers

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

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.

WIRED
• Jorge Garay

Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever

Researchers identified traces of erythrulose, a monosaccharide, thousands of light-years away.

WIRED
• Julian Chokkattu

OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead

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.

WIRED
• Julian Chokkattu

Can Bose Help Skullcandy Shake Its Bargain-Bin Reputation?

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.

WIRED
• Molly Taft

The Northeast Is Being Blanketed in Canadian Wildfire Smoke

Roughly 100 wildfires are raging out of control in Ontario, sending smoke streaming more than 1,000 miles from their origin.

WIRED
• Hugo Lowell

Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion

The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.

WIRED
• Andrew Couts

Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.

WIRED
• Will Knight

AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little brains.

WIRED
• Will Knight

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

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.

WIRED
• Malak Saleh

Lionel Messi’s Final World Cup—and the Death of Early Retirement

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.