Sign up

WIRED
Text • Boutayna Chokrane

Best Red Light Therapy for Hair Growth: WIRED-Approved (2026)

After 16 weeks of daily use, our WIRED testers saw visible hair regrowth with these red light therapy devices.

WIRED
Text • Dell Cameron

Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
Audio

Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Brutal Turn as MAGA Slips into Tailspin

This week, The New York Times confirmed the latest revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, reporting on the missing files that appear to involve charges against Donald Trump himself. The Times is treating this as a blockbuster story, digging in ha...

Open Channels FM Podcast Network
Text • Bob Dunn

Empathy

For some of us it comes naturally. For others, it may need to be learned.

WIRED
Text • Louryn Strampe

6 Great Power Bank Deals for Your Thirsty Phone Battery

We’ve tested dozens of portable power banks, and several of our top picks are on sale right now.

WIRED
Text • Louryn Strampe

Preorder Google’s Newest Phone and Get a Free $100 Gift Card

If you’re planning on upgrading to the newest midrange Pixel phone, this deal is worth your while.

That Trippi Show
Audio

"Trump can't rally his way out of this... so watch out."

The only State of the Union reactions that matter... and they aren't ours! What the data says - and why Alex thinks the vibes are irreparable at this point. If you're a Republican running for office this year, you've got a BIG problem. Trippi explains why. And with Trump looking more like a very large cornered orange rat, why Joe thinks he's going to intensify his efforts to steal 2026. And why you should be very, very concerned about the recent AI news... what can we do about "Agents of Chaos?" Read the white paper Joe and Alex discuss here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20021
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scripting News for email Valid
Text • Dave Winer

Scripting News: Thursday, February 26, 2026

Thursday, February 26, 2026 Recommended: When ICE buys a warehouse in your town.# Also: New Yorker interview of Conan O'Brien. I love that both O'Brien and Remnick agree that podcasting liberated them as artists. That was the point! When you think about decentralization, ...

Matt Mullenweg Valid
Text • Matt

Enablement

This year at Automattic has been intense. We kicked it off with two weeks of in-person AI enablement training, and there’s a great post about it now. I’ve been so impressed and inspired by my colleagues leaning in to learn and grow together in the most consequential time in software development in the past 40 … Continue reading Enablement

Daring Fireball Valid
Text John Gruber

Apple Announces F1 Broadcast Details, and a Surprising Netflix Partnership

sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/apple-announces-f1-details-and-a-surprising-netflix-partnership/

Jason Snell, writing at Six Colors:

Perhaps the most surprising announcement on Thursday was that Apple and Netflix, which have had a rather stand-offish relationship when it comes to video programming, have struck a deal to swap some Formula One-related content. Formula One’s growing popularity in the United States is due, perhaps in large part, to the high-profile success of the Netflix docuseries “Drive to Survive.” The latest season of that series, debuting Friday, will premiere simultaneously on both Netflix and Apple TV. Presumably, in exchange for that non-exclusive, Apple will also non-exclusively allow Netflix to broadcast the Canadian Grand Prix in May. (Insert obligatory wish that Apple and Netflix would bury the hatchet and enable Watch Now support in the TV app for Netflix content.)

What a crazy cool partnership.

 ★ 

WIRED
Text • Boone Ashworth

The Latest Repair Battlefield Is the Iowa Farmlands—Again

A new bill that would give farmers in Iowa the right to repair is a big threat to tractor manufacturer John Deere.

Platformer Supports Webmention Valid
Text • Casey Newton

The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived

The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived

AI safety researchers have long worried that a government would seek to use AI for domestic surveillance and autonomous killing. The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic threatens to make it a reality 

WIRED
Text • Brad Bourque

These Are Our Absolute Favorite Android Earbuds, and They're Below $200

The Pixel Buds Pro 2 have great ANC and long battery life, and they're marked down in several colors.

Daring Fireball Valid
Text John Gruber

Energym

aicandy.be/giorgio-1

“An interview from 2036 with Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman.” This is what AI video generation was meant for.

 ★ 

Daring Fireball Valid
Text John Gruber

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for Paramount Takeover

nytimes.com/2026/02/26/business/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-deal-netflix.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PVA.3639.2yWKES49z8Os

The New York Times: Netflix said on Thursday that it had backed away from its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a stunning development that paves the way for the storied Hollywood media giant to end up under the control of a rival bidder, the technology heir David ...

WIRED
Text • Reece Rogers

Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google's AI Image Generator

Google’s latest image model, Nano Banana 2, is a powerful AI photo editor that punctures reality. Well, sometimes.

Buttondown's blog
Text

Should we bring back email exploders?

Mailing lists died out to make way for newsletters. But there are a lot of reasons to bring back group discussions over email.

Buttondown's blog
Text

Use newsletter metadata in your emails

Your newsletter's metadata is now available in email templates, giving you global variables you can reference across every email you send.

WIRED
Text • Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger

‘Uncanny Valley’: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union

Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Plus: All you need to know about TAT-8 and undersea cables.

kottke.org Valid
Text Jason Kottke

The NY Times has added another daily crossword to the...

The NY Times has added another daily crossword to the line-up: the Midi. “The standard Times daily crossword, you see, is a 15×15 grid. The Mini is 5×5. The new Midi is 9×9, snug in between.”