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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth. They already have 10K satellites in orbit and they want to add a million more. 🥴

Verizon introduced a new plan that costs $45 per month, revamped rewards programs, and more today.

Tech has been encroaching on the family domicile for years—but actor, writer, and satirist Jill Kargman is all-in on analog.

From friend compounds and meditation spaces to shaded outdoor areas and rooms just to make coffee, homes are getting even more multipurpose.

Buying a first house used to mark entry into adulthood—and the beginning of wealth-building. But a shifting economic landscape is threatening to close the door on this American milestone.

Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats.

Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats.

The valuation of SpaceX is wild. When it comes back down to earth, what impact will it have on the market? I don’t worry too much about an AI bubble, but I do worry about the market imploding because so much of the S&P 500 is concentrated in a small number of tech companies.

Finally watched Hoppers last night. Really fun. Used to be that I would see every animated feature opening weekend… So many movies now and it’s harder to keep up. 🪵

Simon Willison blogged more on the Fable shutdown drama:

This whole situation is such a mess. Non-technical decision-makers have been hearing that models that can “craft cyber attacks” are uniquely dangerous for months. Now they look ready to ban any model that can help us secure our code.

Anthropic spent months telling everyone that their model is dangerous. Now they’re annoyed that we believed them. Maybe this is an argument for open weights. Less centralized control, more transparent development.

Some 700 million people now use ChatGPT every week. Now, the next phase of AI is well underway, as agentic

The post The siloed-data era is over. Here’s what comes next for AI agents. appeared first on The New Stack.

Marconi Union, which you might remember for creating the most relaxing song in the world, has released a new album: Multiforms: Ambient Transmissions, Vol. 3. You can watch the visual album on YouTube or stream it from a variety of sources. This went straight into my Underscore collection.

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After spending four decades in exile south of the Rio Grande, the New World screwworm has finally wriggled its way back into Texas. The return of the parasitic worm has been splashed across national, state, and local headlines for the past couple weeks with equal measures of trepidation and disgust, prompting alarm and pledges of […]

The post Texas’ Fight Against the Screwworm Will Be Nasty and Brutish appeared first on The Texas Observer.

The data contains a list of "talent," including former Knicks players and coaches, and whether other celebrities are considered "Low Risk" or "High Risk." The data also contains emails between customers and MSG.

Whereas Roblox hackers were previously focused on stealing players' high value items, some have taken over entire Roblox games, stealing their ownership and Robux in the process.

Devices that monitor seniors for safety are appealing to worried loved ones and underresourced home care agencies.

These clever lights—each one an exemplar of innovation in materials, design, and function—will beautify your home.

The global editorial directors of WIRED and Architectural Digest on teaming up to help you understand how we live today, and what comes next.

A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the answer to climate change, or a trap?

WIRED surveyed readers on their housing costs. The answers paint a stark portrait of unaffordability, climate adaptation, and the death of the homeowner dream.