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After a very profitable decade on Microsoft's board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus.

A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.

IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s — a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering it up.

Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Don't wait any longer. Secure your shot at competing on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October at San Francisco's Moscone West.

In a statement, a Google representative described the deal as a result of unexpected demand for its recently launched AI products.

GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to making that happen.

Lectric, which says the U.S. market is ripe for competition and choice, has launched three new brands in the past six months.

While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction. Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social experiences. Cyberdeck creators are going viral crafting whimsical DIY computers that literally encourage users to touch grass. Unlike the AI-free browser crowd, this doesn’t just feel like backlash, […]

Supabase, an example of an open source project becoming a fast-growing company, has greatly benefited from AI tools like Claude, Codex, and other vibe-coding platforms.

Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms' offices, where the criminals have stolen data using USB drives or remote access tools.

"The whole conversation shifted from tokenmaxxing and 'go fast' to 'we need guardrails, how do we control this?'"

The space agency said Roscosmos discovered new leaks in the Russian service module.

The U.S. eavesdropping agency is reportedly preparing Anthropic's Mythos for use in cyberattacks, despite a federal ban on using the AI model maker.

The Australian data center operator plans to set up 5GW of capacity in India.

In the current environment, remaining heads down has diminishing returns; at some point, you have to make some noise just to remind the market you exist.

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This week's science news.

Spry Fox's most adorable life sim hits the big screens.

The Avatar RPG has been put in an iceberg.

NASA is targeting an August 30 launch for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which has 100 times Hubble's field of view.

Check out all the Summer Game Fest showcases you can watch today, June 6.

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We played the opening of the Control sequel and saw just how weird Remedy's twisted New York is.

Plus, a whole bunch of neat demos ahead of Steam Next Fest.

Google has just signed a $30 billion AI computing power deal with SpaceX.

Star Wars Zero Company's developers released a gameplay trailer, which features a short appearance by Anakin Skywalker.

It's raining blood, hallelujah.

Playtonic is shifting the Yooka-Laylee series from platforming to familiar-looking arcade racing.

Duck Detective studio Happy Broccoli is back with a creepy-cute mystery called Apple Crumble.

Screenbound lets you control a 2D handheld game and a character in a 3D world at the same time.

Ithaca asks how far will players go to save the planet.

A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after the mayor, Scott Furgeson, was caught on camera saying of the "No Data Center" signs going up that, "I've seen a lot of these all over town, but I only see them in shitty houses," before adding, "most of them are rentals." The woman speaking to him in the clip quickly pushes back, saying that they're "working class," and someone chimes in to add something that a mayor shouldn't have to be told

Benn refuses to be pigeon holed. | Image: Benn Jordan Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different direction. He didn't stop covering music gear overnight, but as time progressed, his channel became more focused on science and technology investigations. He even turned the entire enterprise into a nonprofit. While there will still be the occasional video focused on music or audio - say, poisoning AI music systems

Can you go undefeated? | Screenshot: The Verge 82-0 marries the stat nerd fun of fantasy basketball with instant gratification and a bit of dumb luck. The goal is to draft a team of players that could (theoretically) have a perfect 82-0 season. Obviously, if you just had free rein to pick whoever you wanted from throughout history, there would be little challenge. The twist is that the site randomly selects a team and an era, and then you pick a single player. So, for example, if you pulled the Knicks and 2020s, you might pick Jalen Brunson as your

An AI-generated image of the royal family featuring two Queen Elizabeth IIs. | Image: Meta AI Facebook has long been filled with feeds of clickbait articles. Now, Meta is making its own clickbait articles with AI. The standalone Meta AI app now has a "For You" section that populates a list of clickbait-style stories for you to read. But the topics, images, and text are all AI-generated - and as questionable as you'd expect from AI-created works. The Meta AI app first launched in April 2025 with its focus on a public "Discover" feed that showed AI-generated images and conversations

There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III , cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren't a lot of games that are actually about summer. That's part of what makes Kabuto Park so charming. It's a game that manages to not only capture the fleeting moments of a childhood summer, but also cram a Pokémon -style adventure into a game that lasts only a few hours. Kabuto Park actually launched last year on PC, but it's available

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Dads are traditionally tough to shop for—let me help with these handpicked gift ideas for fathers with great taste.

New simulations reveal that the moons of Uranus may retain traces of giant planets.

At a small kickoff event in Los Angeles, Dan Greaney explained why he could no longer stand by and watch the demolition of American democracy.

We logged thousands of test miles to bring you the best running shoes for every pace, ability, and running goal.

I shaved my head 15 years ago and never looked back. This GroWell LED cap changed that.

Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.

The Logitech G512 X 98 lets you swap between mechanical and analog switches in an attempt to achieve the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, its solution isn't as well thought out as I’d hoped.

Hotels and other service providers pitch themselves as eco-friendly when they’re not. Here’s how to call their bluff.

Your trip starts impacting the planet before you even leave home. Here are a few pointers for keeping your footprint small.

From San Francisco to Stockholm, a new generation of electric ferries is entering passenger service, marking a tipping point for green maritime technology.

The actual eco-friendliness of ecotourism varies considerably. One research station in the Peruvian Amazon is out to prove it can bring visitors to the area without disrupting the environment.

As the conflict in Iran disrupts the world’s oil supply, airlines are looking for jet fuel alternatives. The answer: energy from used cooking oil and french fry grease.

Former DOGE members and Elon Musk allies are backing a startup aimed at using AI to apply “learnings” from DOGE to the private sector.

Microsoft’s AI products aren’t selling, and Github’s been plagued with troubles. WIRED spoke with VP Scott Hanselman about whether the company is in catch-up mode.

From talking about sex with JFK Jr. to a surprise show in Times Square, the queen of pop is leveraging Grindr’s “gayborhood” to sell her new album.

EveryPlate is an actual budget meal kit whose plates taste delicious. Options and ingredients are fewer, but simplicity can also be a virtue.

“Why wouldn’t you want to be in both Pepsi and Coke?” says one venture capitalist. “It’s the same here.”

From battery life to privacy, there are many hurdles to the idea taking off.

These are the cleaning robots, water monitors, and toys actually worth buying for pool season.

An “urban explorer” tells WIRED their mother checked in to make sure they weren’t one of the people seen scurrying out of a manhole with their friends.

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

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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.