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Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email.

AegisAI co-founders developed AI agents that quickly analyze each message as a human would, paying attention to small anomalies that even the most elaborate checklist wouldn’t catch.

An updated government advisory warns that Iranian hackers are exploiting systems used by water and energy providers.

The Media Router is a tool that automatically selects the best image, video, or audio generation model for a request based on whether a developer prioritizes quality, speed or cost.

Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.

The number of paid robotaxi miles traveled fell 36% in the second quarter, despite expanding to new cities, according to Tesla's own figures.

David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.

The tech giant says selfie videos give users more options to sign in if they're ever locked out or don't have access to their usual phone or computer.

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.

Imagi announced a $4.5 million seed round, with investors including Brighteye Ventures, Day One Capital, and artist Will.i.am.

If there's a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.

Gemini had over 750 million monthly users in February.

Amazon is hoping the addition of games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination.

MeBeMe delivers small tasks to help users become their best selves instead of endlessly scrolling.

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Meta is finally cracking down on people users who harass and record people with its smart glasses.

Claude's voice mode hasn't been the most reliable, but this update should help.

The device is ready; the business isn't.

The fallout from the big Xbox layoffs continues to develop.

The deal isn't done yet, but it's getting closer.

The latest updates to Qobuz make it an even better alternative to Spotify.

Samsung's new wearables will receive Wear OS updates until 2031.

Microsoft is borrowing from the GeForce Now playbook with an ad-supported cloud streaming test.

The car manufacturer is planning a big push into electric vehicles.

Charing your phone in the car may technically use energy, but not enough to give a second thought.

The film, from Weapons director Zach Cregger, hits theaters on September 18.

Barrels of fun.

It's a sign of how hard we're braced for the RAMpocalypse that Samsung adding just $100 to its prices seems reasonable.

You get a waiver! You get a waiver!

Luna will be first arrive in the Prime Video app on Fire TV devices in the US and UK.

If only the air looked this cool as it flows through the Frame 4500X RS. | Image: Corsair On the hunt for a PC case that’s loaded with features and has a unique look? Amazon , Best Buy , and Corsair are selling the Corsair Frame 4500X RS for $119.99, a $70 discount from the usual price. The versatile case supports motherboards up to EATX, GPUs up to 460mm in length, and has a seamless panoramic glass window that wraps around its front and left side. The case includes three fans with reverse rotors mounted to its right side, letting

In an earnings call yesterday , Tesla CEO Elon Musk did his best to paint a positive portrait of the company's robotaxi program. New cities are being added, more miles are being driven, and more people are experiencing Tesla's unsupervised vehicles. But Musk's typical bullishness seemed to be absent from the call, as the occasional trillionaire sought to temper expectations about the program's future. "We're going as fast as humanly possible in scaling Robotaxi," Musk said, "while trying to ensure that we do not harm anyone at all and ideally do not even run over a pet." Musk's insistence that

Primate Labs is releasing Geekbench 7 , the latest generation of its popular benchmarking tool. Geekbench 7 features new video and audio encoding / decoding tests, a redesigned multi-core test, and larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs to crunch through. It otherwise looks and acts just like Geekbench 6, and a Pro license will cost the same $99 (discounted to $79 until August 6th). A Geekbench 7 Pro license allows for offline benchmarking that doesn't get uploaded to the Geekbench Browser , and it still covers all compatible desktop platforms of Windows, macOS, and Linux. Geekbench is one

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to everyone in the US on Thursday, allowing more people to connect their medical records and health-tracking information to the chatbot. During a briefing, Ashley Alexander, OpenAI's vice president of health product, says the company's models "are now capable of reasoning at levels that are better than clinician level." When asked for more information about how the performance of OpenAI's models stacks up against human clinicians, OpenAI health lead Karan Singhal says that he would "temper" the claim that they are reasoning at better levels, but that "there have been individual studies that have

The new strategy that Amazon gaming exec Jeff Gattis talked to The Verge about last month is getting clearer now that Prime Video has added a new Games tab on Fire TV devices . With Prime Gaming, Amazon Game Studios, and Luna now combined into one organization, it's aiming at the more casual audience of people already using Prime Video to stream movies, TV shows, and sports, instead of trying to compete directly with "core" gamers playing MMOs and shooters. Luna was already included in Prime, but now users in the US and UK can access it directly within Prime

The slim and convenient magnetic wallets you’ll actually want stuck to the back of your phone.

The EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for data centers increasingly reliant on fossil fuels.

Gas prices are up, and US car dealerships are full of hybrids. Customers are going for it.

Here are the best delivery services and meal kits in 2026, including Martha Stewart’s meal service, a GLP-1–supportive plan, and a budget-friendly option.

MAGA-coded adult content playing off immigration crackdowns, white supremacy, and obeying the “natural order” is finding rabid audiences on X.

The risks are real. But banning children from the internet could create new problems without solving the ones that really matter.

The next time you’re locked out of your Google account, you can use your face as part of the account recovery process.

I cranked Apple’s iOS 27 beta to maximum transparency on my iPhone and enjoyed every warped second.

With “blessings” from the original Jibo founders, iKairos is a wearable or desk-mounted “AI journal” that turns your family moments into AI images and video.

Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease.

The cyclospora diarrhea outbreak isn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a pattern of leafy greens wreaking digestive havoc.

There’s a debate going on in the Trump administration over how to handle increasingly powerful Chinese AI models.

Save on WIRED-tested LED therapy devices from TheraFace, HigherDose, and more.

Elon Musk and the online right convinced themselves that Christopher Nolan’s “woke” epic would go down in flames. Now they’re crashing out.

As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.

Out of Dyson’s two new affordable stick vacuums, this one is easily my favorite.

Samsung’s folding phone family has a new middle child with a fresh form factor, but which of its eighth-gen foldables is right for you?

People spend hours watching videos on their smartphones. The wider, shorter, and lighter Galaxy Z Fold8 caters to exactly that.

From powerful air movers and whisper-quiet pedestal models to options that double as misters, lamps, and air purifiers, these are the fans that impressed us most.

The fitness trackers I’d recommend to beginners, athletes, and kids.

Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.

An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

It didn’t keep my coworkers at bay, but Flipper’s expensive productivity tool did help me focus on the task at hand.

It’s “the most car-like Range Rover ever created,” but will this all-electric grand tourer spoil Jaguar’s Type 01 party?

The cybersecurity-focused models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a testing sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and gained access to the open internet to pull off the attack.

The discounts may not beat Prime Day, but I found worthwhile prices on WIRED-approved TVs, laptops, tablets, speakers, and other home gear.

The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

Pat Gelsinger wants to pave the way to ever more powerful artificial intelligence using tiny beams of light.

A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real users.

Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition to power every layer of AI infrastructure.

A flip phone with 5G, USB-C, a headphone jack, and a removable battery? Say it ain’t so.

The FDA could decide whether to loosen rules around peptide production this week. Some telehealth players are already seeing dollar signs.

Halliday’s G2 glasses can listen to and summarize your workplace meetings—with no video involved.

These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.

These locks, lights, and other smart home upgrades let you add automation without messing up your home’s vibe.

Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected.

Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.

Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.

Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars.

Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.

Once a quirky bastion of amateur vulva jewelry and pet portraits, Etsy is now deluged with mass-produced goods and AI knockoffs. Some customers don’t seem to mind.

Directly added to your Samsung Wallet account, it’s yet another cash-back credit card, this time tailored for Samsung stans.

The agency stressed that the July 17 voluntary recall from Taylor Farms still stands. The supplier has been linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.

The latest estimates reveal that the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from large-scale events such as the FIFA World Cup stem from spectators traveling to host cities.

A recent study suggests that not getting enough sleep increases the risk of weight gain, and thus of conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.