A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against distortions, it would also bar questions about race and sexual orientation.

The photograph, taken in visible light, made it possible to observe for the first time the tiny plasma vortices that had been predicted for more than a century.

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gash on the surface. Its pretty small.

My favorite budget laptop, the HP OmniBook 5, has an OLED screen and gets great battery life, despite being just $750 right now.

Xteinks new X4 Pro e-reader is its best yet, but the lack of an ebook store can be limiting.

Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts suppliers inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.

Two security researchers bought cheap domainsincluding noreply.net and deleteduser.comand set up email listening services. Hundreds of companies are sending them corporate secrets.

New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you dont want Geminis help in writing documents and emails, heres how to turn that stuff off.

Hairmaxs LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex took only 90 seconds per treatment, and it produced visible results along my widening part.

With rising temperatures and drier conditions, fires are more likely to explode. And with more people living next to forests, the results can be catastrophic.

A new software update builds on WhatsApps group chat chops by adding anonymous polls and introducing an easier way to start a smaller private chat away from the larger group.

If you want to capture the suns power with solar panels, these are the best solar generators Ive tested.

Yiyang Zhuge was already an intellectual celebrity in China. Her viral interview with Christopher Nolan made her famous in the USand quickly turned her into a political Rorschach test.

Lanterns, Dark Matter, and the original Star Trek are just a few of the TV shows you should be watching right now.

The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better software.

The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.

Were still in the dog days of summerkeep your cool with deals on the best fans weve tested for on the go and at home.

Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.

WIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the strange moment were in.

Microplastics are in everything, especially your coffee. A new generation of plastic-free drip coffee brewers is trying to change this.

Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. Its just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.

The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.

Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the companys tech.

In todays episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.

Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict a storms track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers dont yet fully understand how it does this.

Online speculation over the weight loss of celebrities like Ariana Grandeeven out of genuine concerncan make things worse for people struggling with eating disorders.

Heres when some of this years most anticipated astronomical events will happen and the best way to observe them.

Whether youre charging overnight at home or on the go, these are the fastest, most dependable Android chargers weve tested.

Samsung dared to bring 6K to the world of gaming monitors before our PCs were truly ready for it.

Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesnt need to prove they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent computing. Science would disagree.

Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plants and pipelines.

Sharks new PowerDetect Speed is lighter affordable than the original, but still managed to ace most of my vacuum tests.

These services deliver freshly roasted, delicious coffee picks right to your dooreach with its own twist.

I put handheld, wearable, and misting fans through a sweltering summer to see which ones kept me coolest.

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For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.

Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsersand managed to get OpenAIs Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the coming days.

WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward Big Balls Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.