Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like youve accomplished something.

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days officially begin on October 6 and 7, but Ive already spotted early discounts on gear our team recommends.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.

Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bankyour choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there.

Five years after the comedian went viral with a 12-hour blabberthon mocking the king of bro podcasting, hes back in character to shill a supplement called Crab Salts.

Amazon raised prices across its devices in August. Here are the early device deals ahead of Prime Day that are still worth itand which arent.

Ahead of the Kindles 20th anniversary next year, Amazon is refreshing its entire range of e-readers with fresh colors, an aluminum build, and a new frame design thats both thinner and lighter.

Only two of five vehicles finished the race around a notoriously difficult Formula 1 track, exposing what happens when autonomous systems meet blind corners, sensor failures, and physics.

The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.

If your friend is in the depths of newborn survival, these gifts and gadgets can go a long way to make parenting a little easier.

Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.

Cats are finally getting the dog treatment. This smart cat collar features GPS location, activity, and sleep tracking, plus all-new heart and respiratory rate monitoring.

The company claims that its new device, the Neurable One, can keep you in the zone, calculate the best time to take a break, and tell you when your brain battery needs a recharge.

James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now hes getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.

The Mac Studio can run frontier-level AI language models locally. Its only a preview of whats to come.

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the companys promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.

Meet the full-blue sapphire MRG-D5000, a crazy G-Shock that costs more than a Patek Philippe or Porsche Macan.

High-performance mountaineering and hiking apparel doesn't have to break the bank.

President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.

Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. Its unclear how much that matters.

OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse are vying to be your AI agent of choice. I've tried bothand I suspect you will too.

Were furries at home, and were airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things, says one member of the community in response to senator Tommy Tuberville's recent rant.

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didnt even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.

The practice of editing the genes of embryos remains highly controversial and risky, but Origin Genomics founder Cathy Tie argues its a moral imperative to address hereditary diseases.

Any one of these gift ideas will make your favorite bookworm very happy, from e-readers and accessories to handy reading essentials.

Gaming online can seriously strain your internet connection, but the best gaming routers could give you the edge.

Learn what to look for when buying a kids mattress, plus how six top models stack up, according to my 2-year-old.

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By sharing the same platform, the Sport gets the same specs as the classier Range Rover Electric, but with added torque at a smaller outlay.

A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has notattempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.

Aways third generation of its iconic luggage retains the familiar design while introducing invisible tech, such as a new wheel system and an improved telescoping handle.

The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live, says one expert.

These cute agents are designed to connect to your apps and tackle multistep tasks.

From a $100 Keurig to a rare discount on a DeLonghi espresso machine, these WIRED-tested picks caught my eye.

Consumer advocate Lindsay Owens new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use softwarefrom ever-changing prices to opaque algorithmsto squeeze every penny from you.

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

The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.

One of AIs fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the militarys war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.