The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, theyre dead.

The short-lived White House press secretary was listed as an adviser to a Kristi Noemlinked company that aims to use AI for mining. Both the company and she say she never worked there.

Despite Illinois sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendmentprotected activities.

It turns out the Roadster 2 both sucks and blows.

The Razer Barracuda V2 Pro headset has a place in the office as well as at your gaming battle station.

The HBO series served as a stand-in for everything wrong with white millennial women during its original run. Then Gen Z started watching.

Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party.

MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots.

The Surface Laptop Ultra is a true MacBook Pro competitor for Windows, and Microsoft has never been so close to dethroning Appleif only it weren't for the lack of battery life.

A network of AI-generated models is using comics material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accountsand theres not much comedians can do about it.

A top performer in both dark rooms and in bright sunshine, the AWOL Vision Aetherion Max RGB Laser UST Projector gives movie theaters a run for their money.

Surprised by the hype around yet another documentary on Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes? It has everything to do with this experimental comedian.

This direct-to-consumer brands latest top-of-the-line devices work well but only showcase incremental improvements over previous models.

Scientists cant agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its toll.

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The Federal Aviation Administration will likely have thoughts about the Tesla Roadster 2s ability to leave the ground.

The automaker unveiled its next luxury sports car at an event in Texas. It has thrusters on it that can send it airborne.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and mens tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.

Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets arent widely seeking justice. Instead, theyre being encouraged to adopt those same tools.

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Trumps newly installed press secretary tells WIRED that in the early 2010s, she promoted a product for a company then called Beachbody, which she described as sort of a pyramid scheme.

The artists macabre short works have been adapted into eerily freaky 30-minute bites for television. We got a sneak preview of the next episode airing on HBO Max.

Low-quality AI-generated content currently dominates childrens media. Maka, a streaming platform run by child development experts, is offering an alternative.

As a recent government report on DOGE shows, even getting basic information out of the Trump administration will put a new Congress to the test.

Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

Permanent eave lights that attach to the exterior of your home are becoming more popular. But are they worth the effort and cost?

Though scaled back from initial plans of landing, the voyage will serve as a dress rehearsal for when humans return to the moons surface.

Contracts tied to elections in Ethiopia and Romania saw massive trading volumes after the outcomes were decided. Its obviously some form of volume manipulation, one expert says.

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With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, the White House knows it has to go all in on Senate raceswhile virtually forfeiting the House.

AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Nio is here to make matters even worse.

Brian K. Vaughan claims hes seen Dune: Part Three and its a fucking beautiful movie.

The Form Studio 1 is a $699 desktop-sized printer that fits on a desk and only stinks a little bit.

The second iteration of the viral Friend AI necklace is louder and less interesting.

The Breville Eye Q uses optical sensors to measure the darkness of your toast. Cool tech, but the toasting quality needs improvement.

A mysterious super PAC that doubles as a pro-solar-energy outfit is funding some of the most knives-out attack ads of the midterms season.

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a certain kind of person writes in all lowercase now. why?