Three of five regional winners of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize are suspected of relying on chatbots. Theyre certainly not alone.

Major fires are threatening homes and ecologically sensitive areas following a hot, dry winter.

Google is sprucing up its Gemini models, revamping search, and enabling AI agents in everything. There are also some spiffy new smart glasses coming this fall.

On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can.

Heres your first look at smart glasses coming from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, powered by Google and Samsungs XR platform.

Vibe-coded results! Super widgets! Bots that never sleep! Googles vision for the future of Search is hyper-personalized, automated, and extremely AI.

Googles always-running, data-hungry AI agent is designed to spend your money and send your emails.

The CEO of Google DeepMind tells WIRED that companies should use the productivity gains of AI to do more, not lay people off.

Googles overhaul of its AI creation software, Flow, includes a new video model and a tool for generating selfie videos called avatars.

The ex-employees, who cofounded a new AI watchdog group, say investors deserve more information about xAIs safety practices before SpaceX goes public.

The job, which is associated with the Zuckerberg family office, is located in Kauai, Hawaii, where the Meta CEO owns a massive compound.

The Coyl uses a coil design for the power cable, keeping it neat and taut between the desk and the wall. And instead of relying on boring levers to adjust the height, it has a nifty rotary dial.

Recreation.gov was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, its rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits.

The hedge fund billionaire turned gubernatorial candidate wants to tax Californias ultrawealthy, regulate AI, and keep Silicon Valley happy at the same time. Good luck with that.

Break the pattern of unlocking your phone for one thing and then getting sucked into something else. Set up your lock screen to show all the information you need at a glance.

Follow our live coverage of Googles annual developer keynote, where the company will announce updates to its Gemini suite of AI tools details about Android XR smart glasses.

Starting May 19, tech platforms in the US will have to comply with the Take It Down Act. Heres how more than a dozen major platforms are handling takedown demands for your nonconsensual nudes.

The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision.

Leicas first home entertainment projector is pricey, but like the companys cameras, the image quality is worth the splurge.

So why didnt Swatch do anything to avoid it?

Before vaccines, some parents intentionally exposed their children to the virus. In the internet age, that thinking is resurfacing.

CAR-T cell therapy is already a potent treatment for certain cancers. Now, a small study is showing early promise for managing HIV.

Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.

David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer whos described himself as a fucking savage, now runs a company that provided training to Homeland Securitys Special Response Teams.

The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they cant.

States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power.

Go fully hands-free with these tips for Android and iOS.

Plus: Instructures Canvas ransomware debacle comes to a close, an alleged dark net market kingpin gets arrested, OpenAI workers fall victim to a supply chain attack, .

Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.

Ive got one hand on the keyboard, one hand down below, an artist who role- plays with their chatbot tells WIRED. But some asexual advocates arent thrilled about the association.

On May 18, an asteroid about the size of Chicagos Cloud Gate will fly four times closer to Earth than the moon.

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Its the best time of year to pick up all the outdoor gadgets, tents, sleeping bags, and other gear youll need for summer fun.

Remote operators (slowly) drove the automakers autonomous vehicles into a metal fence and a construction barricade, Tesla says.

The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Experts say its drug war propaganda.

OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core product experience.

In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the countrys tourism industry.

Workers are getting worse health care, parental leave, and retirement benefits, showing once and for all that your job doesnt love you back.

Memorial Day isnt until May 26, but sales on our favorite gear have already started.

In a partnership with design firm Ammunition, the lamp company is taking its lights wireless.