The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.

On Uncanny Valley, we dive into the IPO bonanza that the top AI companies are embarking on to the point where some real estate listings are looking for not just regular old cash, but Anthropic stock.

The indie artist has played a string of surprise, small-venue shows with no phones allowed, prompting fans to piece together clues about a potential upcoming album.

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Metas smart glasses platform. Its designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users phones.

A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power.

You can tap the star-shaped, NFC-enabled wand at terminals to make contactless payments. It's the first of several tap-to-pay hardware doodads coming from Cash App.

From app-controlled security to electronic shifting and radar alerts, Segways Myon may have more tech than you need. Thats not always a bad thing.

With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.

A homeschooling center in Manhattan is part of the companys nationwide expansion. Internal documents reveal its strategy: Opening date > safety.

Quantinuum, a quantum computing startup, is losing millions. Investors want in anyway.

A video creator known as Doctor Spaghetti has scrutinized hours of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to get to the bottom of an explosive culinary conspiracy theory.

The app AT4K turns the messy Google TV interface into something closer to the Apple TVinterface, making it cleaner, more customizable, and less frustrating to use.

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Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.

Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.

Influential figures, including Nick Fuentes, have been accused of hijacking the murder of Henry Nowak to push a racist agenda.

Activists say its the first time Big Tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects.

Spencer Huang, Nvidias robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds.

After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.

The man who headed Trumps invasions of US cities joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach remigrationa plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.

Fight the scourge of unsolicited rings and pings from spammers, scammers, and telemarketers.

The companys RTX Spark chips might finally turn the AI PC into reality.

How your front fork and rear shock work, so you can hurt less and have more fun.

Several real estate listings in the San Francisco Bay Area are offering to exchange a home for a piece of the AI startup.

The writer and anti-bullying activist is on social media, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.

Google, Microsoft, and other hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least its secure.

Soccer fans on r/WorldCup2026Tickets are using Claude to build DIY ticketing software, exchanging on back channels, and leaving scalpers scrambling.

A government committee says that the countrys growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability.

A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now hes suing for defamation.

Microsofts OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent confirmation signal to ensure whoevers calling you is who they appear to be.

In the social event planners first major move toward monetization, Partiful is getting ticketing directly in the app.

Opal, the company famous for making a fancy webcam, has pivoted to making other consumer electronics. Fueled by big investments from OpenAI and Samsung, its working on an audio gadget first.

Find the real deals on Amazon Prime Day this June.

The Amazing Digital Circus finale will hit more than 4,000 theaters around the world Thursday. Two weeks later itll be on YouTube, bucking Hollywood trends and testing the power of online fandom.

The air purifier giants P50 pedestal fan is whisper-quiet and surprisingly versatile, even if its built-in voice assistant feels stuck in beta.

Zak Brown spent a decade racing before joining the business side of Formula One. He talks to WIRED about rebuilding a legendary brand, obsessive fans, and the pull of the drivers seat.

The right-wing think tank is actively pushing civil terrorismincreasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.

Donald Trump killed an executive order to regulate AI. Now, administration officials and AI executives are trying to figure out if theres anything left to piece back together.