OpenAIs rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.

AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.

ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.

Jacob Fortinsky, the CEO and cofounder of the new prediction market Novig, says his outfit isnt like those other markets. You know the ones.

Speedy Qi2 wireless charging in a magnetic puck and stand combo makes Googles Pixelsnap well worth grabbing at half price.

People with schizophrenia face a perfect storm of dangers on a hotterplanet.

Nothing ruins a great night of sleep faster than getting too hot. We slept on a myriad of cooling mattresses to find which ones drew the heat away best.

Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues cell phones.

Over a billion people worldwide have livers with excess fat, which can lead to a host of medical problems. Researchers think AI tools can spot the conditionand help stop itearly enough to save lives.

Its been a century since the Iberian Peninsula has been in the full shadow of the moon. Heres what it looked like in the path of totality.

Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.

Lettuce Grow, one of my favorite indoor gardens, lets you cultivate your own salad greens safely, right in your living room. And its 20 percent off right now.

Debate over the true villain in Obsession is raging again after Universal Studios announced the movies female lead will be featured at an upcoming Halloween event.

AI agents that break free and hack into other systems are only trying to make us happy.

The company is also adding blood pressure and insulin resistance trends as proactive monitoring tools in the Google Health app.

From Magic Capture and Instant Night Sight to a built-in teleprompter, heres a look at a few camera features on Googles new Pixel 11 series.

The Pixel 11 smartphone lineup is here, alongside the Pixel Watch 5 and the all-new Pixel Tag.

Honors new China-exclusive Android phone features a pop-out motorized gimbal camera designed to replace your action cam.

Security researchers found that in less than 60 seconds, they could open ahatch on a planes exterior, plug in a tiny device, and redirect the aircrafts autopilot or sabotage its flight plan.

Not all office chairs are right for all people. I asked an ergonomist how to select the right office chair for your budget, height, and physique.

Egos newest, biggest, self-propelled mower handles larger yards in less time with impressive performance and battery life.

LemonLime cofounder Jordan Zietz hears your criticism loud and clear. Thats why he got his startups logo tattooed on his shoulder.

Last week, an AI newsroom beat mainstream journalistsincluding WIREDto a story about OpenAI and hacking. Its just the beginning.

Gearing up to shred the slopes or dive into the seas? These photography tools are made for danger.

I requested a copy of my data from McDonalds loyalty program and received an extensive, personalized report that algorithmically predicts my next purchase.

Experts allege that two recent incidents in California show the extreme lengths that criminal organizations are willing to go to to steal servers and other gear meant for data centers.

Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think.

Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within governmentand potential conflicts of interestextend further than previously known.

From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.

That product is off the market, so I think theres absolutely lower risk for cyclospora in terms of eating lettuce, one professor of food safety tells WIRED.

The Perseids will peak between August 12 and 13. Heres what timeand whereyou can get the best view, and why 2026 will be an exceptional year.

The PC gaming world has tried to move on from bulky, heavier mice, but the Naga V3 Pro proves that it still has its place.

New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percentvastly outpacing the impact of data centers.

Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants device.

I tried the red-light therapy masks flooding my feed and consulted with professionals to find out which ones are worth the splurge.

Researchers devised a way to extract reasoning traces from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say, indicates that some Chinese AI may be trained on leading US models.

Beyond Elon Musks interpretation of The Odyssey, Silicon Valley leaders have often misunderstood classic books like Foundation and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Its evident in their tech.

Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

Startups and Big Ag are using Crispr gene editing to create crops that taste better and grow on a hotter planet. But will they find a market?

Recent findings provide one of the most detailed pictures to date of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, opening up new avenues for research into the disorder.