RSAC 2026 shipped five agent identity frameworks and left three critical gaps open
“You can deceive, manipulate, and lie. That’s an inherent property of language. It’s a feature, not a flaw,” CrowdStrike...
What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026 and how to put your best application forward
Here's what we're looking for in your Startup Battlefield 200 application and how to make sure your application reflects...
Delve whistleblower strikes again, with alleged receipts about ‘fake compliance’
Shortly after Delve's founder published a lengthy denial of allegations, while promising changes, the accuser came forwa...
Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram
Among the premium features on Instagram is the ability to view a Story without the poster seeing that you viewed it and ...
Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J. D. Vance
More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base....
Cohere's open-weight ASR model hits 5.4% word error rate — low enough to replace speech APIs in production pipelines
Enterprises building voice-enabled workflows have had limited options for production-grade transcription: closed APIs wi...
Our Favorite Amazon Streaming Stick Is Almost Half Off
The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is great for the Prime Video devout and handles other streaming services just as well....
Apple will hide your email address from apps and websites, but not cops
Demands for Apple customer records by federal agents in recent months underscore the privacy limitations of email....
Uber is buying Berlin startup Blacklane to bolster its ‘Elite’ offering
It's a notable exit for Blacklane, which has raised more than $100 million from backers like Mercedes-Benz and Sixt....
Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem
Mantis takes disparate sources of data to make synthetic datasets that can be used to build so-called "digital twins" of...
ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand
ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time....
AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round
The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challe...
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris
Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026....
Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales
As AI floods software development with code, Qodo is betting the real challenge is making sure it actually works....
5 Best Video Doorbell Cameras (2026): Smart, Battery, AI, Budget, and Subscription-Free
Never miss a delivery. These WIRED-tested picks will help you keep tabs on your front door from anywhere....
The Best Earplugs for Protecting Your Hearing (2026)
Whether you want to sleep through the party or rock out (safely) to your favorite band, these earplugs will help block o...
Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space
Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day....
Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant
Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be succes...
‘Guns, Beer, Titties, Freedom’: Inside the World’s Toughest Off-Road Race
Every winter, 80,000 people gather in the California desert for King of the Hammers, a popular racing series featuring h...
This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms
WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections....
The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged
Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from...
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora
OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the p...
The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great
The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn't brought a ton of upgrades to its newest b...
YouTube CEO says the best YouTubers will ‘never leave their home’
CEO Neal Mohan insisted that he isn’t worried about Netflix luring away YouTube's most popular creators....