If the US is headed for a recession, or even if Americans think it might be, the amount of income they want to spend on monthly streaming subscriptions might see a dip, analysts tell WIRED. Last week, President Donald Trump rolled out a policy that places a blanket 10 percent tariff on goods coming from… Continue reading Even Streaming Services Might Be Hurt by Trump’s Tariffs
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Renoun Endurance 88 Skis Review: Switch Between Soft and Stiff
The advantages, though, were clear in my two days of testing in Arizona (I planned to ski a third day at Mount Hood in Oregon, where conditions are worse than in the Southwest, but a big spring storm had the roads under winter advisory, and I was not interested in strapping tire chains onto a… Continue reading Renoun Endurance 88 Skis Review: Switch Between Soft and Stiff
Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
In a secret location in the United States, two white wolves are lounging in the grass in a sunny, roughly one-acre enclosure. It’s early spring and a chill wind blows through bare trees nearby. The humans in the enclosure are wearing their winter jackets. With their thick, shaggy fur, the 5-month-old wolves are better adapted… Continue reading Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Gen 3: A Hall Effect 60% Keyboard
Photograph: Henri Robbins Like almost every keyboard today, the Apex Pro Mini has multiple layers of sound-dampening inside the case. This includes a dense foam layer between the plate and PCB, a secondary foam layer underneath the PCB, and a thick piece of silicone filling the bottom of the case. Peeling back the silicone reveals… Continue reading SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Gen 3: A Hall Effect 60% Keyboard
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED. The agency is expected to partner with a third-party vendor to manage… Continue reading DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s enormous booster. The most visible sign of SpaceX making headway with Starship’s first stage—called Super Heavy—came at 9:40 am local time (10:40 am EDT; 14:40 UTC) Thursday at the company’s Starbase launch site in South… Continue reading SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs
Bad news for Nintendo fans in the US who planned to preorder the Switch 2 on April 9: The company is delaying purchases for the console “in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.” Although the launch date, June 5, remains the same, Nintendo says it will update preorder timing… Continue reading Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance. The Heard and McDonald Islands, known for their populations of penguins and seabirds, can only be reached by… Continue reading Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
Before the official faculty profiles of renowned Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang and his wife disappeared and the FBI raided two of the couple’s homes last week, the school is said to have been reviewing for months whether the professor received unreported research funding from China, WIRED has learned. Indiana University… Continue reading Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence
Executives at artificial intelligence companies may like to tell us that AGI is almost here, but the latest models still need some additional tutoring to help them be as clever as they can. Scale AI, a company that’s played a key role in helping frontier AI firms build advanced models, has developed a platform that… Continue reading This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence