All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. What is the future of cars? For one thing, after substantial government support and poaching of top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally with charging… Continue reading Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover
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How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI
In early February, Edward “Big Balls” Coristine was one of two operatives for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) granted potentially wide-ranging access to a number of systems at the Small Business Administration (SBA). Through that foray, DOGE gained access to the National Finance Center (NFC), a sensitive system that provides human resources… Continue reading How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI
ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems
The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least, encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode is designed around the Socratic method, so when activated, OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot rejects direct requests for answers, instead guiding the user with open-ended questions. The… Continue reading ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems
The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid
More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the prolonged period of stress, isolation, loss, and uncertainty that the pandemic caused. A new scientific study, published this month in Nature Communications, has revealed that the pandemic may have accelerated… Continue reading The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid
Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Last week, the Trump administration announced a set of sweeping AI policy recommendations to “usher in a new golden age of human flourishing.” Among the suggested environmental rollbacks laid… Continue reading Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
The Best Smart Rings, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Honorable Mentions We have tested several other entrants to this nascent category, some good, some bad, and some in between. Here is the lowdown on some of your smart ring alternatives. Photograph: Adrienne So; Getty Images Movano Evie Ring for $269: When it first came out, the Movano Evie Ring (4/10, WIRED Review) was touted… Continue reading The Best Smart Rings, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Tesla Readies a Taxi Service in San Francisco—but Not With Robotaxis
Tesla has publicly staked its future on its robotaxis. Now the company is planning to launch a public car service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tesla is calling it a “robotaxi” service, but legally, this one will have to use cars with human drivers. The plan appears to put the electric car maker in… Continue reading Tesla Readies a Taxi Service in San Francisco—but Not With Robotaxis
Join Our Next Livestream: Inside Katie Drummond’s Viral Interview With Bryan Johnson
What does it mean to be healthy in 2025? Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who’s well known for his extreme attempts to slow the aging process, thinks he knows the answer. Does Johnson really have the healthiest body on Earth, as he claims? Will he achieve immortality through AI? Recently, WIRED global editorial… Continue reading Join Our Next Livestream: Inside Katie Drummond’s Viral Interview With Bryan Johnson
Somnee Smart Sleep Headband Review: High-Tech Help
I have struggled with insomnia for as long as I can remember. I’ve tried basically every sleep aid on the market, plus I need a sound machine, sleep mask, blackout curtain, and weighted blanket to even begin the process of trying to fall asleep. So I decided to try something new. Before bed, on and… Continue reading Somnee Smart Sleep Headband Review: High-Tech Help
Paramount Has a $1.5 Billion ‘South Park’ Problem
In an interview with Vanity Fair in September, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone all but swore off satirizing Donald Trump, with Parker noting, “I don’t know what more we could possibly say.” We found out what more they could say yesterday, in brutal fashion. The same day Paramount announced a five-year streaming… Continue reading Paramount Has a $1.5 Billion ‘South Park’ Problem