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Elon Musk secured his choke hold on the mechanics of the federal government weeks ago. Along with Donald Trump, he has already standardized chaos across the US.

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

The search giant should’ve been first to the chatbot revolution. It wasn’t. So it punched back with late nights, layoffs—and lowering some guardrails.

In the face of the Trump administration's anti-trans efforts, researchers and volunteers around the world are backing up federally-funded studies, and vowing to keep the resources online.

The latest Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument results fall short of the discovery threshold but strengthen evidence for dynamical dark energy.

A memo detailing plans for USAID touts blockchain technology. “It feels like a fake technological solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” says one expert.

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about what federal auditors actually do, and what they think of DOGE.

Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

When a young man from California broadcast his death on X, profit-hungry traders piled into a cryptocurrency created in his image.

These WIRED-tested and audiologist-approved devices will help you hear sounds more clearly. Never miss out on a dinner conversation again.

This compact resistance machine lets you lift weights and get in your cardio, and it has thoughtful safety features.

A svelte smart ring can track important health metrics and doesn't need to be charged every day.

A dubious “Van Gogh” has sparked a battle between technology, connoisseurs, and the high-stakes art market. What does AI, which is transforming art authentication, have to say about the verdict?

AI-powered agents need to be connected all the time to be truly effective. Sounds like a job for satellite internet providers.

Safety researchers claim Elon Musk’s auto company has a long history of potentially misleading stats. Now it looks like his government department is following suit.

The research-focused agent shows how a new generation of more capable AI models could automate some office tasks.

Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.

Because of faults with Boeing’s Starliner, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had to wait months for a ride back to Earth on a different spacecraft.