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Startup Canaery is partnering with a US Department of Energy lab to develop neural implants for rats and dogs that are capable of decoding what they smell.

The source code for the new Department of Government Efficiency’s “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority, while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com.

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, WIRED's politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk's involvement in the Trump Administration.

We had bartenders try a “GABA-enhancing” drink called Sentia to see if it mimicked the nicest parts of drinking alcohol without the hangover.

From a can of Spam to a mini suitcase, these are our favorite ways to disguise (and protect) Apple’s wireless earbuds. We have picks for protecting the over-the-ear AirPods Max headphones too.

Whether you’re biking to the office or schlepping a camera to a shoot, a laptop bag is your constant companion. These WIRED-reviewed packs do the job.

“Good game stories are going to be written by good narrative designers,” says Obsidian’s Carrie Patel. The new fantasy RPG she helmed gets an early release today.

Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse.

Common wisdom is that dating apps are over. But while millennials are tired of Tinder and upsells, swiping is alive and well.

Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app’s creator, wants it to be the one place to go for tracking disasters. He just needs all the data to do it.

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here are its possible impact points.

Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.

At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next.

The General Services Administration, staffed at its upper levels by Elon Musk associates, plans to sell 500-plus buildings—some of which house government agencies and the offices of US senators.

Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped of vegetation by the recent wildfires.

We tried dozens of house shoes to find the best pairs for working from home, running errands, and avoiding cold floors. Here are the ones worth your feet.

A team Microsoft calls BadPilot is acting as Sandworm's “initial access operation,” the company says. And over the last year it's trained its sights on the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.

The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.