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    China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

    As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.

    Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine

    Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them to sidestep US regulations.

    Chinese Drivers Are Using Tiny Plastic Heads to Fool Tesla’s Autopilot Safeguards

    A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla's distracted-driving controls.

    CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats

    “Defenders cannot afford to take weeks to patch,” one Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official warned on Wednesday.

    Come to Our WIRED@NIGHT02 Film Screening!

    See the documentary The Oldest Person in the World before it’s in theaters.

    Conflicting Rulings Leave Anthropic in ‘Supply-Chain Risk’ Limbo

    A US appeals court ruling is at odds with a separate, lower court decision from March, leaving uncertainty about if and how the US...

    Could Contact-Tracing Apps Help With the Hantavirus? Not Really

    Contact-tracing apps were widely deployed during the Covid pandemic. They aren’t as helpful during smaller outbreaks.

    Cricut Explore 5 vs. Siser Romeo: Choosing the Right Smart Cutting Machine (2026)

    Friendly hobby machine or serious production tool? Here’s how to know which one is for you.

    Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming

    Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite mystery may have been solved, and...

    Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow

    Plus: A ransomware group is now stealing data in person, BusPatrol wants to hand its license plate surveillance data to the cops, and more.

    Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

    Plus: Instructure’s Canvas ransomware debacle comes to a close, an alleged dark net market kingpin gets arrested, OpenAI workers fall victim to a supply...

    Daisy’s First Headphones Are Premium, High-Quality—and Just a Little Bit Cheaper

    The California-based startup enters a crowded headphone market with a $399 chiseled-aluminum gamble.

    Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe

    A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang.

    Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip

    Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

    Designer Baby Companies Are in Turmoil

    Bootstrap Bio and Manhattan Genomics, which were pursuing human embryo editing to prevent serious disease, have shut down.

    DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’

    The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump...