Join Our Livestream: The Hype, Reality, and Future of EVs

As electric vehicles have gone mainstream, buyers are facing a smorgasbord of options, and Tesla—once untouchable—is no longer the dominant force. Last year was a tough one for Elon Musk’s…

Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups,…

Valve’s latest Steam beta lets you add your PC’s specs to game reviews

An upcoming update to Steam includes a helpful improvement to game reviews. As part of the Steam Client Beta update Valve released on February 12, users will now be able…

Vast ‘Blobs’ of Rock Have Stabilized Earth’s Magnetic Field for Hundreds of Millions of Years

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own planet, not even making it through the thin crust. Information…

Google Revives Android 17 Beta 1 Just Days After Halting Launch

Google released the first beta of the next version of its smartphone OS, Android 17, on Friday, following an aborted launch earlier in the week.  Beta 1 was supposed to…

Valve’s new Steam beta lets users add their PC specs to reviews

User reviews on Steam may get more informative after a Steam Client Beta update released on Thursday, which adds an option for users to attach their hardware specs to game…

WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as “unethical”

“Exploiting scarcity is not ethical,” the WHO wrote in its statement today. Dangerous trial The United Nations health agency highlighted that the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose is “an effective,…

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE

Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, WIRED has learned. “If ICE comes in and…

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it’s preparing to roll out the feature globally. If…

Two years of the NordVPN Complete plan is 70 percent off

NordVPN is having a big sale on its two-year plans right now. The Complete tier, for example is 70 percent off, bringing the price of 24 months down to just…