Timef 03/07/2025

Jim Sanborn’s inbox is flooded with amateur cryptographers who say they’ve cracked the code with chatbots like Grok 3.

Physics is weird. Especially when you’re dealing with moving reference frames.

Eleven11bot infects webcams and video recorders, with a large concentration in the US.

No matter whether you’re streaming movies or playing Overwatch, AOC’s QD-OLED gaming monitor shines.

This efficient, smart hair dryer would feel more intelligent if it got the basics right.

This emergency first aid kit will be ready to rescue your Mac or Windows machine when disaster strikes.

Big Dating got singles hooked on convenience culture. But finding a partner is work—and a batch of matchmaking services think they’ve cracked the code for partnership.

The old-fashioned drip coffee maker has come a long way. Our favorite machines here can turn your barista into a stranger.

Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a fundamental human need.

From personalized gifts to business essentials, WIRED can help you save with our selection of VistaPrint promo codes.

Check out our deals for Nike this month, including up to 40% off select styles.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.

Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.

On Uncanny Valley this week, our hosts talk about the pronatalism movement, and how the push to increase birth rates is trending among some of Silicon Valley's biggest and wealthiest names.

Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

OneWeb, Project Kuiper, and IRIS2 could all, in time, replace Elon Musk's satellite communications system in Ukraine, but they will struggle to replicate Starlink's coverage and usability.

New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Merino is one of the best fabrics you can wear. We explain the different blends, what GSM means, and how to care for your clothes.