India to Turkiye, can new proposals to broker Russia-Ukraine truce succeed?

India, Turkiye, Egypt and the US have put forward proposals for ceasefires in bid to protect global energy and shipping.

Google’s AI note-taking app transcribes your meetings completely offline

Google has released an experimental note-taking app that can transcribe meetings and audio files entirely offline, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The app, c...

Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots

Full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.

School protests, blockades resume in France despite PM’s promise to act

Dozens of people have been injured in the protests, including students, teachers, and police officers.

The Hormuz bonus: Sailor salaries soar for transits amid Iran war

Reports have emerged that tanker captains are earning $100,000 plus a $50,000 per-trip bonus to transit the strait.

A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist

Sen. Blanche Lincoln wrote law that let US ban sports-event contracts. She lobbies for the other side now.

Spend Elon Musk’s Money

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

How Massive Is Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune? Spend It Yourself

WIRED has partnered with Neal Agarwal of Neal.fun to create a visualization of Elon Musk’s massive wealth. Here’s how it came together.

GTA VI will have in-game podcasts and at least six radio stations

Music is always a major part of a Grand Theft Auto game, and Rockstar Games says GTA VI will have the series' "biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game r...

The Retro Song Bird plays just the music from your favorite Game Boy cartridges

The Retro Song Bird may look similar to devices like Epilogue's GB Operator with a slot on top for Game Boy cartridges, but it's not designed for playing retro ...

Photos: Protests erupt after 87-year-old evicted woman dies in Madrid

Nationwide outrage grows after the death of woman whose eviction sparked protests and political tensions.

Robert Jenrick MP reported to police and Prevent over comments on Islam

Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick has been reported to the Metropolitan Police and referred to the counter-extremism scheme Prevent over comments in which he describe...

Malaysia PM says will work on Myanmar’s ASEAN reintegration

Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Malaysia for a two-day visit, his first since he became president in April.

Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk kills at least 12 people

Fourteen people were wounded in the Russian strike on city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, local authorities say.

Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of ...

75 great October Prime Day deals are still happening

It’s always a little awkward when this many deals survive what was supposed to be the “end” of a big Amazon sale. Nevertheless, I’m happy to say that most of th...

Google is launching a one-stop Gemini agent for your work tasks

Google is launching a "universal" Gemini AI agent that can work across apps and devices in the background. The tool, announced as part of the Gemini at Work eve...

Atari is bringing back one of its earliest 8-bit home computers

After resurrecting iconic consoles like the 2600 and Mattel's Intellivision, Atari is relaunching one of the brand's personal computers that originally debuted ...

Best Reusable Water Bottles of 2026, Tested by WIRED

We dropped them, tossed them in bags, and cleaned their fiddly lids. Here are the ones we recommend.

Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life

I’ve spent a year living with Alexa Plus, and it both delights and frustrates me, which is the smart home in a nutshell. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / Th...

How much does France spend on education compared with the rest of Europe?

Amid student protests, Al Jazeera visualises how French spending stacks up against defence and healthcare.

Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?

My Decoder guest today is Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, and we’re discussing the new wave of consumer-friendly AI agents. If you’ve been paying ...

Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts

At the New York Film Festival premiere of Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic, the director said onstage that "[when] someone wants to pla...

WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch

From data centers to Elon Musk funding to the AI lobby, the 2026 midterms are the most WIRED elections yet. These are the candidates we're following closely.

Amazon’s new Kids Tablets let parents manage access to the Google Play store

Alongside its new collection of Alexa Tablets that run Android with full access to the Google Play store, Amazon is introducing kid versions with similar functi...

UK police charge Royal Navy member accused of working with foreign power

Police say the incident is not connected to ongoing investigations at the RAF Fairford airbase.

Bosnia’s political future looks increasingly like its past

Three nationalist parties are poised to dominate again, deepening fears of division and paralysis.

Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’

The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for ...

GTA VI leaks continue with a lengthy (and very nude) gameplay video

The GTA VI leaks keep coming - and the latest is almost as long as the game's official "extended look" on Netflix. Only instead of showing off all the various g...

A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Detector Explains the Nobel Prize–Winning Technology

“Detecting a neutrino is like looking for a needle in a haystack,” says Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, who breaks down why researchers are looking for the cosmic parti...