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Eyes Wide Shut

The Secrets of a US Spyware King

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.

By Kim Zetter

New York Forever

Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race

James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.

By Noah Shachtman

Inner Loop

The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms

President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.

By Hugo Lowell

AI Lab

The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

By Reece Rogers

Cough Cough

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

By Michael Mechanic

Shock Value

Casio’s Crystal G-Shock Is the Most Expensive Ever Made

By Jeremy White

Brain Drain

Neurable’s First Brain-Scanning Headphones Want to Fine-Tune Your Focus

By Julian Chokkattu

WIRED@NIGHT

Join WIRED@Night for an Uncanny Valley Live Recording on Women, Tech, and Power

By WIRED Staff

Reviews

Gift Guide

Smarter Gift Ideas for the New Parents in Your Life

Buying Guide

The Best Wi-Fi Routers to Reach Every Corner of Your Home

Product Review

The Tractive Cat 6 Mini Is a Fitbit for Your Cat

Product Review

What’s in the Guts of Apple’s Most Powerful Computer Ever?

Subscriber Exclusives

Kernel Panic

Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox.

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Backchannel

War Bros Didn’t Always Rule Silicon Valley

Model Behavior

I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk

Inner Loop

A US-China AI Hotline Won’t Be Ready for a While

AI Lab

AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot

Politics

The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer

A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

These Extremists Are Running for Election in November

Security

OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack

OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

Science

A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Editing Human Embryos

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

Business

Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear

OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns

Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers

Gear News

2 Driverless Cars Crashed Going 155 mph. That Could Be a Good Thing

The Range Rover Sport Electric Arrives With More for Less

OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse

Reviews

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Gifts for Book Lovers I’d Be Thrilled to Get Myself

The Best Gaming Routers, as Tested By an Entire Family of Gamers

The Best Kids’ Mattresses, Life-Tested by an Actual Toddler

Culture

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Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business

Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads

Party Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed Connections

What to Watch

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The 8 Best Movies to Stream This Month

The 9 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month

Marvel Has Assigned 42 Hours of Homework Before Avengers: Doomsday

Podcast: Uncanny Valley

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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI

Anonymous Men Have Turned Cyberharassment Into a Group Sport—Here’s One Woman’s Side of the Story

Here’s What the AI Apocalypse Could Look Like

The Big Story

Choke Points

How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

By Lama Rabah, Sabrina Slipchenko, Charles Boutaud, Firas Taweel, and Elena DeBre