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Late Model
Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With OpenAI
The search giant should’ve been first to the chatbot revolution. It wasn’t. So it punched back with late nights, layoffs—and lowering some guardrails.
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Takeover
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
MAX IMPACT
The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
Reviews and Buying Guides
Buying Guide
The Best MagSafe Power Banks for Your iPhone
Keep your iPhone topped up with one of these WIRED-tested MagSafe portable chargers.
My Precious
The Best Smart Rings to Rule Them All
Buying Guide
The Best Humidifiers for Home and Away
Sound Investments
The Best Vinyl Accessories to Jazz Up Your Analog Audio
A Fever Spreads
Fear, Misinformation, and Measles Spread in Brooklyn
Originally published June 2019: Measles is back, health care workers are racing to contain it, and parents of vulnerable children are frantic. How a fever spread in a tight-knit community.
Of Mice and Men
How the Inbred Lab Mouse Helps Reprogram the Human Genome
We ❤️ Hardware
I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory
Love, Actuarially
How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love
Trending Stories
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Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue
Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”
Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War
Chinese ecommerce giants like Temu and AliExpress sell drone accessories like those used by soldiers in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Undergraduate Disproves 40-Year-Old Conjecture, Invents New Kind of Hash Table
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
DOGE’s Dodgy Numbers Employ a Tesla Technique
Safety researchers claim Elon Musk’s auto company has a long history of potentially misleading stats. Now it looks like his government department is following suit.
