How Rivian Is Pulling Off Its $45,000 Electric SUV

WIRED talks to CEO RJ Scaringe about how the automaker’s engineering team learned to say no—or…

The Kate Middleton Photo’s Most Glaring Photoshop Mistakes

Blurry hair, meandering zippers—we asked WIRED’s design department to explain the editing errors in Kate Middleton’s…

US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying

A closed-door presentation for House lawmakers late last year portrayed American anti-war protesters as having possible…

What’s Behind the Bitcoin Price Surge? Vibes, Mostly

The price of bitcoin has climbed to a new all-time high. But assigning the cryptocurrency a…

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Extreme Dishwasher Loading encourages members to “think quality, not quantity” when inviting new people to the…

Europe Lifts Sanctions on Yandex Cofounder Arkady Volozh

In June 2023, the cofounder of “Russia's Google” landed on the EU sanctions list. Now, he’s…

Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube

Get-rich-quick hustlers say it’s a great time to push AI-generated kids videos on YouTube. WIRED found…

Binance’s Top Crypto Crime Investigator Is Being Detained in Nigeria

Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have…

Why Elon Musk Had to Open Source Grok, His Answer to ChatGPT

Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to…

The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon’s New UFO Report Fails to Answer

The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it…