A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the answer to climate change, or a trap?

Katie Thornton

Ranking the Best Red-Light Therapy Mask and LED Devices of 2026

Your face called, and it’s low-key offended you might trust TikTok more than WIRED.

Boutayna Chokrane

Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin

Is PlayStation about to make the same mistake Microsoft made with Xbox One?

Matt Kamen

My Father Wants to Age in Place. AI Will Be Watching

Devices that monitor seniors for safety are appealing to worried loved ones and underresourced home care agencies.

Steven Blum

Paramount Refused to Air an Ad Criticizing Its Merger With Warner Bros.

The commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump’s UFC event. It criticized the $111 billion merger as a threat to the First Amendment.

Miles Klee

In Praise of a Dumb House

Tech has been encroaching on the family domicile for years—but actor, writer, and satirist Jill Kargman is all in on analog.

Jill Kargman

What Do Americans Spend on Housing?

WIRED surveyed readers on their housing costs. The answers paint a stark portrait of unaffordability, climate adaptation, and the death of the homeowner dream.

Sandra Upson

Designing the Dream House of an 87-Year-Old Tech Visionary

An icon of Silicon Valley’s counterculture, Stewart Brand is confronting his final years in a home that embodies the self-sufficient, DIY ethos of his famous Whole Earth Catalog.

Steven Levy

An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi

The incident could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business, which designs and tests prototype motors for military customers.

Paresh Dave

Meta’s AI Workers Are Revolting, Peter Thiel’s Secret Society, and SBF’s Plea to Trump

On today’s Uncanny Valley, we dive into the dysfunction in Meta’s newly formed AI unit and why it’s been driving already-low employee morale even further into the ground.

Brian Barrett

Your Future Workout Self Wants You to Open These Prime Day Fitness Tech Deals

I've compiled a list of the best fitness tech deals this Amazon Prime Day, including smartwatches, walking pads, and recovery gear. You can thank me later.

Boutayna Chokrane

What if the Universe Isn’t as Uniform as Scientists Think?

A study based on 47 million galaxies found that the cosmic web retains patterns on enormous scales, which could force a reevaluation of a pillar of cosmology.

Jorge Garay