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.
Science/Tech
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.
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.
Riding High After I.P.O., SpaceX to Buy A.I. Start-Up for $60 Billion
SpaceX exercised its option to acquire Cursor in an all-stock deal, bolstering Elon Musk’s ambitions in artificial intelligence.
Five big questions about the UK’s under-16s social media ban
A ban is coming – but it’s still not clear what it will mean for sites including Roblox, YouTube and WhatsApp.
Ripple Invests In Flutterwave To Boost Africa’s Digital Payments Infrastructure
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments infrastructure company, today announces a strategic investment from Ripple, the leading provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions for traditional and digital finance. This partnership marks the definitive next phase of Flutterwave’s long-term stablecoin strategy, seamlessly connecting its existing cross-border settlement capabilities with...
15 Best Office Chairs of 2026— We Tested 70 to Pick Them
Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats.
Venus’ Strange Rotation Was Likely Triggered By a High Velocity Moon-Sized Impactor
New simulations suggest Venus’ extremely slow backward rotation may have been triggered by a high-angle collision with a fast-moving object roughly one-tenth its mass. The impact could have dramatically altered Venus’ spin and melted nearly its entire mantle. Universe Today reports: Venus’ bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists....
TikTok Shoppers Thought They Were Bidding on iPhones. Instead, They Won Teddy Bears
Sellers on TikTok used pricey items to lure bidders to “Surprise Sets” livestreams, but most of the auctions yielded only cheap prizes. Gambling experts are concerned about the potential for harm.
Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra Smartwatch Review (2026): Solid Off-Road Performer
Amazfit’s trail running smartwatch delivers solid off-road performance at a bargain price compared to its competitors.
Streamer IShowSpeed Is Gen Z’s ESPN
At 21, Speed has pushed the limits of streaming by transforming a distinctly solo format into a global group chat. His song for this year’s World Cup is becoming the tournament’s unofficial anthem.
‘Pretty Crazy’ Token Usage Is Testing Bosses’ Bet on AI
A Silicon Valley software maker and an ecommerce company reveal to WIRED how they are navigating the emerging challenge of “tokenomics.”
A.I. Boom Ignites Asian Chip Companies
They make much of the gear that goes into giant data centers. Demand for their products is shifting the balance of tech power.
The Commodore Callback 8020 Is a Digital Detox Phone That Isn’t Dumb
With a retro look and T9 texting, the Commodore Callback 8020 smart flip phone taps into the nostalgic yearning for simpler days. It can run Spotify and Uber, but Instagram is blocked.
A Chinese Rocket Breaks Apart Dangerously Close To the Starlink Constellation
A Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket’s upper stage broke apart shortly after last week’s June 9 launch, likely creating 100 to 150 pieces of debris in a busy region of low-Earth orbit crossed by the ISS and lower-altitude Starlink satellites. Most fragments should reenter within months because of atmospheric drag, but experts say the incident adds to a worsening trend as China leaves more large rocket...
The Unfinished Work Of June 16: Many South Africans Are Still Being Educated Into Exclusion
Every year, Youth Day asks South Africa to remember the courage of young people who stood against a system designed to limit their future. The young people of 1976 were not only protesting a language policy. They were rejecting an education system that prepared black children for a life of restricted opportunity. Nearly five decades […]
AI could help win ‘race against extinction’ of vital plants, say botanists
Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data
The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
New technology is enabling scientists to track how flowering times...
Qobuz Is the Anti-Spotify Music Streamer You’ve Been Waiting For
With its music focus, no-AI content policy, and larger artist royalties, the hi-res streaming service is scooping up all sorts of switchers.
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