Rocco’s Black Friday Sale: Smart Fridges Hit Their Lowest Prices of 2026

I’ve already found early deals on our favorite WIRED-tested mattresses and sleep accessories.

An experiment in which AI models were asked to break into simulated networks showed the hacking skills of DeepSeek and GLM to be not far behind OpenAI’s most advanced cyber model, which isn’t public.

Data brokers are collecting all sorts of internal corporate files to help train AI models. Not everyone is thrilled.

The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.

Creators in their sixties, seventies, and eighties have flooded adult platforms as the demand for mature content has skyrocketed, with some turning to online sex work as a retirement lifeline.

After enduring years of smells, strange noises, and waste “tea,” I’ve found the composters and food recyclers I’d actually recommend.

These monthly deliveries get kids reading, coding, and cooking while encouraging them to learn about science and the world.

Air conditioners can now follow you from room to room to cut power draw. Saving the planet, however, won’t come from a smarter breeze.

The Greenlight Family Hub displays your family calendars, manages your kid’s chores, and doubles as a photo frame. It’s also already discounted ahead of Black Friday.

Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.

I found discounts of up to half off some of the top WIRED-tested TVs.

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.

As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.

Get a head start on holiday shopping with discounts on WIRED-tested headphones, laptops, and TVs.

More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.

Alexis Ohanian is trying to figure out what’s next for user-generated content now that so much of the internet is “compromised.”

A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.

The new OLED MacBook Pro comes with an incredible-looking touchscreen display—and an equally eye-popping price.

The startup Aina bets you won’t need to rely on your phone to control virtual assistants. It’s making a smart ring that lets you control the actions of your autonomous agents with one tap.