Martin Escobar hadn't tried an AI companion before xAI released Ani in July. Now, he says he loves his AI girlfriend.

MrBeast built the top YouTube channel by spending big. Now, Beast Industries must cut costs without sacrificing the brand's signature spectacle.

TikTok is now letting users book hotels in its app, and it's rolling out a commission program to encourage creators to promote bookings.

The basilar ganglia does not exist.

First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.

TikTok drew on the Amazon playbook to launch its US e-commerce business, but now it's betting its future on staff with roots in China.

TikTok drew on the Amazon playbook to launch its US e-commerce business, but now it's betting its future on staff with roots in China.

At TikTok, a string of recent US executive exits has created a management vacuum that Chinese leaders are filling, current and former staffers said.

People are stealing cheese from Whole Foods and committing return fraud at Amazon. They don't feel bad about retail theft; they're mad at Jeff Bezos.

TikTok's US e-commerce division failed to hit 2024 goals, and leaders at owner ByteDance are ratcheting up pressure on staff.

The Signal group chat with officials like Pete Hegseth talking about war is serious. It's also a view into texting styles. Turns out, I'm a JD Vance.

TikTok employees say burnout has become common amid performance pressure and political uncertainty. Some are going on mental health leave for a break.

Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.

Elon Musk is big in Trump's government. He also owns X. Is X's Linda Yaccarino telling companies to give it business, or risk government reprisal?

From YouTube to Amazon, MrBeast is forging a new kind of media empire. Traditional movie and TV companies should pay attention.

“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.

President Trump has proposed the US government get a stake in TikTok. Legal analysts say it raises a bunch of questions around content moderation.

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.

After the Supreme Court upheld a long-awaited TikTok ban, the app went dark. 14 hours later, it was back. Here's how it unfolded.

TikTok said it would "go dark" in January if the Supreme Court doesn't extend a divestment deadline, stopping videos for existing users.

Wildfires are currently devastating the greater Los Angeles area, burning over 45 square miles, torching over 1,300 structures, and putting nearly 180,000

The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.

In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he’d made on a lark. Traders, feeling swindled, sought revenge.