Apple Watch Series 12 interprets health data as ‘Readiness’ metrics. Screenshot from Apple.com Recently, Apple announced its Apple Watch Series 12 device, which will come with a “Health Sensing Sys…

The Trump administration says it wants AI models free from ideological bias, as it pressures their developers to reflect the president’s worldview.

The settlement came after testimony Tuesday by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg had also been expected to take the stand.

Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.

The Justice Department and TikTok, along with parent company ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement f...

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...

Whether you’re focused on introducing screen time to a toddler or social media to a teen, we’ve compiled expert guidance to help your family manage tech with more curiosity and less conflict.

A Wyoming woman alleges in a federal lawsuit that her stepfather used the Grok chatbot to transform a childhood photo into child sexual abuse material.

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.

WHOOP is the 24/7 wearable built for people who take recovery as seriously as effort—sleep, strain, and heart health in one device.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.

A New Mexico state court ordered Meta (META.O) on Thursday to pay $567 million into a ​teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users after finding the company is to bla...

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.

Yesterday, I had a new article published in Critical Studies in Media Communication called “‘You can actually feel the machines processing: podcasting and the infrastructural politics o…

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The Trump administration is pushing for Americans to upload personal health data to new apps run by private tech companies.

A week after Disney and Universal filed a landmark lawsuit against Midjourney, the generative AI startup’s new V1 video tool will make clips of Shrek, Deadpool, and other famous creations.

As wearable technologies become more popular, it’s important to consider how they actually work and what their data actually tells us.

As wearable technologies become more popular, it’s important to consider how they actually work and what their data actually tells us.

Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.

Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, viewed Instagram as a threat.

The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google is operating an illegal monopoly in online advertising technology.

As Elon Musk's DOGE continues to slash through the federal government, Democrats in the US Senate are calling for an update to 1974 legislation to restrict government use of personal data and introduce...

Apple isn’t required to make any changes, though.

If you don’t understand how digital tech is changing, you’ll be swallowed by it. From post-quantum algorithms and thermodynamic hardware to open source architectures and apocalypse-proof programming,…

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a field guide for the DOGE era.

WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.

Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond.