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2mos ago

Brain boosting toys for kids: WIRED highlights smart Lego and AI pets

WIRED’s roundup favors toys that turn music, balance, repair and AI into hands-on play, from $19 mats to a $1,299 drone.

By Riley Okafor

2mos ago

What is entropy? WIRED explainer cuts through the messy-room myth

Rhett Allain explains entropy as probability, not household mess, using dice, heat transfer and microscopic states.

By June Castellano

2mos ago

DSA researcher data access is still stuck behind platform gates

European researchers say TikTok, X and Meta still make platform data hard to obtain despite EU rules designed to let vet...

By Dana Voss

2mos ago

FCC drone ban faces scrutiny after Odyssey Robot office visit

The Verge found little sign of drone manufacturing at Odyssey Robot, raising new questions about the FCC’s foreign drone...

By Dana Voss

2mos ago

Facebook full screen video test pushes the app closer to TikTok

Tom Alison says Facebook will test opening directly into full-screen video as Meta tries to keep users from drifting to...

By Dana Voss

2mos ago

BenQ TK705STi review finds a gamer-first 4K projector with tradeoffs

WIRED rated BenQ’s TK705STi 6/10, praising low-latency gaming while faulting movie contrast, daytime viewing and auto-ke...

By Riley Okafor

2mos ago

Mike Lindell governor bid splits Trump and Minnesota Republicans

Trump endorsed Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor, but state GOP leaders say he brings financial baggage and weak gener...

By Dana Voss

2mos ago

Kagi Small Web brings human-made sites to its paid search pitch

Kagi is building a human-curated Small Web alongside its paid private search engine, with new Android and iOS apps.

By Dana Voss

2mos ago

Teens skeptical of AI are not buying the chatbot hype

YPulse and Pew polling show teens use AI tools but worry about deepfakes, jobs, critical thinking and the planet.

By Riley Okafor

2mos ago

Myanmar scam compounds expanded despite crackdown, satellite images show

Satellite analysis reviewed by WIRED found at least 25 suspected scam sites built or expanded near Thailand in recent mo...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

LG McAfee ads will be disabled after Microsoft steps in

LG will disable McAfee pop-ups in its monitor installer after Microsoft intervened over Windows 11 complaints about unwa...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

AI Kill Switch Act would let DHS order shutdowns of risky AI systems

Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran propose DHS authority to slow or shut AI models after OpenAI and Anthropic incidents.

By Riley Okafor