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Don't uninstall those rarely used apps. Just securely stash them in the cloud until the next time you need them, and free up space on your phone in the meantime.

In the West, where herds of thousands of cattle are common, researchers are seeing cases rise at poultry and dairy operations. More than 50 workers have contracted the virus.

Plus: The US indicts North Koreans in fake IT worker scheme, file-sharing firm Cleo warns customers to patch a vulnerability amid live attacks, and more.

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 have some added hearing-aid capabilities. How well do they work in practice? I asked my grandmother, who is in her eighties, to try them for a week.

A UN treaty could be the beginning of the end for single-use plastic production—but victory over this pollutant isn’t yet in the bag.

If you missed our second live, subscriber-only Q&A with WIRED’s AI columnist Reece Rogers, you can watch the replay here.

In our final episode of WIRED Politics Lab, we make some predictions about the next four years with Donald Trump back in the White House.

A flurry of drone sightings across New Jersey and New York has sparked national intrigue and US government responses. But experts are pouring cold water on America’s hottest new conspiracy theory.

Keyu Tian and his coauthors won the Best Paper Award at the annual NeurIPS machine-learning conference for their work on a new technique for generating images. Some have objected to the decision.

Small, easily weaponizable drones have become a feature of battlefields from the Middle East to Ukraine. Now the threat looms over the US homeland—and the Pentagon's ability to respond is limited.

Print memories you can hang on the wall, stash in your wallet, or just hold in your hand.

Unlike Waymo’s hybrid system of AI training with hand-coded instructions, Wayve’s AI handles the entire self-driving process, learning unsupervised to cope with the unpredictable and drive more like we do.

AI creates what it’s told to, from plucking fanciful evidence from thin air, to arbitrarily removing people’s rights, to sowing doubt over public misdeeds.

By setting limits on app use, limiting your notifications, and keeping tabs on your screen time, you can unleash your mind from the tyranny of the scroll.

These are the best wraps, carriers, and slings to help you bring your infant wherever you go.

Online, lots of people have ideas about what could happen if the murder suspect’s life were given the Hollywood treatment. Let’s make sure that idea gets a red light.

The curated feed, now run by a team of six moderators, is the meeting ground for hundreds of thousands of Black users on Bluesky. Is it ready to meet the moment?

Frank McCourt says his bid for TikTok is part of a broader mission to move millions of people to healthier online platforms. “I compare this to large-scale, human physical migration.”

The best gift idea for your dad is a nicer version of something he already owns. The second best is one of these things.

The white supremacist Robert Rundo faces years in prison. But the “Active Club” network he helped create has proliferated in countries around the world, from Eastern Europe to South America.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, has been vocally anti-pharma. Pharma, Congress, and the courts, though, all get a say.

Google has new smart glasses, as well as a mixed-reality headset developed with Samsung. Both are powered by Gemini, both run a new version of Android, and both are due in 2025. I got to try them on.

The project’s leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry.