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China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million rec...

The US Office of Personnel Management is telling federal workers to get in line—or get out.

One of US President Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But mapmakers are st...

Some worry the Chinese startup’s impressive tech indicates the US is losing its lead in AI, but it may really be a sign that a new approach...

Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country...

The company said Monday it was temporarily limiting new sign ups due to “large-scale malicious attacks” on its services.

The tech exists, and vehicles on the road already have it, yet a consortium of carmakers doesn’t want to make this lifesaving equipment stan...

You might assume that tech-savvy people are the most open to using AI, but research suggests it's actually those who are least familiar with...

The singer generated millions in prop bets for the Kansas City Chiefs just by showing up to watch her boyfriend play. Now that she’s busy, g...

When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambiti...

US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambiti...

The company that kicked off the AI chatbot craze now wants AI to do more than just talk.

This week, we take a look at Meta's new era of content moderation.

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the...

Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.

After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.

A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human exper...

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the cry...

In the days before TikTok went dark, Meta released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting itself as a comparable alternat...

When he launched his own cryptocurrency, Donald Trump produced unimaginable wealth from thin air. But it will come at a cost to someone.

A marketing campaign brief obtained by WIRED reveals how the Chinese app is trying to capitalize on its sudden international popularity.

Lemon8, CapCut, and Gauth are among the other victims of the US ban on ByteDance-owned apps.

After President Biden declined to reassure Apple, Google, and Oracle that they wouldn’t be fined for giving Americans access to TikTok, the...

The Meta CEO is abandoning his commitment to the truth in favor of a Trump-style playbook.

The China-controled EV brand has been losing tens of thousands of dollars on every car sold. With a US ban on Chinese car sales looming, the...