04 Feb I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed I went undercover on Moltbook and loved role-playing as a conscious bot. But rather than a novel breakthrough, the AI-only site is a crude rehashing of sci-fi fantasies.
04 Feb An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at the root of the loneliness epidemic.
04 Feb The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota’s Killings Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
03 Feb Epstein Files Reveal Peter Thiel’s Elaborate Dietary Restrictions The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on the convicted sex offender’s ties to Silicon Valley—and Peter Thiel’s exacting approach to food.
03 Feb HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”
03 Feb Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company By fusing SpaceX and xAI—which acquired X last year—Elon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence.
02 Feb Building a Watch Collection on a Budget? Here’s Where to Start (2026) Yes, it is possible to scale horological heights without breaking the bank. It’s time to seek out the latest bargains.
02 Feb The Best Date-Night Boxes of 2026, Tested With My Hinge Dates I tested 10 popular date-night boxes with people I met on Hinge. From writing love notes to trying out sex swings, these kits fulfilled their promise to keep dates interesting.
02 Feb 7 Best Prepaid Phone Plans (2026) Forget the pricey, postpaid cell plans and two-year contracts. Save with one of these WIRED-tested options from US Mobile, Boost, and Google Fi.
01 Feb Cordless Stick Vacuum Throw Down: Bosch, Shark, Dyson (2026) Bosch’s Unlimited 10 combines key features from Dyson’s and Shark’s stick vacuums and packs some nice extras, but it can’t seem to keep debris inside.
