23 May Memorial Day 2026 Grill and Griddle Deals: Weber, Traeger, Recteq Some of WIRED’s favorite griddles, grills, and pellet smokers are as much as $250 off for Memorial Day weekend.
23 May Shein Buying Everlane Actually Makes Perfect Sense The acquisition struck many people as a bizarre mismatch, but it’s really a sign of where Chinese ecommerce giants are already going.
23 May Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Beats (2026) Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day.
22 May Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis? Global affairs chief Chris Lehane wants to tone down the debate over AI’s societal impacts—and get states to pass laws that won’t derail OpenAI’s meteoric rise.
22 May ‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists.
22 May What to Do in LA if You’re Here for Business (2025) A tech industry guide to where to stay, eat, work, and play while visiting LA.
21 May SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers The investment comes as Elon Musk’s AI unit faces complaints about the carbon-emitting units and looks to become a big player in cloud computing.
21 May SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging that Grok created sexualized images.
20 May Everything Announced at Google I/O 2026: Gemini, Search, Smart Glasses Google is sprucing up its Gemini models, revamping search, and enabling AI agents in everything. There are also some spiffy new smart glasses coming this fall.
20 May California’s Wildfire Season Is Already Overactive Major fires are threatening homes and ecologically sensitive areas following a hot, dry winter.
