26 Oct The Best OTC Hearing Aids (2025), Tested and Reviewed These WIRED-tested hearing aids are affordable alternatives to prescription devices. No doctor’s appointment necessary.
26 Oct Gear News of the Week: There’s Yet Another New AI Browser, and Fujifilm Debuts the X-T30 III Plus: Aura’s new digital photo frame goes wireless, a mood-morphing watch, Wyze and TP-Link unveil solar-powered outdoor security cameras, and Intel will open “AI Experience Stores” in five cities.
25 Oct DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4×4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
25 Oct OpenAI’s Sora Loses Its Top App Store Ranking to Dave’s Hot Chicken Dave’s Hot Chicken is the top app in the iOS App Store, ending Sora’s weeks-long reign.
25 Oct Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasi-Lunar Moon As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.
24 Oct The ‘Surge’ of Troops May Not Come to San Francisco, but the City Is Ready Anyway San Francisco is preparing for federal law enforcement’s invasion of the Bay Area, whether it happens or not.
24 Oct How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA WIRED recently demonstrated how to cheat at poker by hacking the Deckmate 2 card shufflers used in casinos. The mob was allegedly using the same trick to fleece victims for millions.
24 Oct Trump’s Investment in Intel Is Paying Off The chipmaker reported higher-than-expected revenue on Thursday, and its stock price has risen more than 90 percent since August.
23 Oct Elon Musk Wants ‘Strong Influence’ Over the ‘Robot Army’ He’s Building In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them.
23 Oct Tinder Launches Mandatory Facial Verification to Weed Out Bots and Scammers Face Check will scan new members’ faces to ensure they don’t match existing profiles. The move comes as romance scams continue to proliferate, with billions lost over the last decade.
