16 Jul Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI’s o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta’s superintelligence lab. His colleague Hyung Won Chung is also joining Meta, a source tells WIRED.
16 Jul I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.
16 Jul Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders Mira Murati and several other former OpenAI researchers are behind the buzzy AI startup, now valued at $12 billion and officially out of stealth.
15 Jul It’s Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration’s failure to fulfill its promises.
15 Jul GM’s Final EV Battery Strategy Copies China’s Playbook: Super Cheap Cells General Motors’ homemade version of the low-cost power option favored by China’s auto industry will hit three years before its super-energy-dense tech arrives—and could bring affordable US EVs sooner.
15 Jul Best AirPods Pro Alternatives: AirPods for Android and More These excellent AirPod alternatives provide great features and versatility in a familiar package.
14 Jul 9 Best Electric Scooters (2025), Tested and Reviewed These WIRED-tested two-wheelers will help you scoot scoot scoot around town.
14 Jul Garmin Forerunner 970 Review: A Very Extra Running Watch This is a very extra watch for very nerdy runners.
14 Jul LG Gram Pro 16 (2025) Review: Thin Is Still In Thin is still in with this big update to LG’s impossibly light laptop line.
13 Jul Timekettle T1 Handheld Translator Review: Global Offline Translation This global language translation tool works whether you’re connected to the network or not.
