These compact Edifier speakers may not be the fanciest, but they’ll blow your monitor’s built-in speakers out of the water. […]

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are

On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/pew-pew-the-chinese-sellers-marketing-military-drones-on-tiktok/

Fallout, Neighbors, and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters are just a few of the TV shows we’re swooning over for February.

The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings

A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBI—and still allegedly approved the sale of

The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep

Documents say customs officers in the US Virgin Islands had friendly relationships with Epstein years after his 2008 conviction, showing

When you visit your local H&R Block store, you can save up to $50 when you use one of our

The Olympics often provide a moment of unity and celebration during times of geopolitical uncertainty. But blind nationalism didn’t win

House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored changes

Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are booming, and so is a fight among regulators, lawmakers, and advocates over their

If you have multiple email accounts, your Gmail setup may soon need some reorganizing. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/gmail-killing-pop-and-gmailify-access-what-it-means-for-you/

Presearch’s “Doppelgänger” is trying to help people discover adult creators rather than use nonconsensual deepfakes. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-search-engine-for-onlyfans-models-who-look-like-your-crush/

These edibles made from functional fungi are not your childhood Flintstone vitamins. Source: https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-mushroom-gummies/

Inside Dewar’s cavernous whisky warehouses, man’s best mechanical friend—a Boston Dynamics robot dog with an ethanol sensor for a nose—is

Whether you’re hiking, climbing, or backpacking, here’s how to use base layers, mid layers, and a shell to be comfortable

Massive data centers for generative AI are bad for the Earth. How about launching them into orbit? Source: https://www.wired.com/story/could-we-put-ai-data-centers-in-space/

The Boldr Kelvin heater looks cool and promises energy savings and far-infrared heat. Too bad it also heats backward. Source:

Epilogue’s adorable GB Operator plug-in gizmo is a must-have for collectors of retro Nintendo Game Boy games. Source: https://www.wired.com/review/epilogue-gb-operator/

We used particle size analysis and real-world testing to find the best conical burr, flat burr, and blade grinders for

In a 6-3 ruling, justices upended the Trump administration’s signature economic policy, potentially putting the US government on the hook

Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military

Branch makes excellent office essentials, and our top picks are discounted. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/branch-deals-february-2026/

Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal

A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and

This Samsung OLED comes loaded with features specifically for gamers. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/samsung-s90f-deal-226/

After the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, investment firms are in line for a whopping

Self-driving-vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/government-docs-reveal-new-details-about-tesla-and-waymo-robotaxi-programs/