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Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy
Mila Fiordalisi, Wired
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.
Nov 24, 2025, 7:00 AM
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
Ali Winston, Wired
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
Nov 21, 2025, 5:06 PM
How Donald Trump Lost Control of the Epstein Spin Cycle
David Gilbert, Wired
Donald Trump has spent years benefiting from the QAnon's Jeffrey Epstein obsession. That’s all changing.
Nov 19, 2025, 4:00 PM
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
Vittoria Elliott, Wired
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
Tim Marchman, Leah Feiger, Wired
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
Nov 13, 2025, 8:19 PM
OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military
Paresh Dave, Wired
The gpt-oss models are being tested for use on sensitive military computers. But some defense insiders say that OpenAI is still behind the competition.
Nov 13, 2025, 11:00 AM
Trump's CZ Pardon Has the Crypto World Bracing for Impact
Joel Khalili, Wired
The Trump administration has recast Binance founder CZ as a martyr—and his pardon may have unintended consequences for the US crypto industry.
Nov 3, 2025, 7:21 PM
An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’
Ali Winston, Wired
As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come.
Nov 3, 2025, 10:30 AM
Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise
Makena Kelly, Wired
Lawyers for Alphabet, Youtube's parent company, recently alleged that the Biden administration tried to “influence” the company. Interviews with employees don't appear to support their claim.
Oct 31, 2025, 3:55 PM
Donald Trump's Truth Social Is Launching a Polymarket Competitor
Joel Khalili, Wired
As crypto-based prediction services attract a flood of attention and capital, the US president’s social media platform has announced plans to muscle in.
Oct 28, 2025, 6:51 PM
CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year
Matt Burgess, Dell Cameron, Wired
The total number of US Customs and Border Protection device searches jumped by 17 percent over the 2024 fiscal year, but more invasive forensic searches remain relatively rare.
Oct 28, 2025, 3:26 PM
NASA’s Boss Just Shook Up the Agency’s Plans to Land on the Moon
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, Wired
Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options.
Oct 22, 2025, 9:30 AM
Melania Trump Used as ‘Window-Dressing’ in Elaborate Memecoin Fraud, Legal Filing Claims
Joel Khalili, Wired
The first lady of the United States became a pawn in an intricate memecoin scam that resulted in millions of dollars in losses, crypto investors have alleged.
Oct 21, 2025, 7:30 PM
The Long History of Frogs as Protest Symbols
Angela Watercutter, Wired
Inflatable frog costumes are selling out following the weekend's “No Kings” protests and to counter Trump’s demonization of US cities more broadly.
Oct 21, 2025, 5:07 PM
Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion
Makena Kelly, Wired
On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.
Oct 21, 2025, 3:04 PM
Scenes From Saturday's Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protests
Brian Barrett, Alyssa Walker, Wired
Organizers say the “No Kings” protests drew more than seven million people across 2,700 cities. The crowds included high-profile politicians, A-list celebrities, and more than a few creative inflatables.
Oct 19, 2025, 9:00 PM
‘Sovereign AI’ Has Become a New Front in the US-China Tech War
Zoë Schiffer, Louise Matsakis, Wired
OpenAI has announced “AI sovereignty" partnerships with governments around the world, but can proprietary models compete with Beijing’s open source offerings?
Oct 14, 2025, 4:00 PM
Mark Cuban Would Still Have Dinner With Donald Trump
Katie Drummond, Wired
The billionaire investor campaigned for Kamala Harris, but thinks tech execs have a “moral imperative” to play nice with the president. Why? It’s good business.
Oct 14, 2025, 10:30 AM
'Happy Gilmore' Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group
Lily Hay Newman, Wired
Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.
Oct 11, 2025, 10:30 AM
Apple Took Down ICE-Tracking Apps. Their Developers Aren't Giving Up
Reece Rogers, Lily Hay Newman, Wired
“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.
Oct 9, 2025, 5:22 PM
Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors
Zeyi Yang, Wired
After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors.
Sep 25, 2025, 9:05 PM
The Onion Made an Absolutely Unhinged Jeffrey Epstein Mockumentary
Manisha Krishnan, Wired
"Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile" is a very silly deep dive on a very serious issue. In the current media landscape, it’s a wonder it even got made.
Sep 25, 2025, 10:00 AM
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott, Makena Kelly, Kate Knibbs, David Gilbert, Molly Taft, Aarian Marshall, Paresh Dave, Jake Lahut, Wired
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
Sep 25, 2025, 10:00 AM
Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details
Makena Kelly, Vittoria Elliott, Wired
A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.
Sep 25, 2025, 9:00 AM
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