The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.

Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply—and who will enforce them.

If world events aren’t satisfying your dystopia itch, here’s WIRED’s guide to the new season of ‘Black Mirror.’

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts look at the impacts this trade war will have on the products we all use and how you can best navigate this new normal.

The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to make tech manufacturers more risk averse—which could stymie innovation in favor of keeping costs down.

It takes two to tango, but this vibrating cock ring will happily satisfy both parties without feeling like a third wheel.

Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic.

From dog beds to pup backpacks, we’ve had our furry best friends try it all. These dog accessories lead the pack.

Based on years of testing with our cats, these are our favorite WIRED-approved, tech-y cat toys and scratchers.

These are the top shades for avoiding sun damage and small talk.

These off-piste snowboarding sunglasses give you a (very) little piece of that White Lotus mystique.

Basic research often pays huge dividends—but that’s not why we do it.

Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse.

Our UK team has its own guide to the best British mattresses in a box and picks the Nectar Premier Hybrid Mattress as the best bed you can buy online.

President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.

The United Videogame Workers union is open to any gaming worker in the US and Canada and will focus on industry-wide job loss.

In addition to firing researchers and pulling funds, the Trump administration is also inverting science.

On Thursday, Chinese officials retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs by imposing new restrictions on US movies. That’s a big blow to America’s cultural cachet in the nation.