With Elon Musk and other leaders of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) purportedly on their way out, WIRED spoke with a fired DOGE staffer about his experience, how the group communicates, who appears to be in charge—and what might be coming next. Earlier this week, Sahil Lavingia... Read more

Epic Games announced this week that it is launching the Fortnite Data API, which makes several data points about Fortnite islands public for creators to access. This data includes engagement and retention metrics, allowing other creators to better understand what makes certain kinds of games successful with players. According... Read more

Since 2022, we’ve been using the prompt “a muscular barbarian with weapons beside a CRT television set, cinematic, 8K, studio lighting” to test AI image generators like Midjourney. It’s time to bring that barbarian to life. A muscular barbarian man holding an axe, standing next to a CRT television... Read more

Amazon has released a new version of its Blink video doorbell with new features and improvements over the previous generation. Best of all, it’s still incredibly affordable, at only $60, especially when you pit it against something like Google’s Nest doorbell.  However, before you place your order, know that... Read more

At some US colleges, international students make up the majority of doctoral students in departments like computer science. At the University of Chicago, for example, foreign nationals accounted for 57 percent of newly enrolled computer science PhD students last year, according to data published by the school. Since international... Read more

The days of double-digit growth in gaming are over. But there are still ways to expand the market if companies start thinking outside of the traditional business models.  At GamesBeat Summit 2025 in Los Angeles, behavioral game economist Catalin Alexandru, Wedbush Securities managing director Michael Pachter, and Alinea Analytics’s... Read more

Murderbot is the latest must-see sci-fi series to hit Apple TV Plus. Based on Martha Wells’ Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning bestselling series, the sci-fi comedy follows a self-hacking security robot assigned to protect its crew while trying to make sense of its newfound sentience. It loves trashy TV, but despises... Read more

WIRED TIRED Short prep times. Meals that appeal to most people. Grocery options. Mostly paper, without tons of plastic packaging. Limited options for vegans weekly. Produce arrived on the decline and was not always organic. Besides Purple Carrot, Sunbasket was my favorite of the vegan meal kits I tested.... Read more

CNET’s key takeaways  The LG G5 series is the best and brightest OLED I’ve ever tested in the CNET Labs. At $3,400 for the 65-inch size, it’s expensive compared to some of the competition. The G5’s best-in-class brightness made gaming easier and more enjoyable than I expected. As a... Read more

SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket Tuesday, finally overcoming technical problems that plagued the program’s two previous launches. But minutes into the mission, SpaceX’s Starship lost control as it cruised through space, then tumbled back into the atmosphere somewhere over the... Read more