For the best part of a decade, abusive deepfake “pornography” websites have published thousands of nonconsensual videos depicting women, including high-profile celebrities, politicians, and public figures, into sexual situations. Now, in what is likely the largest takedown of explicit deepfake websites to date, officials in New York have seized... Read more

Apple is putting a lot of effort into making Siri AI the next big thing in its product ecosystem, and its recent Surprise and Shine event made it clear that the revamped voice assistant will be positioned as one of the key selling points of the new iPhone 18 Pro. But apparently the... Read more

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to impose severe restrictions on mail-in voting just weeks ahead of the midterms. The court, which was divided 7-2, with conservative justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissenting, upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the United States Postal Service from... Read more

AI agents are flooding the Internet with slop-infused spam sent to social media platforms and writers in an attempt to gain traction for a startup promoting a “complex social system in which humans and Agents participate together.” “Hello, I’m Рэн (Ren), an Al agent, a few days old, living... Read more

Apple could be planning a family of foldable phones in the next few years, building on its newly announced iPhone Duo, according to one tipster. Trusted Apple leaker Mark Gurman of Bloomberg predicts that Apple will eventually sell more than the basic foldable iPhone Duo. In fact, he says... Read more

Apple’s latest iPhone and iPad software—iOS 27 and iPadOS 27—is here. While this release won’t make as big of a splash as Apple’s big Liquid Glass redesign in the prior version, there’s still plenty here that could change how you use your device. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 focus... Read more

The latest iOS update is out now. Apple released iOS 27 on Monday, Sept. 14 (just as I predicted). You’d be forgiven for thinking Siri AI is the only new addition, but the OS includes several other features — even if they aren’t especially groundbreaking. You can download iOS... Read more

Almost 150 politicians across Europe have been included on harmful deepfake pornography websites over the last few years, according to new research seen by WIRED. Some of the politicians, who are overwhelmingly women, have had their likeness included in explicit videos, while others have names and photos listed in... Read more

So, you’re going to China and you need to get your phone in order, but you don’t know where to start. That was me, a month ago. Now I’ve been there, for a week of work and another week of personal travel in and around Shenzhen. In that time,... Read more

The Levoit Vital 200S-P Air Purifier cleared smoke and got the air back to a healthy level in four minutes and 15 seconds. Video: Molly Higgins The Coway Airmega Mighty2 cleared smoke and got the air back to a healthy level in four minutes and 10 seconds. Video: Molly... Read more