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Brutal GOP primary could leave red state’s party in tatters: ‘Trump destroyed trust there’
President Donald Trump’s decision to back Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s Texas Republican Senate runoff has opened a deep rift within the GOP. Trump endorsed Paxton earlier this month, citing Cornyn’s insufficient fealty during moments he deemed critical to his political survival, and the president pointed specifically to the Texas…
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I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think
Nearly half of Americans say they use AI to find information and generate ideas. It’s not hard to see why. As social media devolves into slop—and Google into a glorified landing page for Reddit threads and content farms—most of us are starved for something reliable. Plus, chatbots are so helpful, aren’t they? The first time…
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Why everyone is talking about the Antichrist
In case you didn’t notice, the Antichrist is back. All right, forgive the hyperbole — this biblical agent of Satan hasn’t actually returned to lead a rebellion against God before Christ’s second coming. But in the year of our Lord 2026, a curious surge in chatter about this herald of the apocalypse seems to be…
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7 Ways to Get So Good at AI, People Will Think You Are AI
Sam Liang is appalled as I confess my technique for recording an interview: running the Voice Memos app on an iPhone and transferring the transcript manually to a Google Doc. The CEO of Otter, a transcription service for analyzing meetings, looks at me as if I tried to call into our video chat using a…
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NY Dems running for House want fed funding for ‘Drag Story Hour’ as city, state spends $700K
Two New York Democrats running in a hotly contested congressional primary pledged federal funding for “Drag Story Hour” — as records show city and state taxpayers have paid nearly $700,000 to boost the program. Incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman and his opponent, former city Comptroller Brad Lander, both told an LGBTQ Democratic club that they support…
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The Long Shadow of American Wars on Iraq
The caskets of two fighters from Kataeb Hezbollah, a pro-Iran militia in Iraq, who were killed in an airstrike in Baghdad, are carried during their funeral at the shrine of Imam Ali in the holy city of Najaf on March 14, 2026. —Qassem al-Kaabi–AFP via Getty Images On a recent afternoon, I was driving across…
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To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant
“It’s probably the best time to be a philosopher since Aristotle was hired as tutor to Alexander the Great,” says Henry Ajder, a philosophy postgraduate who advises the UK government and a slew of startups on artificial intelligence. He’s only half joking. Philosophers have never seemed like the most employable bunch. But AI, the same…
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‘Who would want to come here?’ Downtown L.A. businesses demand attention from the mayor’s race
Cemal Clik was rinsing some strawberries for lunch when he felt a gun on his temple. The 61-year-old was sitting near his gift shop in downtown Los Angeles this month when two men threatened to kill him if he didn’t give up the gold chain hanging from his neck. They grabbed the chain and disappeared…
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I asked a billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well.
Earlier this year, a billionaire investor and philanthropist named Tom Kaplan auctioned off a small Rembrandt drawing of a lion at Sotheby’s in New York City. It sold for nearly $18 million. A press release prior to the auction noted that Kaplan would donate the proceeds of the sale to an environmental organization that he…
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I Never Liked a Laptop Sleeve Until I Tried the Bellroy Laptop Caddy
As we get out of the house, the gear-obsessed WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite bags and EDCs. Today, reviewer Luke Larsen raves about his love for his Bellroy Laptop Caddy. You can also check out other Bag Check stories where WIRED writers share their carryall of choice. I’ve never been someone who…