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The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the elusive solution to K4, the outdoor sculpture ...

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

HHS is slashing hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccines and infectious...

New species of "deceptively cute" ancient whale found o...

Scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 millio...

mRNA tech could help fight cancer, but cuts threaten pr...

Federal funding cuts to mRNA technology research doesn't just impact COVID vacci...

Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories

Startup Character.AI once promised superintelligence. Its new CEO says it's now ...

WIRED Roundup: What’s Behind OpenAI’s Government Partne...

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week’s news, from bitcoin mine...

Trump Family–Backed World Liberty Financial Sets Up $1....

World Liberty Financial has struck a deal that will turn a little-known company ...

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate t...

Meteorite that ripped through Georgia home's roof is ol...

A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparki...

WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week’s news, from bitcoin mine...

Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood

While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly...

Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making ...

The American automaker is spending billions on a radical reinvention of EV manuf...

Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Clima...

Halfway to its 2030 net-zero goal, Apple faces slow and hold-out suppliers, a ta...

OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt

GPT-5 was touted as a major upgrade to ChatGPT. Not all users think that’s the c...

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local a...

A study of plastic bottles washed up on the Pacific coast of Latin America has i...

What Does Palantir Actually Do?

Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of per...