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Freecash will actually pay money out to users but not for watching videos. This misleading marketing coincides with the app’s rising popularity.

We Are Rewind’s speaker/cassette player combo is an imperfect but satisfying reissue of a bygone audio era.

This “dream wish list for criminals” includes millions of Gmail, Facebook, banking logins, and more. The researcher who discovered it suspects they were collected using infostealing malware.

From Black vampires gobbling up Oscar nominations to gay pro hockey players dominating the culture, diverse stories broke through in an environment that’s increasingly hostile to them.

A pair of bills in Massachusetts would require manufacturers to tell consumers when their connected gadgets are going dark. It should be a boon for cybersecurity as connected devices grow obsolete.

Humanoid robots, space travel, the science of aging—Musk weighed in on all of it at this week’s World Economic Forum. But his predictions rarely work out the way he says they will.

Chinese firms are building battery plants from Europe to North America, promising jobs while prompting local concerns about the environment, politics, and who really benefits.

F1: The Movie, CODA, and Highest 2 Lowest are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV this month.

Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.

WIRED spoke with Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, about how the viral coding tool is changing the way Anthropic works.

The Meross Smart Plug Mini boasts excellent compatibility and slim construction.

The alleged risks of being publicly identified have not stopped DHS  and ICE employees from creating profiles on LinkedIn, even as Kristi Noem threatens to treat revealing agents’ identities as a crime.

Looking to jazz up your portable gaming experience? Here are the best accessories we’ve tested for the Nintendo Switch 2.

Motorola phones may seem old-school, but their reasonable prices, colorful designs, and simple software make them good, wallet-friendly Android smartphones.

Upgrade your locks with fingerprint-scanning or a keypad, whether it’s at the front door or a sliding glass entryway.

Hume AI’s CEO, Alan Cowen, will join Google DeepMind along with several top engineers as part of a major licensing deal.

The web’s best resource for spotting AI writing has ironically become a manual for AI models to hide it.

There’s no need for an expensive retreat to practice meditation. Try it on your lunch break to recharge your mind and body.

With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially exposed.