AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

Welcome to Kernel Panic!, the weekly newsletter where Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess take you inside the strange and fast-moving world of privacy and digital security. If you’ve ever…

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NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public

There is something almost poetic about a data release that arrives not as a sterile spreadsheet, but as a time capsule of human curiosity.…

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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson

For four years, Cassidy Hutchinson has lived in a strange, suspended space between history and scandal. She was a young White House aide, barely…

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I’m Still Convinced the iPod Was the Perfect Gadget

: "Twenty-five years ago this month, I remember holding ..." Need be careful: "I remember holding the iPod" but I didn't? Yes. Let's craft…

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America’s Hybrid Hype Has Hit the Used Market

You’ve heard it a thousand times: buying a new car is one of the worst financial moves you can make. The moment you drive…

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Even ‘Law & Order’ Is Terrified of AI

There is a particular unease that settles in when a beloved television institution decides to stop being merely entertainment and becomes a kind of…

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The Best Mac Desktop to Buy (2026): Mac Mini, Mac Studio, or iMac?

For the longest time, it felt like MacBooks had completely stolen the show. And honestly, who could blame them? Laptop performance has gotten so…

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The Shark CryoGlow LED Mask Is Cheaper Than Ever on Prime Day

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There’s something about the final hours of Amazon Prime Day that makes you feel like you’re standing in front of a vending machine with the snack stuck halfway—you know you…

The Best Amazon Prime Day Headphone Deals Before The Sale Ends (2026)

If you’ve ever found yourself standing in an aisle or scrolling through endless tabs online, just wanting a pair of earbuds that won’t break the bank or fall out during…

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Tech

How Tech Companies Can Use Digital Marketing + SEO to Grow Faster (Without Burning Budget)

Growth in tech is oddly simple and painfully competitive at the same time. Simple because the path is clear: get in front of the…

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Federal Court Deems FBI’s Warrantless “Backdoor” Searches Unconstitutional

The recent ruling by US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall declaring the FBI's warrantless searches of US citizens' communications under Section 702 of…

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How TikTok’s Weakened Ad Rules Allowed Fake E-Commerce Sites To Scam Tens Of Thousands

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Lottie Weaver was doing what millions of people do every day: scrolling through TikTok, half-watching videos, letting the algorithm carry…

Inside Elon Musk’s Midterm Spending Spree

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Paragraph 1: The Illusion of Accountability Leah Feiger’s observation cuts to the heart of a deeply uncomfortable truth about power…

Trump Administration Cuts Off Access to a Major Immigration Program for Workers at Microsoft and Adobe

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The Human Side of the PERM Crackdown: What Microsoft’s Suspension Really Means for Skilled Immigrants The Trump administration has made…

How Cleveland Clinic Is Developing AI To Monitor The Brain

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Imagine being a hospital technician faced with a wall of screens showing the brainwaves of dozens of patients, each one…

She Designed Meta’s New AI Logo. Then Came the Hate

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Jessica Hische has spent her career doing something increasingly rare in the digital age: making letters by hand. A celebrated…

This AI Startup Is Selling Tax Agencies A New Way To Find Cheats

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We’ve all felt that quiet frustration when we pay our taxes in full and on time, only to suspect that…

AI Assistants Are Finally Getting Useful

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A year ago, the promise of artificial intelligence felt like a strange paradox. On one hand, AI was supposedly coming…

38 Best Last-Minute Prime Day Deals You Can Still Shop Today (2026)

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If you’re the kind of person who wants the best phone Samsung makes, you’re probably an Ultra kind of person.…

The Agentic 20: AI Agents Doing Real Stuff

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For most of its public life, artificial intelligence has been a talker, not a doer. You ask a question, it…

WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch

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The midterm elections are exactly one month away, and if you thought you had seen strange political seasons before, you…

ICE Has A Hacking Tool That Breaks A Key Apple Security Feature

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In mid-December 2025, a convicted drug trafficker who had been living on borrowed time finally ran out of it. Police…