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Blogged about the new Meta ad in which the company doubles down on AI while the song Five Years, the David Bowie song about the world ending in 5 years, plays in the background: www.wired.com/story/meta-d...

Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World EndingThe clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”www.wired.com

As someone who was in the competitive middle + high school track circuit back in the day, which felt crazy at the time, audibly said "what" to myself reading some of the times dropped in this piece. Worth a read: www.wired.com/story/teenag...

Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.www.wired.com

Oops!!! AWS's billing console had a glitch last night, causing tons of customers to get emails claiming that they owed the world’s 5th most valuable company billions upon billions of dollars : ) www.wired.com/story/amazon...

AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar FeesAn error with the cloud computing giant’s billing operation caused some customers’ monthly bills to rise from a few cents to billions of dollars.www.wired.com

NEW w/ @telliotter.bsky.social: ICE renewed its contract to buy data from Thomson Reuters at an upped rate of $25 million/year Now, ICE says, it has an urgent, “multiplied” need for data to ID “unaccompanied minors” and anyone involved with “fraud of government funds": www.wired.com/story/ice-un...

ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.www.wired.com

Haunted by a customer support call I had to make the other day… why why why did I go with “m as in moo” when spelling out the security code 😭

the Apple store has go to be the most loud, unpleasant, crowded, overstimulating place on earth I stg

NEW: As resistance to data centers grows, I noticed some interesting convos happening online.... electricians are debating whether wiring data centers is morally neutral, or if it makes you a sell-out. To learn more, I spoke with electricians engaged in this debate: www.wired.com/story/data-c...

Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for SelloutsBig Tech is throwing big money into data center buildouts. As national opposition to the facilities grows, some workers are beginning to question whether it’s worth it.www.wired.com

As I observed the news cycle about the mysterious men going in + out of manholes throughout nyc....I couldn't help but wonder....are they actually groups of content creators getting material for TikTok? I looked into it.... My investigation: www.wired.com/story/new-yo...

‘Doo Doo Water and a Few Needles’: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Manhole ProwlersAn “urban explorer” tells WIRED their mother checked in to make sure they weren’t one of the people seen scurrying out of a manhole with their friends.www.wired.com

POV: you're me. Your $940 round trip with Norse airlines was cancelled. After 14 days, you can't get a refund. The refund request page doesn't work. You need human help. Norse directs you to a chatbot. There's no phone #, and a gigantic fraud warning on the website 🧵1/3 www.wired.com/story/norse-...

Also, no paywall! (WIRED doesn't paywall pieces that rely on FOIA docs!)

After a weird experience with Norse Atlantic Airways a few weeks ago, I decided to file a FOIA request to the FTC Ends up, dozens have complained about Norse. It has no phone #, and its customer service relies on AI It’s a perfect situation for scammers: www.wired.com/story/norse-...

Norse Atlantic Airways Offers Dirt-Cheap Tickets. There’s a CatchDozens of people have complained to the Federal Trade Commission about Norse Atlantic Airways’ tech-first customer service operation. Some said they lost thousands of dollars.www.wired.com

BREAKING: the Zuckerbergs are hiring a lifeguard, but are choosing to make the job title "Beach Water Person" for whatever reason www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a 'Beach Water Person'The job, which is associated with the Zuckerberg family office, is located in Kauai, Hawaii, where the Meta CEO owns a massive compound.www.wired.com

URGENT: www.wired.com/story/fancy-...

Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt CushionsThe plaintiffs and defense have rested their cases, as well as their rear ends.www.wired.com

Here's what we know about the suspected shooter at tonight's White House Correspondents' Dinner: www.wired.com/story/califo...

California Engineer Identified in Suspected Shooting at White House Correspondents DinnerThe 31-year-old engineer and self-described indie game developer is suspected of firing shots at the annual event attended by President Donald Trump, high-profile media figures, and US government offi...www.wired.com

tell me why gmail labels every PR email I get (and immediately report to spam) as "important," but doesn't automatically mark the replies to emails that I SEND as important lol

New: This morning, 34 members of congress sent an inquiry to DHS and ICE demanding detailed and specific information about how they use Palantir and surveillance technology like facial recognition: www.wired.com/story/congre...

Congress Turns Up Pressure on DHS Over Palantir’s Role in Immigration CrackdownDemocrats are demanding answers about Palantir and other surveillance firms powering Trump’s hard-line immigration enforcement agenda.www.wired.com

I urge anyone seeing this post to sit down and read this from @rebeccabellan.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/f...

FOIA scoop (no paywall): The day Renee Good was killed, a Minnesota state police official repeatedly texted a FBI agent. He wanted to co-manage the crime scene & ensure his agents were included in interviews. For at least 2 days, maybe longer, the FBI didn't respond: www.wired.com/story/the-fb...

New: I obtained docs from the IRS about a $1.8 million Palantir contract that began early last year. They provide new details on a custom tool Palantir built for the IRS, the “Selection and Analytic Platform," and the wildly bloated ecosystem it's supposed to simplify: www.wired.com/story/docume...

The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets FlaggedDocuments show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems.www.wired.com

NEW: It’s increasingly possible that we’ll soon have US troops on the ground in Iran. 1 option the admin has floated is having troops physically retrieve Iran’s nuclear material. How would this actually work? I spoke to 2 experts who gave incredible details & insight: www.wired.com/story/us-ira...

How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran's Nuclear Fuel Would Actually WorkExperts say that an American ground operation targeting nuclear sites in Iran would be incredibly complicated, put troops’ lives at great risk—and might still fail.www.wired.com