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The makeup of the Winter Olympics has changed many times in the 100-plus years of the Games. Here are some sports that haven’t stood the test of time.

A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise.

WIRED attended two documentary screening parties—one on each coast—for the First Lady’s film. What a time.

As nights get hotter around the globe due to climate change, the prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to increase by as much as threefold.

Japanese platform holder Nintendo continues to report impressive financial results, buoyed by the success of its Switch 2 hardware.

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Tim Browne is CPO and co-founder of the video game funding initiative Bright Gambit. Until 2024, he was a creative director at Avalanche Studios Group, and prior to that he held positions at King, Ubisoft, and Codemasters.

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The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on the convicted sex offender’s ties to Silicon Valley—and Peter Thiel’s exacting approach to food.

The startup CEO says she plans to publicly address the charges this week.

By fusing SpaceX and xAI—which acquired X last year—Elon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence.

Waymo said the funds will be used to fuel its growth, which has accelerated over the past year and doesn't appear to be slowing.

The merger creates the world's most valuable private company and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers.

Under new safety rules published Monday by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in the country must have mechanical releases on their door handles. The new rules, which go in effect January 1, 2027, will prohibit the hidden, electronically actuated door handles popularized by Tesla — and now found on numerous other electric vehicles in China.

UK high street retailer GAME is closing its three remaining standalone stores as managing director, Nick Arran, exits the company after nine years.

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Quality assurance workers at Blizzard in Albany, New York, and Austin, Texas, have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a union contract at parent company, Microsoft.

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Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”

"Breakthrough’s purpose is to fill in the funding and opportunity gap that exists in many of these ecosystems because students have historically lacked access to capital and the networks required to launch their entrepreneurial pursuits," co-founder Roman Scott said.

The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million documents and photos related to Jeffrey Epstein. Here’s who shows up from Big Tech the most often—and what the files reveal.

WIRED’s favorite pet vacuum and our favorite purifier-heater are on steep discount right now.

Snowflake is the latest enterprise to sign multi-year deals with multiple AI companies in what could be a sign to come of a future trend.