October 10, 2026

Emily Rampling

Tech & AI

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

Read our conversation with Coxon, which has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity, below. WIRED: You’re not the first person to raise

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Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence

Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic, best known as the parent company of WordPress.com, has been put on a leave of

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Apple’s Polishing Cloth is ‘compatible’ with the iPhone Duo

Good news, everyone! Apple‘s Polishing Cloth is “compatible” with the iPhone Duo. Mercifully confirmed on Apple’s website, the tech giant’s microfibre cloth is

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I Let an AI Agent Hack All My Gadgets—and I’d Do It Again

As the author of a newsletter about artificial intelligence, I consider it my duty to experience the bleeding edge of this technology firsthand.

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Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?

AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more

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This $50 lifetime VPN adds AI-powered protection to your connection

TL;DR: Get online protection and extra security with this lifetime subscription to the GhostShield AI-Powered VPN Premium Plan, on sale now for $49.99

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Best portable speaker deal: Save $40 on the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4

SAVE $40: As of Sept. 9, the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 portable speakers are on sale for $59.99 at Amazon. That’s $40 off

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The Fairphone (Gen 6+) Review: Finally in the US

The 6.3-inch AMOLED, 120-Hz screen is more than adequate. It’s colorful, sharp, and bright enough to read in sunlight. Fairphone’s adaptive brightness mode

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Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid

Sometimes founders search high and low for the right startup idea, while other times it comes to them. Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli

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UN Rights Chief Warns Advanced AI Could Threaten Humanity

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday that advanced AI could become an “existential risk to humanity” without binding rules,

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