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Elena Rybakina won her first U.S. Open title and punctuated her climb to the top of women’s tennis by beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday. Rybakina had already been guaranteed to replace Sabalenka at No. 1 in the rankings next week and for…
The CEOs of two of the world’s leading AI companies are publicly agreeing that the race to build increasingly powerful AI systems needs to be slowed, continuing this week’s cascade of warnings from researchers working on the technology. Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, maker…
Closing out a turbulent summer for the news industry, the McClatchy newspaper chain has made deep cuts at The Miami Herald and other papers it owns across the nation. The union that represents McClatchy journalists said Friday that more than 90 unionized journalists and media…
WIRED tasks Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton), Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard), Tanya Reynolds (Alice Chilton) and Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins) to answer the 50 most searched questions about Ted Lasso. [Hannah laughs] I’m Tanya Reynolds. [laughs] some of the most searched questions…
The Republican Party is facing serious headwinds going into November. The party that controls the White House typically loses seats in Congress in the midterms. On top of that, President Donald Trump’s approval rating has hit a new low, and voters continue to express dissatisfaction…
The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, expressing “deep concern” over the war in the Middle East and urging maximum restraint, advocating for a “multilateral approach” that respects national viewpoints. The declaration, adopted on the first day of the BRICS…
Rockstar Games’ best-selling Grand Theft Auto series wasn’t often accused of political sensitivity during its legendary run from the late 1990s through the early 2010s. In fact, parents and activists denounced the franchise for exposing children to a seedy world of sex, violence, crude humor,…
The world has been addicted to caffeine for centuries, and in the year 2026, the scientific argument over whether coffee is good or bad for you remains unsettled. One might believe the lack of consensus is a Mainstream Media™ psyop to keep people scrambling for…
Editor’s note: After more than a decade, this is the last WIRED Security News This Week. “The roundup,” as we call it internally, started as a way to ensure that our readers knew about the latest key cybersecurity and privacy news even if we didn’t…
Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was struck by drones launched from Iraq, the latest squeeze on Middle Eastern supplies after attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels this week threatened to deepen the world’s energy crisis. The 745-mile pipeline had helped Saudi…
