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Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center.

Google Classroom now offers a Gemini-powered tool that generates podcast-style audio lessons for teachers to deepen engagement with students.

Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cub’s corpse in Central Park in 2014 to “be fun.” Records newly obtained by WIRED show what he left New York civil servants to clean up.

New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice.

Mainstream reporters are out at the Pentagon, and right-wing influencers are in. The results are predictable, and oddly reminiscent of Iraq War–era warblogging.

Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems.

Like a lot of Breville's best devices, the Luxe Brewer combines technical sophistication with easy single-button operation.

OpenAI continues its push into healthcare with the launch of ChatGPT Health, a new feature that connects its AI chatbot with users' medical records and wellness apps for more personalized answers to medical questions.

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.

With Congress back in session this week, the debate over what's next for the Affordable Care Act and its now-expired enhanced subsidies is back on.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced changes to FDA guidance that allow more devices to fall into the unregulated wellness category, instead of requiring full FDA review.

Here’s everything that you should buy, skip, or splurge on for your at-home Pilates workout.

Articul8's valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A.

Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a similar age group.

Based on years of testing with our cats, these are our favorite WIRED-approved, techy cat toys and furniture.

A recent survey reveals widespread, organic AI adoption that contrasts sharply with the sluggish pace of formal institutional rollouts—81% of physicians say they are frustrated with their organizations' approach to AI tools and the speed of AI adoption.

Cencora is spending $5 billion to accelerate its majority buyout of OneOncology, New Mountain Capital considers sale and consolidation of five health tech portfolio companies and more merger and acquisition news from December.

Read our live updates from CES 2026 in Las Vegas to see the latest consumer gadgetry in all of its chatbot-enabled, sensor-packed, AI-infused glory.