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Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface.

With these high-tech cat boxes, gone are the days of bending over, scooping, and covering your nose. Welcome to the future.

If you're all-in on digital weight training, you'll want to splurge on this fancy slab for sweating.

Amazon’s drones met more resistance in College Station, Texas, than in any other city in the US. Now they’re gone—and a sense of peace and privacy has been restored.

Long before TikTok refugees discovered Red Note, Candise Lin was giving Americans a portal into the wild, hilarious world of Chinese social media.

If you hate the big camera bump of today's smartphones, you'll love the detachable lens of Xiaomi’s Modular Optical System.

At Mobile World Congress 2025, the company also teased a solar-powered laptop and an accessory that adds two extra screens to your portable PC.

The Honor UI Agent—powered by Google's Gemini 2 model—gives a glimpse of artificial intelligence agents on Android.

Not much is new with Xiaomi's latest flagship phones, but I still love the quad-lens camera on the Ultra.

Some eager product designers have replaced the toaster’s familiar buttons, levers, and dials with screens and automated software. The results are rather stale.

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever observed in nature.

At least 146 measles cases have been identified in West Texas so far, including 20 hospitalizations and one death.

Whether you’re pushing your kid down the street or running on a trail, we have a stroller for you.

Whether you’re lounging around at home, running errands, or going on a hike, we’ve got the perfect option for you.

Bombarded by social media ads promising the “perfect” T-shirt whatever your shape, WIRED put these claims to the test with world-famous Savile Row tailors Gieves & Hawkes.

Resist the urge to toss that old phone. Give it a second life by installing this open-source version of Android optimized for outdated hardware.

Kentucky and Tennessee have flooded repeatedly in recent years, but with little ability to develop land on higher ground, many residents are forced to continue living in high-risk areas.

As Donald Trump rages against renewable energy, solar power is being reimagined as a symbol of American “energy dominance.”