Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist “To be clear, we were never approached … nor were we in any discussions regarding a partnership or tour access,” a spokesperson for the artist tells WIRED.

Imagine lying about partnering with BRUNO MARS my god. Amazing scoop.

5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled. AI’s social skills may be just as dangerous.

AI models have gotten a lot of attention for their high-level hacking potential. But @willknight.bsky.social found that they're already plenty good at social engineering scams

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

"The atmosphere is so rooted in paranoia that former Knicks players warn one another about rooms being bugged, and staffers worry about being watched when they go out to local bars." — @noahshachtman.bsky.social & Robert Silverman for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/madiso...

Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 151 Bugs in Firefox The Firefox team doesn’t think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.

"Now a powerful new capability has arrived—and as we’ve seen repeatedly in tech, there’s the risk that organizations with resources will receive it first and learn to protect themselves, while others are left vulnerable."

Tim Cook's Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription The soon-to-exit Apple CEO went all in on services. Now, the incoming CEO, John Ternus, will need to embrace the AI era.

"So far, Apple’s approach to advanced AI—specifically generative AI, since Apple has wielded machine learning in all kinds of clever ways for years now—has been mystifying."

Inside the DOGE Takeover of the Federal Government In early 2025, Americans first learned about the takeover of the federal government by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE had been operating under a veil of secrecy, with l...

Thrilled, honored, and so proud of @wired.com for winning the 2026 Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism:

"WIRED’s stories were not only groundbreaking; they were singular."

AI MAGA girl

This MAGA girl in your social feeds? She's AI-generated, cooked up by a scammer. @ejdickson.bsky.social has the goods:

www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

hanif: ban the scan

@shahanafrombk.bsky.social is the first elected official here in NYC to propose legislation following to our @wired.com investigation into Madison Square Garden's intrusive surveillance operations.

Lander is the first New York politician to speak out after our @wired.com deep dive into Madison Square Garden's surveillance operations.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will replace Cook as CEO on September 1. Cook will stay on as executive chairman.

Wonder what custom tchotchke John will be offering President Trump in the Oval Office in a few months:

The Weird, Twisting Tale of How China Spied on Alysa Liu and Her Dad Years before the figure skater became an Olympic superstar, a Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and monitored other US residents deemed dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginnin...

NEW: Absolutely bonkers tale for @wired.com by @timmclaughlin3.bsky.social about Beijing spying on Chinese dissidents in the US, including Alysa Liu's father (and Alysa as a result): www.wired.com/story/the-we...

Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder Honestly, what’s hotter than a real person?

Great way to decide who not to date:

Woooo!

This story is crazy! The Jim Dolan had a Knicks fan obsessively monitored at games just because she was trans.

Watching Fans, Monitoring Kids, Tracking Players: Knicks Surveillance, Revealed | PTFO YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

Sports owners are using tech to build private surveillance states — while taking public money.

Which means that Knicks owner James Dolan is the future.

In a new collaboration with @wired.com, we go inside how MSG secretly watches fans, surveils kids, tracks players… youtu.be/yNZ3hJPN5Vc?...

Our April digital cover is sick

Going to be making noise about this story for weeks, I'm afraid. @noahshachtman.bsky.social and @robertsilverman.bsky.social did incredible work documenting stuff that had been reported in fits and starts for years—with precise and shocking new details.

Watching Fans, Monitoring Kids, Tracking Players: Knicks Surveillance, Revealed | PTFO YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

We also collaborated with the fine folks @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social on a podcast episode as part of this investigation. Listen and watch here:

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

For @wired.com’s April cover, we take you inside Madison Square Garden’s surveillance machine — which has allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Revelatory work from @noahshachtman.bsky.social & @robertsilverman.bsky.social that I’m proud to publish and urge you to read.

The UK Launches Its $675 Million Sovereign AI Fund In a bid to minimize dependence on technology from other countries, the UK government is plowing resources into homegrown AI startups.

In a bid to minimize dependence on technology from other countries, the UK government is plowing resources into homegrown AI startups. www.wired.com/story/the-uk...

The Battle for OpenAI’s Soul In Musk v. Altman, a jury will soon determine whether OpenAI has strayed from its founding mission to ensure AGI benefits humanity. Here’s what to know.

In Musk v. Altman, a jury will soon determine whether OpenAI has strayed from its founding mission to ensure AGI benefits humanity. Here’s what to know. www.wired.com/story/musk-v...

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

Where are they now? DOGE Edition

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

"The goal is not always sexual gratification. Increasingly, the intent is humiliation, denigration, and social control."

I can finally share some exciting news: @hugolowell.bsky.social is bringing his scoops and reporting chops to the @wired.com politics team!

Hugo has done incredible work for The Guardian, and his talents make WIRED Politics under @leahfeiger.bsky.social even more unmatched.

Here we go!

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.

Internal emails obtained by @wired.com reveal that one conservative legal group got direct access to FCC leadership to escalate complaints -- namely about Jimmy Kimmel -- sidestepping the standard FCC process:

Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would let AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters.

"We are opposed to this bill. Good transparency legislation needs to ensure public safety and accountability for the companies developing this powerful technology, not provide a get-out-of-jail-free card against all liability."

Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market The UK designated Xinbi Guarantee as an enabler of crypto scammers and human trafficking weeks ago. Telegram is still hosting it in plain sight.

NEW: Telegram has failed to boot the black market Xinbi Guarantee despite the UK sanctioning it and designating it an enabler of crypto scammers and human trafficking 2 weeks ago. It's racked up $500M more in sales during that time. @agreenberg.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/telegr...

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

"People who are working for the government understand that their job is to work on behalf of all Americans. And this is something very different. This is very explicitly Christian, and even within the realm of Christianity, a very narrow representation of that."

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.

For this week's @wired.com Big Interview podcast, I sat down with @alexbores.nyc.

A former Palantir employee turned state rep now running for Congress, Bores' position on AI regulation has him in the crosshairs of Big Tech -- who've funneled millions into a Super PAC to try and stop him:

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

government workers are getting inundated with religion in the office -- read @telliotter.bsky.social: