Jon M. Chu Says AI Couldn’t Have Made One of the Best Moments in ‘Wicked’
The Wicked: For Good director says being able to improvise on set allows for the kind of moments that are hard for machines to make.
The 67 Best Movies on Disney+, WIRED’s Picks (December 2025)
Madame Web, Love+War, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, Shamaine Daniels, used an AI chatbot named Ashley to call voters and carry on conversations with them. “Hello. My name is Ashley, and I’m an artificial intelligence volunteer for Shamaine Daniels’s run for Congress,” the calls began. Dan
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Shuten Order Is Getting A Full Physical Release On Switch 1 & 2
And it's all on the cartridge, too.DMM Games, Tookyo Games and Spike Chunsoft are releasing a physical version of SHUTEN ORDER on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 in Spring 2026, the companies have announced.Both the Switch 1 and Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will be getting a physical in the US courtesy of P
FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After January 6
The 30-year-old Virginia resident evaded capture for years after authorities discovered pipe bombs planted near buildings in Washington, DC, the day before the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
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"In a lot of situations, it's straight up double" - Path of Exile 2 is about to get a significant performance boost, especially on PS5 and Xbox S/X
Action role-playing game Path of Exile 2 is about to get a significant performance boost on all platforms - one that, apparently, will be especially noticeable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. Read more
AMD CEO Lisa Su Says Concerns About an AI Bubble Are Overblown
Lisa Su leads Nvidia’s biggest rival in the AI chip market. When asked at WIRED’s Big Interview event if AI is a bubble, the company’s CEO said, “Emphatically, from my perspective, no.”
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Hands On: Espresso Pro 15 - A Portable 4K Monitor For Switch 2, But With A Catch
In the dock.While the Switch and Switch 2 are portable systems that come with their own built-in screens, I've often been drawn to pairing Nintendo's hybrid consoles with portable monitors when I'm on the road and away from my TV.One of my favourite choices for the original Switch is the Espresso V2
Meta centralizes Facebook and Instagram support, tests AI support assistant
The new support hub will connect users to security tools, account recovery options, and an AI assistant.
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Nintendo Download: 4th December (North America)
Metroid Prime 4! Red Dead! Octopath! Skate Story!The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!Switc
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Total War: Medieval 3 announced, bringing series back to its historical roots for 25th anniversary
Creative Assembly has revealed Total War: Medieval 3, a new game in the long-running strategy series that's returning to its historical roots to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Read more
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
ByteDance and DeepSeek Are Placing Very Different AI Bets
The diverging path of China’s two leading AI players shows where the country’s artificial intelligence industry is headed.
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After Years Of Waiting, Metroid Prime 4's Launch Trailer Is Finally Here
A long time coming.It has been eight years since Nintendo first announced Metroid Prime 4. It has been 18 years since the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. And now, after all that time, Beyond's launch trailer is finally here.Those who have kept up with every trailer drop until now won't find
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New Nvidia drivers finally reintroduce PhysX support, and further optimise Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Nvidia's latest GeForce Game Ready graphics driver update has arrived, bringing with it a fix for performance regressions caused by Microsoft in an October Windows Update, reintroducing PhysX acceleration for RTX 50-series GPUs and providing a rare second pass on Battlefield 6 performance in time f
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After being delayed, delayed, and then delayed again, Cyberpunk platformer Replaced finally gets a release date
Replaced, the cyberpunk action-platformer from Belarusian developer Sad Cat Studio, finally has a release date and is set to arrive on PC and Xbox Series X/S on 12th March. Read more
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Engineering more resilient crops for a warming climate
Scientists are using AlphaFold to strengthen a photosynthesis enzyme for resilient, heat-tolerant crops.
TikTok rolls out a ‘Nearby Feed’ to display local content in select countries
While TikTok is already known for its recommendation algorithm, which is able to target users with highly personalized content, the addition of a Nearby Feed gives it the ability to display even more relevant content to its users.
Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%
The proposal reflects the overall lack of interest in products like Meta's social virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds.
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Let it Die: Inferno is maybe the weirdest extraction game I've ever played, both endlessly intriguing and disappointing
Every part of Let it Die: Inferno is bizarre. Visually striking, narratively eccentric, ambitious within the genre it's inhabiting. It may not be the best extraction game I've played this year - by quite a margin I'm afraid - but it's certainly one of the most interesting. It has genuine artistic m