Meanwhile, back in Texas, they are wifi-ing the parking meters

Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Self-driving cars from Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla are studded with cameras and sensors. Some of them are pointing at riders.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,  data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

From the Senate to governors’ mansions, candidates are trying to outcompete each other to be the most anti–data center in races across the US.

Three engineers put GPT, Claude, and Grok in charge of a real car. Only one of them was successful.

The automaker has been criticized for misleading drivers with the feature’s name. Now it’s renaming it for European regulators.

WIRED has partnered with Neal Agarwal of Neal.fun to create a visualization of Elon Musk’s massive wealth. Here’s how it came together.

The base model—without thrusters or the flight system—will likely cost several times that amount to buy. “I’m going to do everything in my power to get the flying one,” says one customer.

As Election Day approaches, the billionaire’s longstanding relationships with GOP leaders in Texas are under scrutiny.

At a recent event for security firm NordVPN, NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he got hacked—and warned the public about the need to “have control of their own information.”