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Republicans are spending their time and money on Senate races in historically red states—a sign they’re more nervous than ever as Election Day looms.

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

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.

With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, the White House knows it has to go all in on Senate races—while virtually forfeiting the House.

Maximize your travel budget with our expert guide to finding Klook coupons, app-exclusive deals, and payment discounts on tours, hotels, and transport.

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Travel smarter with gifts packed by WIRED’s globe-trotting staffers.

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

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

Otherlab’s Lightfoot looks like a box on wheels, but this head-turning urban scooter is designed to go farther thanks to the power of the sun.