Starling Murmurations

The team behind director Takashi Yamazaki’s new film created their kaiju roars by setting up speakers on top of an outdoor dam. The people walking by weren’t prepared for what they heard.

I’ve tested almost every Garmin watch—these entry-level favorites are steeply discounted right now.

More than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional.

The artist’s macabre short works have been adapted into eerily freaky 30-minute bites for television. We got a sneak preview of the next episode airing on HBO Max.

As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT for all users with an “Intelligent UI” that’s more visual—generating interactive elements as part of the chatbot’s outputs.

The powerful Dyson V16 Piston Animal and other Dyson vacuums and tools are discounted until Halloween.

Want to save money without supporting Amazon? This roundup is full of deals on WIRED-approved favorites.

As WIRED’s resident pet tech tester, I have lots of opinions on what’s worth your money. Petkit’s automatic litter boxes are my top picks—and my favorite models are $100 off right now.

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.