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6 Best Dehumidifiers to Fight Mold and Muggy Summers (2026)
WIRED has published its 2026 guide to the best dehumidifiers, aimed at helping people manage mould and excess indoor humidity during muggy summers. High humidity is more than a nuisance, the outlet notes, as it can hinder the body’s ability to cool down in hot weather, strain air conditioning systems, worsen cardiac issues, and promote…
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The AI takeover of mathematics has begun
OpenAI has announced that an advanced unreleased AI model, known as Astra, produced solutions to 10 long-standing mathematics problems, some of which had stumped academics for decades. The development has stirred a mixture of excitement and unease among mathematicians, including Oxford’s Fields Medal-winning professor James Maynard, who describes grappling with what the shift means for…
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A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts
Computer scientists have found a way to extract the hidden “thinking” process that frontier AI models use to work through complex problems, exposing a vulnerability shared by major providers including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. The technique offers evidence, though not proof, that some Chinese AI models may have been trained by “distilling” reasoning from US…
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Building up the US power grid won’t be wasted, even if the AI bubble bursts
US power companies face a decision about how much new generation and grid capacity to build for surging datacentre demand, given that some planned AI facilities may never be completed if the AI boom cools. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company argues the bigger danger is under-building rather than over-building, since even if AI compute demand…
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Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction
In this extract from her new book, historian Jill Lepore argues that Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other Silicon Valley billionaires are building what she calls the “Artificial State” – a vision of society freed from democratic government and national borders, drawn largely from science fiction they read as boys but, in her view, fundamentally…
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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service has banned Meta smart glasses from all criminal, civil and family courts in England and Wales, confiscating them from anyone attempting to bring them into judicial buildings. The move follows growing unease over the device’s ability to record video covertly, and mirrors a similar ban introduced by New York’s…
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 – Release Date, Gameplay, And Everything We Know
While many game studios chase the elusive idea of a “forever game,” Bandai Namco cracked the formula a decade ago with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Pitting fan-favorite characters from the franchise against custom-made warriors, Xenoverse 2 had an extraordinarily long run following its release in 2015, as constant updates and new story content kept the…
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Big Walk strides to sales success, passing an impressive milestone in under one week
Big Walk, the new co-op adventure game from Untitled Goose Game developer House House, has sold over one million copies within just six days of release, its publisher Panic announced. The rapid milestone underlines strong early demand for the studio’s follow-up, a title built around communication and collaborative puzzle-solving rather than conventional combat or competition…
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Burnham vows to resolve ‘long-running injustice’ of indefinite prison sentences in boost for thousands of inmates
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to resolve the “long-running injustice” of indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences as part of a wider plan to ease prison overcrowding while keeping the most serious offenders, such as those who killed PC Andrew Harper, behind bars. Options under consideration include releasing “lower risk” IPP prisoners, speeding…