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Blue Origin is planning to fly its New Glenn rocket again in 2026 despite last week’s massive explosion, according to CEO Dave Limp. Limp said Monday that more of the launchpad’s infrastructure was in “good shape” than expected following the explosion, which happened during testing at the company’s site in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Limp also said that another previously flown New Glenn rocket booster that was at the launch complex, along with three of the rocket’s upper stages, “also look good.” “We will fly again before the end of this year,” he said. It’s an aggressive timeline for returning to…
The fandom of The Amazing Digital Circus has had a rough few weeks on the internet.Ever since Glitch Productions, the independent animation studio behind the web series, announced in early April that the finale would be released in theaters rather than on YouTube, fans have been simultaneously speculating about how the show might end and avoiding anyone claiming to have details about the final episode, whether they’re real or not.“We’re looking for new mods to help us with spoilers,” reads the pinned post at the top of r/tadc, a popular Amazing Digital Circus subreddit. “Subreddit update: Leaks and controversies,” reads…
Indie agency Mojo Supermarket has ended its nine-month search for a head of strategy, bringing in Droga5’s strategy director Brad Filice.Founder Mo Said had been running the strategy department himself while searching for someone who could partner with him as a creative. “The relationship between a creative and strategist is the most holy relationship in this business,” he said. “It was really hard. It’s like trying to get married in 11 months.”Said wanted someone who could speak business fluently, but also understand how brands need to operate on social. But traditional agencies often don’t get where people’s attention is going…
As enterprises troubleshoot their AI systems, governance has emerged as a key challenge. Some are taking a dual approach: One model to handle incoming queries, while a second model keeps the first one from getting into trouble. That’s the premise of ZeroDrift, a new AI compliance service that announced a $10 million seed round on Tuesday. (Investors include a16z Speedrun, Reign Ventures, PitchDrive Ventures, and U&I Ventures, among others.) The company deals entirely with the second part of the system, sitting between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem. It…
Comparing the Best Alexa SpeakersHonorable MentionsWhile I wouldn’t call these smart speakers my absolute favorites from Amazon, they have some excellent qualities that make them stand out among the vast lineup of Echo models.The Echo Studio (2nd Gen) is the best Alexa speaker for sound quality. This is the second version of the Echo Studio to be our audiophile pick. The current version is a similar size to the old Echo (4th gen), but the musical power on this speaker is almost ridiculous. It filled my entire second floor’s long great room with music, and I didn’t even need to…
McDonald’s has assembled an all-star team of soccer players from around the globe for its biggest-ever World Cup push. Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the global marketing push brings together David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Son Heung-min, and Lamine Yamal to introduce the restaurant’s FIFA World Cup 26 Meal. A 60-second spot headlines the campaign, opening with archival footage from each of the players’ illustrious careers. It then cuts to present-day comedic vignettes of them at a McDonald’s location, where they interact with McDonald’s mascots, like Grimace and the Hamburglar. By the end, each player holds and admires their own…
Pacific Fusion took the wraps off its latest pulser module prototype on Tuesday, a piece of equipment that allows the company to move ahead with its demonstration fusion power plant. Construction on the fusion power plant is expected to begin this summer. Results from the shipping container-sized prototype were good enough to unlock another tranche of Pacific Fusion’s Series A round, which exceeds $1 billion, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The company did not disclose the size of the tranche. Pacific Fusion is among the best-funded fusion startups. The tranche-based model is more widely used in biotech, where it saves…
Keep in mind that these services may not work all the time. But being able to see how much a product costs right before the sale starts (and whether the MSRP happened to increase) can be helpful. Putting these tools together can help you deduce whether a deal is worth your money.WIRED always fact-checks deals to determine their quality. Of course, I’m biased, but you can check out our ongoing deals coverage to find roundups of the best discounts available—during Prime Day and beyond.What’s a Lightning Deal?Lightning Deals are limited-time deals that Amazon runs for only a few hours. They’re…
The round was co-led by XYZ Venture Capital and Mischief Ventures, with participation from Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six and Acme Capital. It brings Plot’s total raised to $14 million, following an initial cash injection of $4 million in February 2025.Plot was founded in 2022 by former Apple social marketing lead and Gap digital producer Megan Duong, after she grew frustrated with text‑based social listening tools that couldn’t make sense of short‑form or untagged video content.
You can find anything on Amazon—plus thousands of versions of that thing. If its virtual shelves were translated into a brick-and-mortar storefront, it would probably be the most overstimulating space in the world. Take power banks, for example. Search “power bank” on Amazon and you’ll get more than 40,000 results, ranging from well-known brands like Anker and Belkin to obscure brand names with zero product reviews. There are hundreds of companies and sellers to sift through, with varying capacities, port options, and charging speeds.So how do you know which brands are high-quality? Which listings are legitimate? What’s a good price…
At 1 am during Ramadan, Palestinian journalist Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh sits shoulder to shoulder in a packed Yemeni coffee shop in New York, the kind of place that comes alive after evening prayer. Everyone is loud, heavily caffeinated, and happy to be out. His phone buzzes. Breaking news: Israel strikes Tehran.He looks up at his friends, then builds a post and hits Publish. “Did you just post?” they ask. He makes his apologies and goes home to watch the news.This is more or less how Al-Khatahtbeh, 27, has spent the last seven years. He runs @Muslim, with more than 12 million…
A new AI weather forecasting tool released today by the startup WindBorne Systems offers more frequent and accurate predictions on key variables than the world-leading system developed by European governments, thanks to advancements in how sensor readings are fed into deep learning models. Founded by a group of Stanford students in 2019, WindBorne began by building a better weather balloon, with the idea of selling weather data. But with the arrival of the weather-forecasting deep learning models in 2022, the team realized they could capture more value by building their own model as well. Today marks the release of the…
As someone who WFH for a minimum of forty hours a week, and is constantly rotating between working from an office chair, couch, and bed, I can truly say that the office furniture you use matters. Not only can it make or break your body (literally), it also helps to have office supplies and furniture to get you in the professional state of mind when at home.We love Office Depot’s wide selection of office chairs and standing desks to outfit our home offices. Plus, Office Depot has a great selection of home printers for every price point and need, with…
SpaceX is warning investors that it may dole out “significant equity” in “future transactions” following its upcoming IPO — language that was added amid constant industry gossip that CEO Elon Musk ultimately plans to merge his space-and-AI company with Tesla. The new language was tucked deep in the risk factors section of SpaceX’s first official amendment to its IPO filing, which was made public last month. The company tacked this sentence onto the end of the first paragraph of a risk about how mergers and acquisitions may go sideways: We may issue a significant amount of equity in connection with…
Whoop’s bracelet-style trackers deliver exhaustive activity tracking and biometric data compared to standard fitness trackers. The Whoop band is also an excellent tool for monitoring sleep and overall health. Our WIRED testers have been reviewing Whoop trackers since the Whoop 3.0, and have watched as the product has evolved into an AI-enabled personalized service.But for most people, the Whoop may feel like an overinvestment, which is why Whoop is particularly popular among elite athletes. The company’s tiered subscription model can also be quite expensive for devices that are not medical instruments. Nonetheless, in the realm of biohacking, the gamification of…
Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company said in a blog post Monday. The company, which is valued at close to $1 trillion, submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. Anthropic has yet to list the number of shares or set the price. Anthropic said the proposed initial public offering will depend on market conditions and other factors. The filing comes less than a week after Anthropic raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round that pushed its valuation to…