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In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless selection of Marvel movies and plenty of Star Wars and Pixar fare too. Problem is, there’s so much stuff that it’s hard to know where to begin. WIRED is here to help. Below are our picks for the best films on Disney+ right now.For more viewing ideas, try our guides to the best films on Netflix, the best films on Amazon…
Creative scrappiness can take brands where no one else has ever gone before — that’s BodyArmor’s story, and we’re diving deep into it on the latest episode of the Marketing Vanguard podcast. Tune in as the brand’s CMO, Tom Gargiulo, opens up his playbook on succeeding as a challenger brand, from how to build winning athlete partnerships and leverage unconventional media channels for outsized ROI to executing a brand rebirth that resonates with both consumers and retail partners. What you’ll learn: How to build a disruptor/ challenger brand positioning in a saturated category Why athlete-first partnerships outperform big-budget league deals if you’re…
Data security startup Cyera continues on a growth tear. On Thursday, it announced a $400 million Series F funding round at a $9 billion valuation. The New York-based outfit has now raised over $1.7 billion. This funding comes just six months after the previous $540 million round at a $6 billion valuation. The new round was led by funds managed by Blackstone with participation from existing investors including Accel, Coatue, Lightspeed, Redpoint, Sapphire, Sequoia, and others. Cyera offers what it calls data security posture management, a service that helps companies map out where all their sensitive data lives across cloud…
Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer identified by multiple news outlets as the federal agent who shot 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday, is a veteran deportation officer in ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division, according to sworn testimony from the federal district court in Minnesota obtained by WIRED. A member of a Special Response Team, ICE’s version of a SWAT team, he’s had duties as a firearms trainer and led teams drawn from multiple federal agencies including the FBI, Ross testified.The testimony stems from a December 2025 trial related to a June incident with parallels to…
5 Things the Ad Industry Can’t Stop Talking About at CES 2026 Thousands gathered in Las Vegas this week for the industry’s buzziest tech conference.CES This story was originally published in AI, Tech & Money, a free, weekly newsletter covering the key themes shaping Big Tech, adtech, and artificial intelligence. You can sign up for it here.Most people at CES profess to hate Las Vegas (myself included) but then proceed to indulge in many of the city’s vices and delights (myself included). Which makes sense that the altogether resounding feeling of the event this week has been overarching uncertainty. There are more…
Digital teams today have more tools than ever before. There is a platform for every channel, a system for every workflow, and a service for every new idea. At first, this feels like progress. Each tool promises speed, efficiency, or autonomy. Over time, though, these decisions begin to add up. What once felt empowering can slowly turn into a complex web of disconnected systems that drain time and energy from the teams meant to be driving growth. This quiet accumulation of platforms and providers is what we call digital fragmentation. It often happens unintentionally, but the consequences are hard to…
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event. As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of many companies’ messaging, though the hardware upgrades and oddities that have long defined the annual event still have their place on the show floor and in adjacent announcements. We’ll be collecting the biggest reveals and surprises here, though you can still catch the spur-of-the-moment reactions and thoughts from…
Trump administration officials and MAGA world are attempting to rewrite the shooting in Minneapolis.The shooting took place on Wednesday morning when several masked agents—later identified by Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin as members of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency—approached a vehicle. Video footage shared on social media appears to show a masked agent ask the driver to get out of the vehicle before grabbing the door handle. At this point, the driver appears to reverse, before driving forward and turning. Another masked federal officer, standing near the front of the vehicle, pulls out a gun and fires…
AI Steps Out of the Screen at CES. These 5 Things Stopped Me in My Tracks CES 2026 was massive, overwhelming—and occasionally odd. It wasn’t the big product launches that grabbed my attention, but the moments that made me stop and think, “Okay, that’s new.”The 2026 show ran from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It sprawled across 13 venues, spanning roughly 2.6 million square feet, and featured more than 3,500 exhibitors. Attendance is expected to meet or exceed last year’s 142,465 participants. CES often feels less like a hype parade of the latest tech, from robots to…
For more than two decades, WordPress has powered the web by making content creation simple, flexible, and open. Yet as digital experiences have evolved, the way businesses think about their websites has changed. Marketers no longer think in pages and posts; they think in campaigns, audiences, and offers. They expect their content tools to integrate seamlessly with the rest of their marketing technology, giving them the same precision and control they have in other parts of their workflow. That’s where Accelerate comes in. Accelerate is a new experimentation platform for WordPress, created by the team at Human Made to bring…
For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI chatbot. An alarming range of women have been affected by the non-consensual nudes, including prominent models and actresses, as well as news figures, crime victims, and even world leaders. A December 31st research paper from Copyleaks estimated roughly one image was being posted each minute, but later tests found far more. A sample gathered from January 5th to 6th found 6,700 per hour over the 24-hour period. But while public figures from around the world have decried the choice to release the…
For Chinese companies, the bet is that lower prices and more AI features will persuade people to wear smart glasses all day, recording their lives through constant video and audio. If you lower the price to around $200, “people will start to use them every day,” says Brian Chen, general manager of Appotronics’ innovation center. That shift would raise obvious privacy and security concerns that both Rokid and Appotronics have acknowledged, but they see the potential payoff as worth the risk.From Vacuums to CarsSeveral major Chinese electric vehicle companies, including Geely and Great Wall Motor, brought their cars to CES,…
On Thursday, MS NOW announced that former CNN executive Maria Spinella will join the network as its vice president of programming.Starting on Monday, Jan. 12, Spinella will lead MS NOW’s programming teams, guide daily and long-term programming strategies, and help manage breaking-news coverage needs. The exec will be based in New York.She joins the network from CNN, where she was most recently their executive producer of multi-platform programming, developing and producing content across multiple platforms and launching programs across all dayparts.During her nearly two-decade tenure at CNN, Spinella oversaw some of the network’s primetime programs, including Don Lemon Tonight and…
The research report ‘Are you Ready for AI?’ – a collaborative project between Human Made and WordPress VIP – unpacks a data-driven look at how enterprise marketing and technology teams are preparing for the AI-native future. Drawing on insights from 99 senior digital leaders across major enterprise organisations, it provides a practical benchmark to help you understand where your own AI adoption stands. The findings point to a clear message: in a world where AI is accelerating business transformation, standing still is no longer an option. Now is the time to assess your next moves, because the decisions you make…
XBrew Lab debuted its countertop nitro beverage machine, EverNitro, at CES this week, offering nitro coffee enthusiasts a more accessible way to enjoy the drink — without the waste and expense of traditional cartridge-based machines. If you’re unfamiliar with nitro coffee, it’s cold brew coffee infused with nitrogen gas. This process creates tiny bubbles, resulting in a silky-smooth, naturally sweeter taste — similar to drinking a Guinness. Many people also note that nitro coffee is less bitter. EverNitro is positioning itself against competitors such as NitroBrew as a long-term more affordable all-in-one solution. “We offer the quality of a commercial…
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is being used to flood X with thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors wearing minimal clothing. Some of this content appears to not only violate X’s own policies, which prohibit sharing illegal content such as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but may also violate the guidelines of Apple’s App Store and the Google Play store.Apple and Google both explicitly ban apps containing CSAM, which is illegal to host and distribute in many countries. The tech giants also forbid apps that contain pornographic material or facilitate harassment. The Apple App Store says it…