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WIRED’s Louise Matsakis joins Zoë Schiffer, WIRED’s director of business and industry, to talk about this week’s market madness and why the US probably won’t have armies of people screwing little screws into iPhones anytime soon. Articles mentioned in this episode:Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins by Caroline Haskins…

An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) provides significant insight into the evolving working protocols between DOGE and federal agencies. Notably, the agreement, obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a…

Shortly after Donald Trump declared victory in November, NSO Group cofounder and majority owner Omri Lavie rushed to X to congratulate him, speaking of a “new chapter where the world goes back to common sense,” while accusing the outgoing Biden administration of being “weak.” In another tweet, he gushed in Hebrew that Republicans “won in…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The probe, which has been ongoing since March, covers DOGE’s handling of data at several cabinet-level agencies, including the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and the Social Security Administration, as well as the…

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce the signing of executive orders intended to shape American energy policy in favor of one particular source: coal, the most carbon-intense fossil fuel. “I call it beautiful, clean coal,” President Trump said while flanked by a crowd of miners at the White House. The…

Americans are taking to the streets and showing up in US cities by the thousands to protest a plethora of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies and to challenge the power that Trump has bestowed upon Elon Musk to disrupt the federal government. Public outcry and acts of civil disobedience have become more commonplace over the…

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), spent much of his first all-staff meeting on Monday promoting the use of artificial intelligence at the agency and praising Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again Initiative,” sources tell WIRED. During the meeting, Oz discussed possibly prioritizing AI…

Slowly but surely, Apple TV+ has found its feet. The streaming service, which at launch we called “odd, angsty, and horny as hell,” has evolved into a diverse library of dramas, documentaries, and comedies. Now its library is so packed that we’ve declared it “the new HBO.” Curious but don’t know where to get started?…

Daily Harvest is a meal delivery service that specializes in gluten- and dairy-free, plant-based, premade frozen meals. Ranging from smoothie blends for quick, nutritious breakfasts packed full of veggies and fruits to dinners of soups, harvest bowls, grains, and pastas, all of the meals use inventive, plant-forward ingredients for generally low-calorie meals that are great…

The 2025 Ford Maverick remains the sole compact pickup truck on sale in North America—and it’s been a smash success since it launched, with Ford adding a third shift at its plant to meet the demand. That suggests not every American pickup buyer needs something the size of Ford’s F-Series, which remains the best-selling vehicle…