A 773,000-year-old Moroccan cave find may sit near the family fork that led to us, Neanderthals, and Denisovans
A newly dated hominin from a Moroccan cave, pinned to the precise age of Earth’s last magnetic flip, lands close to the branching point that produced Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans—offering a rare, sharply timed snapshot of our lineage in transition.
The 4 Best Website Builders of 2026, Explained: What WIRED’s Tests Mean for You
WIRED updated its guide to the best website builders for 2026 after hands-on testing. Here’s the essential context, how to read the results, and how to pick the right platform for your project.
Your One‑Day Financial Reset: 7 Tech‑Smart Moves for Stronger Money Health
Use a single day to overhaul your money life. These seven, tech-guided steps help you automate savings, tame debt, boost security, and future‑proof your finances—without turning budgeting into a second job.
‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: Alleged bulge-boosting in ski jumping, the science behind it, and why it’s risky
Allegations that some ski jumpers used penile fillers to influence suit fit have ignited a bizarre Olympic controversy. Here’s what might be going on, the medical risks, and what rule-makers can do next.
Sixteen AI agents, one C compiler: What a $20,000 experiment tells us about the future of software creation
A coordinated swarm of 16 Claude-based agents reportedly built a new C compiler that could compile a Linux kernel—at a monetary cost of ~$20,000 and with heavy human orchestration. Here’s why it’s a milestone, why it’s not magic, and what it signals for engineering in the LLM era.
Purple prose meets prompt errors: A lawyer’s Bradbury-laced brief collapses under AI hallucinations
A lawyer tried to rescue a fatally flawed, AI-assisted brief with dramatic Ray Bradbury quotations. The court wasn’t impressed—and the case was lost. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and how legal practice is adapting to generative AI’s risks.