Update Your iPhone Now for Better Encrypted Messaging With Android

As part of the iOS 26.5 update, Apple’s Messages app can now encrypt texts between some iPhone and Android smartphones.

Papa Johns Is Getting Into Drone Delivery—but Not for Pizza

A new collaboration with Alphabet’s Wing will only deliver sandwiches. It demonstrates the tricky parts of taking to the sky.

Could Contact-Tracing Apps Help With the Hantavirus? Not Really

Contact-tracing apps were widely deployed during the Covid pandemic. They aren’t as helpful during smaller outbreaks.

Do City Delivery Drones Make Sense? No One Knows, but They’re Flying Over NYC

One of the country’s busiest airspaces has a new kind of flying machine—maybe temporarily.

The 19 Most Exciting Cars at the Beijing Auto Show 2026

The cars that debuted at the Beijing Auto Show demonstrate that the Chinese market is now at the forefront of electrification and intelligence. These are the 19 most intriguing models we saw.

Tesla’s Latest Recall? Wheels May Fall Off Cybertrucks

In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall, certain models of Elon Musk’s embattled pickup could experience a sudden, unexpected wheel separation, thanks to the wrong grease and loose nuts.

We Asked Coffee Pros to Blind Test Coffee Machines. The Results Were Surprising

For our latest WIRED Blind Test, we sat coffee industry professionals down to rank leading do-it-all coffee machines—and the winner wasn’t what anyone expected.

The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys

These cuddly, connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned.

Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’

Google is sunsetting Google Fit by year’s end. While Fitbit remains very much alive, the rebranded Google Health app is your one-stop shop for all things health and fitness.

I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes

Anthropic announced “dreaming” for AI agents to sort through “memories” at its developer conference. Can we not?