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Full-year electric vehicle sales figures have dropped for 2025, revealing China's BYD is now officially global top dog.
The tactics behind protest policing are changing—from one of cooperation to intentional antagonism for political marketing purposes.
After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots defined AI’s narrative.
By Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Brian Barrett, and Zoë Schiffer
Dating apps and AI companies have been touting bot wingmen for months. But the future might just be good old-fashioned meet-cutes.
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
From dead crabs to shredded bed sheets, fraudsters are using fake photos and videos to get their money back from ecommerce sites.
From Tesla to AI friends to Big Balls and back, this is our definitive breakdown of everything, and everyone, that conquered the WIRED world this year—and a few that fell from the top.
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