By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.https://www.wired.com/story/heritage-foundation-uses-bogus-stat-to-push-a-trans-terrorism-classification/
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, our hosts discuss Silicon Valley's history and future.https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-is-silicon-valley-still-the-tech-capital/
After Sinclair and Nexstar pulled Jimmy Kimmel off air, the old affiliate model looks shakier than ever. Even Disney might do better without broadcast.https://www.wired.com/story/broadcast-tv-fcc-carr-kimmel/
These five equations should be part of your mental toolkit. They might even improve your bowling score.https://www.wired.com/story/5-more-physics-equations-everyone-should-know/
Trials of vision-improving substances are showing good results, though so far only two have been authorized for use in the United States.https://www.wired.com/story/could-these-eye-drops-end-the-need-for-reading-glasses/
After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors.https://www.wired.com/story/president-trump-signs-tiktok-deal/
Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime.https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ftc-settlement-prime-dark-patterns/
Convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper, she escaped prison and fled the country. She called herself “a 20th-century escaped slave.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/09/26/assata-shakur-dead/
Benjamin Netanyahu castigated his “weak-kneed” critics and vowed to continue fighting Israel’s enemies until they are “gone” in a speech at the United Nations.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/26/israel-netanyahu-un-speech-gaza/
Canada Post is on pace to lose $1 billion this year, officials say. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it was blindsided by cost-cutting measures.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/canada-post-home-delivery-strike/
New York Mayor Eric Adams said he was “proud” to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His leading challenger has called for the Israeli leader’s arrest.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/eric-adams-benjamin-netanyahu-zohran-mamdani-united-nations/
The Labour prime minister announced the new ID requirement amid struggling poll numbers for his party and a rising global backlash against immigrants and asylum seekers.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/uk-id-card-starmer-migration/
Satellite imagery indicates Iran is increasing construction at a deeply buried site in Pickaxe Mountain, just south of the Natanz nuclear facility hit by Israeli and U.S. strikes in June.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/26/iran-underground-nuclear-us/
Russia is using its battlefield experience to give Chinese airborne units the training and technical knowhow to carry out lightning-fast operations.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/russia-china-weapons-sales-air-assault/
Tarpaulins and free slivers of earth are extremely rare as a quarter-million Palestinians flee Israel’s attack on Gaza City and crowd into pockets farther south.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/gaza-city-displaced-tents-shelter/
South Korea has faced a surge of explicit cartoon ads in recent years. Some depict violence against women, raising concerns over child welfare and online sexism.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/webtoon-online-ads-explicit-violence/
As U.S. credibility erodes in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia has signed a far-reaching mutual defense pact with Pakistan. But key details of the deal remain unclear.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/pakistan-saudi-arabia-security-nuclear-weapons/
“We’re going in the right direction,” said Finnish President Alexander Stubb of the war in Ukraine, “and I don’t think we’d be here without Trump.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/26/trump-ukraine-stubb-finland/
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, inclined toward Israel, is navigating an uncomfortable position as the Italian navy helps a Gaza aid flotilla.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/25/gaza-flotilla-italy-spain-navy-israel/
Critics of the plan said they fear it would put vulnerable people at risk of being deported to countries where they could face torture and persecution.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/25/trump-asylum-reforms-christopher-landau/