Check Out Highlights From WIRED’s 2025 Big Interview Event
On December 4, WIRED sat down with some of the biggest names in tech, culture, business, and science for a day full of in-depth interviews.
Scientists develop a glasses-free 3D system with a little help from AI
Watching 3D movies and TV shows is a fun and exciting experience, where images leap out of the screen. To get this effect, you usually have to wear a special pair of glasses. But that could soon be a thing of the past as scientists have developed a new display system that delivers a realistic …
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Gemini 3 Pro scores 69% trust in blinded testing up from 16% for Gemini 2.5: The case for evaluating AI on real-world trust, not academic benchmarks
Just a few short weeks ago, Google debuted its Gemini 3 model, claiming it scored a leadership position in multiple AI benchmarks. But the challenge with vendor-provided benchmarks is that they are just that — vendor-provided. A new vendor-neutral evaluation from Prolific, however, puts Gemini 3 at the top of the leaderboard. This isn’t on …
BMW iX3 2026 Review: Price, Specs, Availability
BMW’s first car on its new EV platform has finally arrived. But will a big range, thumping charging tech, and a new driving brain that aims to deliver the ultimate ride be enough to beat China?
Guided learning helps previously ‘untrainable’ neural networks learn effectively
Even networks long considered “untrainable” can learn effectively with a bit of a helping hand. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have shown that a brief period of alignment between neural networks, a method they call guidance, can dramatically improve the performance of architectures previously thought unsuitable for modern tasks.
Amazon’s new AI can code for days without human help. What does that mean for software engineers?
Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced a new class of artificial intelligence systems called “frontier agents” that can work autonomously for hours or even days without human intervention, representing one of the most ambitious attempts yet to automate the full software development lifecycle. The announcement, made during AWS CEO Matt Garman’s keynote address at the …
Russia Wants This Mega Missile to Intimidate the West, but It Keeps Crashing
One of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sabers to rattle seems to have lost its edge.
Engineers develop thin film to make AI chips faster and more energy efficient
Addressing the staggering power and energy demands of artificial intelligence, engineers at the University of Houston have developed a revolutionary new thin-film material that promises to make AI devices significantly faster while dramatically cutting energy consumption.
DeepSeek just dropped two insanely powerful AI models that rival GPT-5 and they’re totally free
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released two powerful new AI models on Sunday that the company claims match or exceed the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini-3.0-Pro — a development that could reshape the competitive landscape between American tech giants and their Chinese challengers. The Hangzhou-based company launched DeepSeek-V3.2, designed as an everyday reasoning …
22 Best Cyber Monday Deals at Best Buy (2025) on Hot Tech
Best Buy is rolling out really great deals on some of our favorite tech that we’ve tested this year.