What Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents

Michael Calore: The inscrutable billboards. Lauren Goode: I was just like, “What? No, keep me in the land of Burrata and Caravaggio.” Michael Calore: Well, Lauren, I’m sorry to tell you that you came back on the show just in time to talk about AI agents. I know. Lauren Goode: Great. Michael Calore: It’s something…

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An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design

The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a Tencent subsidiary) are using 3D-native AI models to prototype new characters, scenes, and storylines, according to a researcher familiar with the company’s efforts who spoke…

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Holiday Foods Face-Off: Which Is Healthier to Eat?

These two starters have a lot in common, starting with the fact that they’re both easy to overeat, as foods that are high in carbohydrates and sodium tend to be. Cheese and dips both pack a lot of sodium, and—unless you’re talking about vegetable- and bean-based dips like salsa, guacamole, or hummus—saturated fat. Calorie-wise, the…

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The 55 Best Shows on Disney+, WIRED’s Picks (December 2025)

Disney+, if you didn’t know, isn’t just for kids. With its ownership of the Lucasfilm brand and the Marvel titles, the streaming service offers plenty of grown-up content in its bid to compete with Netflix and Amazon—and we’re not just talking movies. Since launching the service, Disney has used the name recognition of Star Wars…

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Best Body Washes From Our Tests

It’s to everyone’s benefit that body wash offerings, and my own discernment, have improved in recent years. I employed this enhanced sense of judgment in our recent evaluation of 19 body washes, alongside my colleagues Justin Krajeski, Ginger Cowles, and Mary Beth Quirk.  We evaluated body washes that our partner, MadeSafe, determined to be some…

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Best Sustainable Body Washes

The problem is that wastewater treatment plants aren’t very good at removing chemicals found in household products like body wash. In fact, according to Summer Streets, a research scientist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, they were “never designed to remove these types of chemicals, period. And they still aren’t.” Most wastewater treatment plants were…

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How to Spend Your Leftover FSA Money

Up through 2010, you could use your FSA money to purchase medications over-the-counter (OTC). The Affordable Care Act changed that rule, so that starting in 2011, you needed a doctor’s prescription in order to use your FSA for OTC drugs. Thanks to the CARES Act, that’s no longer the case. So you can now use…

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