Americas News
The 40 Best Shows on Apple TV, WIRED’s Picks (January 2026)
- Technology
- Angela Watercutter, WIRED Staff
- Jan 20, 2026
Hijack, Pluribus, and The Morning Show are among the best shows on Apple TV this month.
‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool
- Technology
- Jorge Garay
- Jan 20, 2026
This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished.
ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
- Technology
- Dell Cameron
- Jan 20, 2026
Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.
Jimmy Wales Will Never Edit Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Page: He ‘Makes Me Insane’
- Technology
- Katie Drummond
- Jan 20, 2026
On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an online ecosystem increasingly hostile to facts.
China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own
- Technology
- Johanna Costigan
- Jan 20, 2026
Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI boyfriends.
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
- Technology
- Jan 20, 2026
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All
- Technology
- Yi-Ling Liu
- Jan 20, 2026
How the Cyberspace Administration of China inadvertently made a guide to the country’s homegrown AI revolution.
China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World
- Technology
- Jeremy Wallace
- Jan 20, 2026
A global onslaught of cheap Chinese green power is upending everything in its path. No one is ready for its repercussions.
You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel
- Technology
- Afra Wang
- Jan 20, 2026
Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise.
Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese
- Technology
- Will Knight
- Jan 20, 2026
Explosive acceleration, limited dexterity, eyes in the back of its head. What could possibly go wrong?
Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. One year later, has he delivered?
- Business
- Camila Domonoske
- Jan 20, 2026
- US
Cheap gasoline, yes. Drill, baby, drill? Not so much. And electricity bills are going up, not down.
They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania
- Business
- Bobby Allyn
- Jan 17, 2026
- US
Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the...