Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters

Self-driving-vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain.

Meet Scotland’s Whisky-Sniffing Robot Dog

Inside Dewar’s cavernous whisky warehouses, man’s best mechanical friend—a Boston Dynamics robot dog with an ethanol sensor for a nose—is on the hunt for leaky barrels.

A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon

The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware.

Ring and Kidde’s Newest Smoke Detector Is Here, and It’s Battery Powered (2026)

The Alexa-enabled smoke detector is Kidde’s second model in collaboration with Ring—no wires required.

The Google Pixel 10a Is Barely Different From the Pixel 9a

With specs nearly identical to last year’s Pixel 9a, the new Pixel 10a doesn’t pack as much of a punch as prior A-series smartphones.

An Inside Look at Lego’s New Tech-Packed Smart Brick

Lego’s next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born.

Waymo Asks the DC Public to Pressure Their City Officials

Stuck in regulatory limbo, the self-driving-vehicle developer is encouraging residents of Washington, DC, to message public officials to help get its robotaxis onto roads.

I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups

Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI hype machine.