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A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them

VPNSecure’s lifetime plan didn’t survive after new ownership took over. Now customers are hopping mad.

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Google’s Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android

A new extra-secure mode for Android 16 will let at-risk users lock their devices down.

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Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode

CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app. Fitness! Food! Microdermabrasion? A WIRED exclusive.

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Google Is Using On-Device AI to Spot Scam Texts and Investment Fraud

Android’s “Scam Detection” protection in Google Messages will now be able to flag even more types of digital fraud.

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Android 16 Is Getting a Facelift, and Gemini Is Rolling Onto More Google Platforms

Google teased all the new features coming to its mobile operating system ahead of next week’s I/O conference.

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GM's New Battery Tech Could Be a Breakthrough for Affordable EVs

General Motors has cracked the chemistry of lower-cost, energy-dense electric vehicle batteries. Budget-conscious gasoline holdouts may soon have no excuse.

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Your Favorite Porn Stars Are Sick of Being Censored. But They’re Not Going Away

We spent the Pornhub Awards with some of the site’s biggest stars to talk censorship, making money, and the popularity of trans porn—all while the site is blocked in more than a third of US states.

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A VIP Seat at Donald Trump's Crypto Dinner Cost at Least $2 Million

The largest holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have secured spots at a private event with the US president himself. WIRED tracked how they did it.

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Computer Ban Gave the Government Unfair Advantage in Anti-War Activist’s Case, Lawyer Says

A lawyer for anti-war activist Mahmoud Khalil, currently being held by ICE, says she was barred from using a computer in a key hearing—an example, experts say, of the unfairness of immigration court.

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The 45 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (May 2025)

“Conan O’Brien Must Go,” “The Last of Us,” and “The Rehearsal” are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.