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4 May 2026 Vol 19

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Our Favorite Unbound Merino Wool T-Shirts Are on Sale for Black Friday

WIRED favorite apparel company Unbound Merino has kicked off its Black Friday sale with deals on our favorite merino wool…

AWS is spending $50B build AI infrastructure for the US government

Amazon Web Services is making a sizable new investment in infrastructure designed to boost AI capabilities for U.S. government organizations.…

X-energy rides nuclear wave, raises $700M Series D

Nuclear startup X-energy raised $700 million in a Series D found, the company told TechCrunch. The new fundraise comes less…

The State of AI: Chatbot companions and the future of our privacy

Eileen Guo writes: Even if you don’t have an AI friend yourself, you probably know someone who does. A recent…

The Oura Ring 4 Is $100 Off Ahead of Black Friday

Looking for a health and fitness tracker that doesn’t require you to wear a big, bulky watch? You can grab…

DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk’s team of federal cost-cutters

The Trump administration has disbanded the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a controversial team of federal cost-cutters previously led…

Pocket Casts now lets you create a playlist of your favorite podcast episodes 

Pocket Casts, the podcast app owned by Tumblr’s parent company Automattic, launched a new feature that lets you create podcast…

A new AI benchmark tests whether chatbots protect human wellbeing

AI chatbots have been linked to serious mental health harms in heavy users, but there have been few standards for…

Former MrBeast content strategist is building an AI tool for creator ideation and analytics

Short videos are in high demand. Across large platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, users are watching billions of…

The Download: how to fix a tractor, and living among conspiracy theorists

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…