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Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO

Nvidia’s cofounder and chief executive resigned on Thursday after the company opened an investigation into his affair with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset.
By Caroline Haskins and Lauren Goode
Business

Meet Colette Kress, Nvidia’s New Interim CEO

Nvidia’s longtime chief financial officer helped transform the company into an AI powerhouse. Now she’s taking the reins following Jensen Huang’s resignation on Thursday.
By Lauren Goode and Louise Matsakis
Movies and TV

Where To Watch Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything in the Gulf

Over a month after it became the film the internet couldn’t stop talking about, here’s how to watch it in regional cinemas.
By Megan Tomos
Digital Culture

Egypt’s Mada Masr Is Fighting to Stay Online and Out of Court

Lina Attalah faces a prison sentence after a crackdown on independent media, while the outlet says its licence application has gone unanswered since 2018.
By Ghalia Alwani
Big Tech

Nvidia Is Caught Between the US and China. So Is the Gulf.

US-China tensions have already complicated chip access for the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Nvidia’s latest investigation adds fresh scrutiny.
By Malak Saleh
Psychology and Neuroscience

Can AI Chatbots Recognise a Teenager’s Mental Health Crisis?

Chatbot safeguards need to work across dialects, mixed languages and lengthy conversations. Researchers want evidence that they do.
By Malak Saleh
Health

Can We Change What It Means To Die?

What is the future of death? WIRED Middle East asks scientists who want to prolong health, redefine death or upload human life.
By Iain Akerman
Health

The UAE's Genome Programme Has Enrolled Nearly 920,000 People. What Comes Next?

The Emirati Genome Programme’s next test is turning genetic insights into earlier diagnoses, better treatments and measurable improvements in patients’ health.
By Omnia Al Desoukie
Health

The Science Hasn’t Caught Up With the Peptide Hype

Whether they’re bad for you depends almost entirely on which peptide you mean, and where you got it.
By Megan Tomos

Security

Cyberattacks and Hacks

France Blames Iran for Fridge Hacks. How Vulnerable Is Your Smart Kitchen?

Attacks on supermarket cooling systems expose the risks of connected equipment—and the differences between store fridges and yours.
By Malak Saleh
Cyberattacks and Hacks

The Fridge-Hacking Spree Is an Internet-of-Things Wake-Up Call

Escalating hacks affecting blood labs and grocery stores show the very real risks to critical infrastructure that come from basic security lapses involving internet-connected devices.
By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess
Cyberattacks and Hacks

Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks To Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist

Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm’s system and steal billions, according to Binance.
By Matt Burgess
Security News

Israel Is Destroying the Machinery South Lebanon Needs to Rebuild

Israeli strikes on construction equipment and water systems are obstructing recovery in South Lebanon–and displaced families’ return home.
By Ghalia Alwani

THE BIG STORY

The Big Story

How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED – And Everyone Else

WIRED was the first magazine to cover Theranos and its enticing billionaire founder. There were warning signs even then.
By Adam Rogers
How To and Advice

Israel Is Trying to Shape What Chatbots Say. We Tested Six.

By Malak Saleh
Digital Culture

Inside the Muslim Manosphere Policing Women Online

By Maysaa Ajjan
The Big Story

Patrick Stewart Boldly Explores His Own Final Frontier

Everyone’s favourite starship captain is back in the hot seat – this time as the author of a revealing, open-hearted memoir, Making It So.
By Gideon Lichfield
Digital Culture

A Stranger Made an AI Clone of My Voice. My Friend Thought It Was Me

A viewer built a chatbot in my likeness. I tested how easily it could copy my voice–and whether anyone who knows me would notice.
By Carla Sertin
Digital Culture

No AI, No Uploads, No Ads: Divine's CEO Says Friction Could Save Social Media

The six-second video app is banning everything that made modern social media frictionless. Its founder says that's exactly what will make people trust what they're watching
By Megan Tomos
Security News

The Open-Source Investigators Reconstructing the Middle East’s Wars

As journalists are shut out of conflict zones, investigators are using satellite imagery, social media and 3D modelling to document atrocities. But evidence alone cannot deliver accountability.
By Iain Akerman

Business

Web 3

How Hackers Turned Binance’s Own Systems Against It

Binance’s $6.34 billion hack exposes the risks in systems that authorise withdrawals – and the tools used to move stolen crypto.
By Omnia Al Desoukie
Energy

The Gulf’s Oil Giants Are Deepening Their Love Affair With AI

ADNOC is bringing OpenAI into its operational decisions. Aramco is buying into Humain. The deals connect the Gulf’s AI ambitions directly to its oil business.
By Megan Tomos
Web 3

The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Was Pulled Off in Just 20 Minutes

Multiple crypto-tracing firms say notorious North Korean hackers TraderTraitor may be behind the largest digital heist in history—with billions of crypto likely gone for good.
By Matt Burgess
Artificial Intelligence

Inside Abu Dhabi’s Push for an AI-Native Future

At WIRED Middle East’s Rewired conference, DGE and ADNOC revealed new reports exploring how AI is reshaping government, work and energy.
By Megan Tomos

Science

Environment

Gaza Floods Are Forcing a Choice Between Pumping Out Sewage and Pumping Water

Municipal teams are diverting fuel from water wells to drainage pumps as Israeli restrictions hamper repairs across Gaza.
By Isra Namey
Health

Robotic Surgery in Abu Dhabi: What Comes Next for AI in the Operating Theatre?

At WIRED Middle East’s Rewired conference, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Dr Robert Abouassaly explored robotic surgery, Neuralink and why human judgement remains essential.
By Megan Tomos
Health

Coffee Linked to Less Body Fat and Higher Testosterone in Study

A Finnish study found associations between coffee consumption, body composition and hormone levels – but could not establish cause and effect.
By Javier Carbajal
Environment

What Happens When An Oil Spill Reaches the Coast?

As Umm Al Quwain closes its beaches, experts explain how oil spills affect marine life–and why contamination can outlast the visible slick.
By Dana Alomar

Gear

Reviews

iPhone Duo Review: The Fold Is Useful. The Compromises Are Expensive.

Apple’s iPhone Duo makes a convincing case for working across two apps, but its software and inner camera complicate the upgrade.
By Dana Alomar
Gear News

What Will It Take for UAE Drivers to Go Electric?

At WIRED Middle East’s Rewired conference, Al-Futtaim Electric Mobility’s Lucas Bellieud discussed charging, Chinese carmakers and why winning drivers’ trust is key to EV adoption.
By Megan Tomos
Gear News

Apple’s First Touchscreen MacBook Pro Gets an OLED Display

The new MacBook Pro starts at AED 11,999 in the UAE, pairing an OLED touchscreen with a lighter design and M5 Pro or M5 Max chips.
By Jorge Garay
Gear News

The Inside Story of Why Apple Finally Brought a Touch Display to the Mac

An exclusive early look at Apple’s new touchscreen MacBook Pro—the computer Apple said would never happen.
By Steven Levy

Culture

Digital Culture

Sharjah Warns Parents About “Nudify” Apps. Some Hide Behind Pet Photo Tools

Sharjah has warned parents about “nudify” apps targeting children. A separate WIRED investigation reveals how abusive deepfake tools hide inside ordinary-looking AI apps.
By Matt Burgess
Digital Culture

Why A24 Movies Take Longer to Reach Middle East Cinemas

A24’s biggest releases can dominate the conversation before reaching the Middle East. Its patchwork of international distribution deals helps explain the wait.
By Megan Tomos
Digital Culture

What Does It Really Mean When Fashion Is “Shot on iPhone”?

A month after Meta put robots on a Milan runway, Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max infiltrated a fashion show in Türkiye’s Cappadocia.
By Megan Tomos
Dig in

Digger Is a Movie About Making Art While the World Burns

Tom Cruise’s strangest movie was sold as a gag reel. It’s actually the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.
By Carla Sertin