As electric vehicles have gone mainstream, buyers are facing a smorgasbord of options, and Tesla--once untouchable--is no longer the dominant force. Last year was a tough one for Elon Musk's auto brand: Sales efforts faltered, and the company lost its title of world's largest EV maker to China's BYD . Today, it feels like all automakers-- including luxury brands --are racing to release their own EVs. But at the same time, some companies are scaling back production plans . So where is the market headed?

Join our livestream -- and pose a question to WIRED's panel of experts -- on China's dominance, influence, and how it is rewriting the future. Whether you realize it or not, you're already living in the Chinese century. From batteries to milk to electric vehicles, China is undoubtably doing it better--while the rest of us kick our feet up and watch. China is soaring ahead of the US in a space race called by Trump; China is putting up buildings in a day's time; China is light-years ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to solar energy. Our upcoming China Issue will lay it all out: the robotics explosion, the energy revolution, the cultural takeover.

OpenAI's Atlas Browser Takes Direct Aim at Google Chrome The new ChatGPT-powered web browser is OpenAI's boldest play yet to reinvent how people use the web. OpenAI announced on Tuesday it's rolling out a new internet browser called Atlas that integrates directly with ChatGPT . Atlas includes features like a sidebar window people can use to ask ChatGPT questions about the web pages they visit. "We think that AI represents a rare, once a decade opportunity to rethink what a browser can be about," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said during a livestream announcing Atlas. "Tabs were great, but we haven't seen a lot of browser innovation since then."

Amazon agrees to record $2.5b settlement over claims it tricked customers The five'worst cities to be a woman' in America... and they're all in deep red states D4vd's mansion is mysteriously EMPTIED by movers... as disturbing theory emerges about why he still hasn't been arrested after dismembered girl was found in his Tesla There's a sinister Establishment'plot' to undermine Prince William and Kate and bring back Harry and Meghan. I refuse to be part of it... and today I'm exposing what's going on: RICHARD EDEN Pastor and wife were living WITH their son who'kept four people PRISONER in basement dungeon'... as survivor's family reveal what'evil monster' did to victims Las Vegas man raped by mother as a child is told by judge that he's legal father to brother believed to be his biological son Why your star sign has been WRONG your whole life: As astronomers reveal the zodiac is more than 2,500 years out of date, use our graphic to find out what your horoscope really is - and why it's changed I woke up one day with tinnitus. It ruined my life... but this is how I got rid of the agony for good - and why I believe we are treating this insidious condition completely wrong: Expert and audiologist DR GLADYS SANDA Star Trek icon William Shatner, 94, jokes about his DEATH as he breaks silence after'medical emergency' Jessica Alba is being humiliated by her ex-husband chasing lookalikes half her age! How I look like this at 45, by DAVID GANDY: His 45-minute routine, exactly what he eats, the cheap supplement he takes every day, what makes a man... and how to find the perfect pair of pants Livvy Dunne leaves fans in disbelief as'gross' photo goes viral She shows off huge new'Queen' ring with gem'associated with the goddess Diana' Megyn Kelly's brutal takedown of left-wing student who said Trump rhetoric was to blame for Charlie Kirk murder Top journalist slams entitlement of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Gardner's woke daughter after UN speech demanding mask mandates The threat of artificial intelligence wiping us out is so grave governments must bomb any labs suspected of developing it, by two top academics who've studied the threat for 25 years... and spell out in terrifying detail our bloody end This is the sad truth about people like Violet Affleck who are still wearing masks. I've seen it in so many patients at my practice... and this is what's really going on: DR MAX PEMBERTON The Christian pastor and others who falsely predicted the end of the world on September 23 are speaking out after nothing happened.

Everyone has a stake in how tech is shaping education today. From the tech moguls and venture capitalists who are starting "microschools" and building ed-tech tools to policymakers who are writing bills to safeguard kids online and teachers who are getting creative about using AI for school. WIRED explored all this and more in our recent back-to-school digital edition, and we're excited to talk about it at our next subscriber-only livestream on Thursday, August 28, at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT / 6 pm UK. We'll talk about what we learned--turns out that AI has given new life to a skill many people thought would be extinct soon, and one country is attempting to actually ban social media for teenagers--but we also want to hear from you. Share your stories and questions for us via this form, or leave them in the comments below.

Few recent software releases have been as hyped as OpenAI's launch of its GPT-5 model. "GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD level expert," said CEO Sam Altman in a recent press briefing. Is this new release as big of an upgrade as OpenAI claims? What do these changes actually mean for ChatGPT users? WIRED reporters are currently testing this newest drop from OpenAI, and seeing how GPT-5's ability to write, code, and perform other tasks compares to past releases.

RoboCup2025 is currently taking place in Salvador, Brazil. With day one of the main competition complete, things are hotting up across the many different leagues. From soccer to rescue, from industrial to home scenarios, teams are putting their robots through their paces across a variety of tasks and matches. If you would like to catch up on the action from the first day, you can watch the recording of the livestream below. This includes coverage of the teams competing, interviews with participants and organisers, and insights into RoboCup and the various leagues.

Many lawsuits regarding generative AI's training materials were initially filed back in 2023, with decisions just now starting to trickle out. Whether it's Midjourney generating videos of Disney characters, like Wall-E brandishing a gun, or an exit interview with a top AI lawyer as he left Meta, WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs has been following this fight for years--and she's ready to answer your questions. The event will be streamed right here. For subscribers who are not able to join, a replay of the livestream will be available after the event. You can help us prepare by submitting any questions you have before the livestream here, or by leaving a comment below.

As well as targeting young people near the start of their lives, fraudsters have been stepping up their attempts to trick the friends and family of people who have died. Criminals exploit the grief of bereaved families by impersonating them online and charging mourners to see funeral livestreams that should be free, according to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) which supports businesses and local authorities' trading standards officers. These livestreams became more popular during lockdown, and have continued since for those who struggle to attend a funeral in person. Fraudsters contact mourners with bogus links to watch a funeral and demand payment, or set up fake donation pages on legitimate websites. Katherine Hart, CTSI lead officer for doorstep crime, said: "This is a truly despicable scam – targeting people during one of the most emotionally difficult moments of their lives. "It's hard to imagine a more callous form of fraud.

OpenAI announced today that it is releasing a new family of artificial intelligence models optimized to excel at coding, as it ramps up efforts to fend off increasingly stiff competition from companies like Google and Anthropic. The models are available to developers through OpenAI's application programming interface (API). OpenAI is releasing three sizes of models: GPT 4.1, GPT 4.1 Mini, and GPT 4.1 Nano. Kevin Weil, chief product officer at OpenAI, said on a livestream that the new models are better than OpenAI's most widely used model, GPT-4o, and better than its largest and most powerful model, GPT-4.5, in some ways. GPT-4.1 scored 55 percent on SWE-Bench, a widely used benchmark for gauging the prowess of coding models.