An $8.4 Billion Chinese Hub for Crypto Crime Is Incorporated in Colorado

Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering. And all registered to a US address.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

HP Coupon Codes & Deals: Save up to 81% in May

Enjoy discounts on HP laptops, printers and more with these HP offer codes.

North Korean IT Workers Are Being Exposed on a Massive Scale

Security researchers are publishing 1,000 email addresses they claim are linked to North Korean IT worker scams that infiltrated Western companies—along with photos of men allegedly involved in the schemes.

Patients Are Left With Few Options as GLP-1 Copycats Disappear

With the active ingredients in drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound no longer in shortage, access to medicine for millions who had come to rely on compounded versions is increasingly uncertain.