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China turns legacy chips into a trade weapon

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09.21.25

BUSINESS

China Turns Legacy Chips Into a Trade Weapon

BY ZEYI YANG | 4-MINUTE READ

As Washington pushes for a TikTok deal, Beijing is countering with probes into American chipmakers.

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SECURITY

A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

BY LILY HAY NEWMAN AND ANDY GREENBERG | 3-MINUTE READ

Plus: An investigation reveals how US tech companies reportedly helped build China's sweeping surveillance state, and two more alleged members of the Scattered Spider hacking group were arrested.

SCIENCE

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

BY AMOS ZEEBERG | 4-MINUTE READ

A fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive model to train another model for less.

GEAR

Meta’s Smart Glasses Might Make You Smarter. They’ll Certainly Make You More Awkward

BY BOONE ASHWORTH | 4-MINUTE READ

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims anyone not wearing smart glasses will be at a “cognitive disadvantage” in the future. But you'll have to pay a hefty social price for those added smarts.

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GEAR

Gear News of the Week: Nothing’s Latest Earbuds, Amazon’s Hardware Event, and a New Free VPN

BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU | 4-MINUTE READ

Plus: Wacom debuts a new drawing tablet, and Wyze’s smart lock can unlock with a hand wave.

SCIENCE

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA | 11-MINUTE READ

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures.

SCIENCE

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

BY SOPHIE HURWITZ | 4-MINUTE READ

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

The TikTok application is seen with the Apple App Store on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 14 February, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

GEAR

Diminish Distractions by Setting Your iPhone to Gray Scale When You’re Home

BY JUSTIN POT | 2-MINUTE READ

Phones are useful on the go, but distracting when you're at home. Here's how to automatically make them less interesting.

CULTURE

The NFL Goes MrBeast Mode

BY JOHN SEMLEY | 8-MINUTE READ

WIRED went to Brazil for YouTube’s first live NFL broadcast. It was helmed by the platform’s biggest influencers as the league expands its quest for global domination.