PLUS: Check out highlights from WIRED’s Big Interview event. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences12.05.25 BUSINESS Meta Poached Apple’s Top Design Guys to Fix Its Software UIBY BOONE ASHWORTH | 3-MINUTE READ Meta wants to make its AI hardware slicker and more fashion-forward. It also needs to make its software more usable. The way to do all that appears to be hiring design maestros away from Apple. BUSINESS ByteDance and DeepSeek Are Placing Very Different AI BetsBY ZEYI YANG | 4-MINUTE READ The diverging path of China’s two leading AI players shows where the country’s artificial intelligence industry is headed. SCIENCE A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal EnergyBY MOLLY TAFT | 4-MINUTE READ Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by industry in decades. THE BIG INTERVIEW EVENT Check Out Highlights From WIRED’s Big Interview EventBY WIRED STAFF | 1-MINUTE READ WIRED sat down with some of the biggest names in tech, culture, business, and science for a day full of in-depth interviews.ADVERTISEMENT UNCANNY VALLEYWhat Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents BY LAUREN GOODE, MICHAEL CALORE, AND EVAN RATLIFF In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk to writer Evan Ratliff about how he created a small startup made entirely of AI employees—and what his findings reveal about the reality of an agentic future. ► LISTEN NOW THE BIG STORYA New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code BY ANDY GREENBERG | 12-MINUTE READPrivacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you. SECURITYHuge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database BY MATT BURGESS | 5-MINUTE READAn AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.” CULTUREAI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone BY KAT TENBARGE | 6-MINUTE READReddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits. BUSINESSTrump Wants to Trade Fuel Economy for Cheaper Cars. But It Might Not Work BY AARIAN MARSHALL | 2-MINUTE READBy rolling back auto industry fuel efficiency goals, US president Donald Trump hopes to make new cars cheaper. But prices won’t drop for years, and consumers will spend more on gas in the meantime. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Plus, browse more newsletters from WIRED. You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Have questions or comments? Send us a message. Need help? Contact us. Copyright © Condé Nast 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.
