Apple engineers are inspecting bacon packagingPLUS: People are paying to get their chatbots high. View in browser | Your newsletter preferences12.17.25 BUSINESS Apple Engineers Are Inspecting Bacon Packaging to Help Level Up US ManufacturersBY PARESH DAVE | 7-MINUTE READ Initial participants in the new Apple Manufacturing Academy tell WIRED that the tech giant’s surprising frankness and hands-on support are already benefiting their bottom lines. SCIENCE Former Neuralink Exec Launches Organ Preservation EffortBY EMILY MULLIN | 3-MINUTE READ Science Corporation, founded by Neuralink’s first president, Max Hodak, has unveiled a prototype machine to extend the life of organs for longer periods. BUSINESS OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most UsersBY MAXWELL ZEFF | 4-MINUTE READ As OpenAI scrambles to improve ChatGPT, it's ditching a feature in its free tier that contributed to last summer's user revolt. DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed ToBY JASON PARHAM | 13-MINUTE READ I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that. ADVERTISEMENT SCIENCE New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and CancerBY DAVID GILBERT | 4-MINUTE READ Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has entertained a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel. SECURITY Microsoft Will Finally Kill an Encryption Cipher That Enabled a Decade of Windows HacksBY DAN GOODIN, ARS TECHNICA | 3-MINUTE READ The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades. ELECTRIC VEHICLES Jaguar’s Type 00 Still Looks Odd, but This Is One Seriously Quick EVBY JEREMY WHITE | 5-MINUTE READ We took a hair-raising trip around a track in the final four-door GT version of Jaguar’s polarizing relaunch concept car. It just might be good enough to end the British brand’s abysmal run of luck. CULTURE Grindr Goes ‘AI-First’ as It Strives to Be an ‘Everything App for the Gay Guy’BY JASON PARHAM | 7-MINUTE READ After controlling shareholders failed to take Grindr private and controversies over data and the banning of the phrase “No Zionists,” Grindr’s CEO opens up about AI, privacy, and big expansion plans. CULTURE People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’BY MATTHA BUSBY | 5-MINUTE READ An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT. 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.
