Fashion, surfaces, codes, and self-presentation under pressure.
Microsoft filed a patent describing AI agents that could alter words in live video and edit a speaker’s face and mouth to match, Futurism reports.
Altered audio paired with a recognizable face could make speakers appear responsible for wording they did not choose, complicating consent and attribution.
Wired published its 2026 guide to Star Wars gifts, presenting a selection that ranges from marble runs to advent calendars for fans of different ages.
France’s Maison Lineti is making single malt whisky with a wine-inspired production approach that includes concrete eggs, Wired reports.
Futurism reports that accounts on X published AI-altered paparazzi photographs showing Callum Turner shirtless in New York City, although the originals show him clothed.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized MBA students for pursuing what was “cool five years ago” during a Stanford Graduate School of Business interview, Futurism reports.
Wired updated its Kindle accessory guide with cases, grips, stickers, holders, and Amazon’s Kindle Click Bluetooth page-turning remote.
A recent Meta settlement includes a clause banning “cosmetic procedure filters” for teens, NPR reports, raising questions about which facial alterations the category covers.
European luxury groups have lost €250 billion in market value as Chinese consumer demand weakens and global stock markets cool, the Financial Times reports.
Bryan Johnson claimed on X that an AI agent logs negative comments and could email critics’ extended networks, then said he was joking, Futurism reports.
US tailors and cobblers are gaining work resizing clothes and accessories for Americans losing weight with Ozempic and similar drugs, Reuters reports.
Futurism reported that TikTok account WellWithHer posts crying AI-generated women in family-disclosure stories that feature reminders from GLP-1 app Enzo.
Adult performer Vanniall told Wired that her Instagram account is restricted, while Meta permits explicit text exchanges between its Muse agent and adult users.
Futurism prompted fresh instances of ChatGPT’s basic web version with no conversation history and received above-average intelligence assessments, including an 80th–95th percentile guess.
Wired reports that Florida-based TikTok creator Kiara has posted dating-profile screenshots to shame men, while Hinge is testing screenshot protection in India.
TikTok affiliate creators promoted inexpensive camera glasses by claiming the frames lack a visible recording light, according to videos reviewed by Futurism.
Jaguar unveiled its electric Type 01 four-door grand tourer in New York City on Tuesday after a viral rebrand and, according to Wired, two years without selling a new vehicle.
Castle Hook will pay up to $21.2 million annually for 53,000 square feet of penthouse offices at Related’s new Madison Avenue tower in New York, the Financial Times reports.
Meta restricted its Muse AI product to adults while promoting it with the cuddly Jolly mascot and developing a Tamagotchi-style AI device.
Wired reported accounts of people discovering or suspecting that dates wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses had recorded them in bars, restaurants, transit, and other shared spaces.
The Financial Times reports that luxury developments on Dubai’s $6 billion man-made archipelago are ailing as war and wider real-estate strains weaken the project’s outlook.
Researcher Benjamin Shultz found references to 138 women MPs and nine men across about 160 explicit deepfake domains covering politicians in 22 EU countries.
Starbucks chief executive Brian Niccol plans to spend $1 billion adding rugs, easy chairs, and more inviting layouts to stores in an effort to attract customers and increase sales.
Eiffel Tower operator SETE said the Paris landmark would reopen Tuesday after staff walked out over instructions limiting women employees’ contact with a visiting BAPS delegation.
An amended class action alleges Meta AI glasses processed data from millions of nonconsenting bystanders, while Burning Man attendees debated how to resist the devices.
New York nightclub Basement announced that guests who bring smart glasses inside will be removed and may be permanently banned, as a Meta patent describes a hardware sensor kill switch.
German designer Simon Weckert created a clashing Hawaiian shirt whose adversarial pattern is intended to prevent AI surveillance systems from detecting its wearer as a person.
Target removed a children’s Halloween costume from sale and apologized after social-media critics said its design evoked racist minstrel caricatures.
Fast-fashion retailer Shein is pursuing a Hong Kong listing at roughly one-quarter of the $100 billion valuation it once sought after years of failed attempts.
Technology companies are promoting AI-enabled glasses and other face-worn devices despite criticism that their cameras and assistants can collect data from nearby people.
Bumble changed its dating app to allow men to initiate conversations and extended the response window for matches from 24 hours to 72 hours.
Leading US law firms are recruiting first-year law students earlier, prompting concern among students and executives about career decisions made before candidates gain much legal experience.
Meta distributed 32 ads for Kromix, including a pornographic deepfake resembling a prominent US politician, before Meta removed the ads and Apple removed the app following WIRED inquiries.
The temperature relaxed the dress code. The body received new terms.
The fairway offers immaculate deniability: no podium, no treaty, no official endorsement. Only access, praise, photographs, and the hierarchy they quietly reveal.
A look at why current style codes increasingly pair sophistication with depletion.
