WIRED Middle East
Security News
Every Iranian Strike on UAE Ports and Refineries Was Paired With a Cyberattack
The UAE says attacks on its ports and energy facilities have been accompanied by cyberattacks. Experts warn that connected industrial systems could be the next point of failure.
By Iain Akerman
How To and Advice
Israel Is Trying to Shape What Chatbots Say. We Tested Six.
Israel contracted a US firm to shape GPT conversations. WIRED Middle East tested whether its campaign sites are surfacing in chatbot answers.
By Malak Saleh
Security News
US Strikes on Iran Were War Crimes, UN-Backed Mission Finds
The mission found failures in how a school in Iran was targeted. New reporting raises questions about AI’s role, but its impact remains unproven.
By Tamara Davison
Digital Culture
What Would A Child-Free Internet Look Like?
Social media bans promise to protect children. But young users, creators and their economic influence may simply move somewhere less visible.
By Megan Tomos
Eye Spy
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
You can't always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses – but your phone can help.
By Megan Tomos
SPECIAL EDITION
Culture
Video Games
Is Roblox Safe for Kids? What Parents Need to Know
Roblox has introduced age-based accounts and tighter chat rules. Here’s what those protections do–and what parents should check themselves.
Digital Culture
Inside the Muslim Manosphere Policing Women Online
From Red Pill coaches to “Dawah Bros”, influencers are repackaging misogyny in religious language–and finding audiences across social platforms.
By Maysaa Ajjan
Digital Culture
A Stranger Made an AI Clone of My Voice. My Friend Thought It Was Me
A viewer built a chatbot in my likeness. I tested how easily it could copy my voice–and whether anyone who knows me would notice.
By Carla Sertin
log in, lock in
In the Age of Social Media, Silence Doesn’t Pay
In the endless noise of social media, silence stands out.
By Carla Sertin
Security
Security News
Israel’s Crocodile Prison Plan Is Part of a Wider Fight Over Nature
Palestinian ecologists say the proposal reveals how wildlife protections can be used to control land, resources and people.
By Kate McMahon
Security News
Israel Is Blowing up South Lebanon So Hard It Registers as Earthquakes
A massive Israeli demolition in south Lebanon registered at magnitude 4.1. Here’s how an explosion can resemble an earthquake.
By Ghalia Alwani
Security News
What Happens to Your Photos After You Upload Them to ChatGPT?
The viral ChatGPT trend asks users to upload selfies – but what happens to your photos and personal data after you hand them over?
By Gia Chaudry
Security
Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Needs You To Trust It
Designed to compete with OpenClaw and Instinct, the company says Muse can do everything from sell your car to book you a plane ticket.
By Lily Hay Newman and Maxwell Zeff
Business
Artificial Intelligence
What Is Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, and How Close Are We?
Artificial general intelligence could transform how we work. But experts disagree on what it means—and whether today’s AI is close.
By Malak Saleh
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns
The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.
By Isabella Ward
Encore
Napster Is Back and It Wants to Digitally Clone Your Teacher
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
By Iain Akerman
Artificial Intelligence
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is “Meant to Distract Us”
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
By Lauren Goode
The Iran War
Security News
US Strikes on Iran Were War Crimes, UN-Backed Mission Finds
The mission found failures in how a school in Iran was targeted. New reporting raises questions about AI’s role, but its impact remains unproven.
By Tamara Davison
Security News
Every Iranian Strike on UAE Ports and Refineries Was Paired With a Cyberattack
The UAE says attacks on its ports and energy facilities have been accompanied by cyberattacks. Experts warn that connected industrial systems could be the next point of failure.
By Iain Akerman
Security News
The Open-Source Investigators Reconstructing the Middle East’s Wars
As journalists are shut out of conflict zones, investigators are using satellite imagery, social media and 3D modelling to document atrocities. But evidence alone cannot deliver accountability.
By Iain Akerman
Digital Culture
Why Missile Alerts and War Updates Trigger Doomscrolling
War alerts, breaking updates and algorithmic feeds are combining to trap users in a loop of threat monitoring.
By Farah Ibrahim
Gear
Products
Fashion Tech Accessories We’re Watching in 2026
From a Diesel smart ring to Kylie Jenner’s AI glasses, these devices make a case for putting tech in your outfit.
By Megan Tomos
Gear News
Two Driverless Cars Crashed Going 250kmph. That Could Be a Good Thing.
At Imola, only two of five A2RL cars finished the race – exposing what happens when autonomous systems meet blind corners, sensor failures and physics.
By Tamanna Sajeed
Gear News
Humanoid Robots Are Funny – Until They Aren’t
Viral videos of humanoid robots falling look like slapstick. But they expose the limits of technology being readied for work and war.
By Malak Saleh
Gear News
Everything Apple Announced at Its September 2026 Event
Apple unveiled its first folding iPhone, upgraded the iPhone 18 Pro, brought more health tracking to its watches and gave Siri AI a place on your wrist.
By Dana Alomar
Science
Environment
This Cyborg Cockroach Could Save Lives in Disaster Zones
Researchers have developed remotely controlled cockroaches that can locate victims and deliver injections–but only to simulated targets so far.
By Ritsuko Kawai
Health
What Is TPO – And Could It Be in Your Gel Manicure?
Europe banned TPO from gel polish over fertility concerns. Dubai can test for it, but its presence in UAE salons remains unknown.
By Bianca Carrera
Psychology and Neuroscience
What’s the Difference Between Postpartum Psychosis and Postpartum Depression?
The Lindsay Clancy trial has put postpartum psychosis in focus. Here’s how the rare psychiatric emergency differs from postpartum depression.
By Evangeline Elsa
Health
The UAE Is Betting Big on Medical AI. Now Comes the Hard Part
From autism screening to cancer diagnosis, the UAE’s medical AI ambitions face a harder test: proving these tools work in clinics.
By Malak Saleh
THE BIG STORY
THE ESCAPE ISSUE
YouTube Star AboFlah Made Streaming His Life. He Wants His Kids to Live Offline
AboFlah talks about his new goals, streaming for charity, and when it's time to log off.
By Carla Sertin
Movies and TV
Roger Waters and Mona Miari Refuse to Become “Comfortably Numb”
Millions watch Gaza on their phones. Little changes. In a nine-minute reworking of a 47-year-old song, Roger Waters and Mona Miari refuse the numbness the feed is selling.
By Dana Alomar
Invisibile Labour
Over 600,000 Syrian Refugees Have Left Lebanon. Nobody Knows the Economic Cost
Lebanon can estimate how many refugees are leaving. It cannot accurately measure what their departure means for its economy.
By Yasmina El Zein
Digital Deen
Meet the Accidental Editor-in-Chief of Muslim Media
Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh was just trying to find an outlet for Muslim news. Now he has more than 12 million followers.
By Carla Sertin
THE LAUNCH ISSUE
Our First Print Issue Is Here. It's About the Future, And Who Gets To Shape It
In the AI era, being connected is more crucial (and complicated) than ever before.
By Carla Sertin