Submit Your Questions: The Great Data Center Backlash 27. August 2026 (13:00) You have questions about data centers, and WIRED has answers. Join our livestream on September 10 and our panel of experts will tell you everything you need to know.(Wired)
The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem 27. August 2026 (08:00) The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance.(Wired)
Democrats Just Might Win the Senate 26. August 2026 (23:00) Strategists in both parties have long thought that everything would need to go right for Democrats to take over Congress this fall. Their map, though, is becoming more forgiving.(Wired)
What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack 26. August 2026 (21:16) The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.(Wired)