France’s under-15 social media ban fails a constitutional test
France’s Constitutional Council struck down a planned under-15 social media access ban, pointing to free-expression and privacy safeguards that platform rules must now address.
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Jetpack Compose 1.12 lands with graphics, text, layout, and testing upgrades
Google has made Jetpack Compose 1.12 stable, with BOM 2026.08.00, new graphics APIs, richer text editing, named Grid areas, testing tools, and an AGP requirement developers need to check first.
Inside WIRED’s Brain Week
Inside WIRED’s Brain Week uncovers how octopuses challenge our notions of non‑human intelligence, how living human cells are being harnessed as bio‑processors, and how a novel therapy could reshape addiction treatment. These stories illustrate the rapid convergence of neuroscience, bio‑engineering, and cognitive science, suggesting that tomorrow’s computers and cures may be part biology, part technology.
There’s a Fatty Liver Epidemic. AI Could Help Get Ahead of It
AI‑driven diagnostics are rapidly advancing, offering the chance to flag excess liver fat long before symptoms appear. By automating image analysis and integrating routine health data, these tools could enable early lifestyle or medical interventions for the more than a billion people at risk, potentially curbing the global fatty‑liver epidemic.
No-reply domains expose a quiet email security gap
WIRED reports that researchers who bought domains such as noreply.net and deleteduser.com received sensitive automated emails, exposing a basic but persistent address-handling risk.
Google Explains Why Android Skills Are Built to Disappear
Google says official Android Skills are deliberately narrow, eval-driven instructions for AI coding agents, designed to retire as models catch up.
Sunbird Relaunches iMessage for Android With Security Claims to Prove
Sunbird is back on Android after its 2023 shutdown, promising blue-bubble messaging without an Apple device while asking users to trust a rebuilt security model.
Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon
Even though no camera caught the moment, scientists have detected unmistakable impact‑related signals confirming that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 actually struck the Moon’s surface. The data suggest the rocket hit with enough speed to pierce the lunar exosphere, leaving a measurable imprint that orbiters will soon try to photograph.
Flock ALPR Cameras Put Vehicle Data Sharing Under Scrutiny
Flock license plate readers promise faster vehicle searches, but their growing network raises hard questions about retention, verification, and everyday location privacy.
Water Utility PLC Attacks Put Exposed OT Back in Focus
Recent attacks on U.S. water-system technology highlight a familiar risk: internet-exposed PLCs and remote-access paths that can force utilities into manual operations.
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
In the past year ICE amassed DNA from almost a million individuals, a surge that the agency describes as “skyrocketing” under the second Trump administration. The collection surprisingly includes samples taken from young children and hundreds of thousands of people who have never been convicted, permanently adding their genetic profiles to the FBI’s criminal DNA database.
R8 makes Kotlin coroutines faster for Android developers
Google says AGP 9.2.0 and R8 9.2.0 optimize common atomic updater paths, improving coroutine launch and cancellation in Compose-heavy Android apps.