A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the answer to climate change, or a trap? High water along the Mississippi River in Saint Mary, Missouri, during the historic 2019 floods. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images In 2019, when the worst flooding in recorded
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The latest advances in lighting technology for the home are on display in these seven stately specimens. With color temperature sliders and LED lighting guides that create a diffuse glow, these lamps are able to set any kind of mood. They’re also designed to multitask; some are safe for use indoors and out, wireless models
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It was January of 2026 in North Seattle, and my 86-year-old father was struggling to move around his house. “I’m stumbling around here,” my 86-year-old father told a guest in his home this past January. “Oooh, ooh, careful,” the guest replied. “Yeah, I almost fell down.” Meanwhile, I’m 5,000 miles away in Austria, unaware of
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If there’s one thing that brings people together, it’s the ridiculously high cost of housing. Want to buy a place? Good luck with that. If you do luck into homeownership, enjoy those skyrocketing bills. In late April and May, WIRED asked readers how they’re thinking about homes in 2026. More than 200 people responded, sharing
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An icon of Silicon Valley’s counterculture, Stewart Brand is confronting his final years in a home that embodies the self-sufficient, DIY ethos of his famous Whole Earth Catalog. The three-building cluster in Petaluma where Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan live. The new studio is in the center. Photograph: Maggie Shannon This past January, Stewart Brand
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(VIDEO) Trump Cracks Joke After FBI Arrests 5 in Foiled Terror Plot Using Explosive Drones and Snipers at UFC Freedom 250 – Room Bursts into Laughter by Jordan Conradson Jun. 16, 2026 8:45 am President Trump was asked whether he had been briefed on the foiled terror plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event on
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(VIDEO) Room Bursts into Laughter When Trump Cracks Joke After FBI Arrests 5 in Foiled Terror Plot Using Explosive Drones and Snipers to Target “Capitalist Elites” at UFC Freedom 250 – UPDATE: Motive Revealed by Jordan Conradson Jun. 16, 2026 10:35 am Jun. 16, 2026 8:45 am UPDATE: Per Libs of TikTok, one of the
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At least one person is dead after a police-involved shooting Tuesday morning on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Police were responding to the scene where a man shot a woman, and then law enforcement officers shot the man. He was taken to the hospital and later pronouced dead. The woman’s status is unclear. Recommended
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