This digest compiles the latest from Wired.
Today’s Wired Roundup
Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3
15 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm by Will Knight
The world’s top chipmaker wants open source AI to succeed—perhaps because closed models increasingly run on its rivals’ silicon.
7 Best Desktop Computers (2025): Gaming, Macs, Compact, and More
15 Dec 2025, 12:00 pm by Luke Larsen
Despite advancements in laptops, desktop computers still have a place. These are the WIRED-tested options you should consider.
This Startup Wants to Build Self-Driving Car Software—Super Fast
15 Dec 2025, 12:00 pm by Aarian Marshall
The autonomous vehicle industry is heating up thanks to advances in AI. But can those same innovations help startups like HyprLabs build safe tech?
Interstellar Arc Serves Up Alien Foxes, Exoplanets, and VR Carl Sagan
15 Dec 2025, 11:00 am by Ben Dowsett
Interstellar Arc is an immersive sci-fi experience that uses recent advances in headset tech to break new ground in virtual reality. And it all happens inside an empty-looking room in Las Vegas.
Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You
15 Dec 2025, 10:00 am by Chris Baraniuk
If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chernobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.
End of today’s Wired roundup.
