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Greg WyshynskiFeb 10, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.Multiple AuthorsThe 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament begins Wednesday with round-robin play, and it’s the first time NHL players have participated in the Winter Games since 2014.Here’s a primer for this best-on-best tournament for the hockey die-hards — and for those Olympic fans asking, “What’s a Tkachuk?”Why are NHL players back in the Olympics?The NHL began sending its players to the Winter Olympics in 1998. Perhaps not coincidentally, the Canada men have won three gold medals since then, having previously not won once since 1952.…

OpenClaw, a powerful new agentic assistant, has a thing for guacamole.This is one of several things I discovered while using the viral artificial intelligence bot as my personal assistant this past week.Previously known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot, OpenClaw recently became a Silicon Valley darling, charming AI enthusiasts and investors eager to either embrace the bleeding edge or profit from it. The highly capable, web-savvy AI bot has even inspired its own AI-only (or mostly) social network.As the writer of WIRED’s AI Lab newsletter, I figured I should take the plunge and try using OpenClaw myself. I had the bot…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.I always have tortillas tucked away in my fridge. They keep for weeks and are helpful when it comes to making something quick for dinner. I mean, hello cheese quesadilla! You can even turn them into chips when you get a hankering for some homemade guacamole. But I think I just found the perfect recipe to keep in my back pocket for nights when I’m craving something a little heartier. These crispy beef tacos, from the…

Hillary Taymour named her new show The World Is a Vampire, and who’s going to argue with her? Certainly nobody in the crowd of Collina Strada girlies she assembled tonight, many of whom were wearing her bug-eye sunglasses inside—never mind that it was already dark outside. Taymour, like Paris’s Marine Serre, who emerged around the same time with similar sustainable fashion goals, is a clever brand builder. From those bug-eye sunglasses to collectible enamel rings (also buggy) to shoe collaborations with Puma, Vans, and Ugg, she’s built a whole Collina Stradaverse. It’s wild and weird, and, crucially, identifiable. Backstage she…

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minnesota is pushing the United States court system to its breaking point.Since Operation Metro Surge began in December, federal immigration agents have arrested some 4,000 people, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The result is an avalanche of cases filed in the US district court in Minnesota on behalf of people challenging their imprisonment by federal immigration enforcement agents. According to WIRED’s review of court records and official judicial statistics, attorneys filed nearly as many so-called habeas corpus petitions in Minnesota alone as were filed across the US during an…

The Tennessee Volunteers got back to their winning ways on Saturday night, getting past the Mississippi State Bulldogs on the road 73-64.Ja’Kobi Gillespie led Tennessee with 18 points. Nate Ament added 16, and J.P. Estrella had 12 with 7 boards and 3 blocks.AdvertisementIt was a bit of a scratch and claw game in the first half. Tennessee opened up with a flurry of dunks. Estrella caught an alley oop slam. He also drove the lane for a running dunk over a MSU defender. Felix Okpara also caught an alley oop and slammed it home in the early minutes. But State’s…

OpenAI has disbanded a team that was designed to communicate the company’s mission to the public and to its own employees. At the same time, the team’s former leader has been given a new role as the company’s “chief futurist.” OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that the team’s members have now been assigned to other roles. The news was first reported by Platformer. The disbanded team in question appears to have been formed in September of 2024. Platformer reports that the team was dedicated to promoting “the company’s stated mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” An…

HUZHOU, CHINA – JANUARY 27: An employee works on the beverage production line to meet the Spring Festival market demand at Leyuan Health Technology (Huzhou) Co., Ltd. on January 27, 2026 in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Wang Shucheng | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesA year after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs spooked exporters and customers, Chinese factories and ports are buzzing with activity ahead of the Lunar New Year — even pushing freight rates higher.Chinese factory activity typically surges at the start of the year with manufacturers racing to fulfil orders and ship out goods before the country…

Since the xAI-SpaceX merger announced last week, which combined the two companies (as well as social media platform X) for a reported $1.25 trillion valuation — the biggest merger of all time — a handful of xAI employees and two of its co-founders have abruptly exited the company, penning long departure announcements online. Some also announced that they were starting their own AI companies.Co-founder Yuhai (Tony) Wu announced his departure on X, writing that it was “time for [his] next chapter.” Jimmy Ba, another co-founder, posted something similar later that day, saying it was “time to recalibrate [his] gradient on…

The Super League project is now officially over. It took almost five years to see it end and this was made official this week when Real Madrid and UEFA (the European governing body) both announced an agreement on Wednesday, ending the possibility of seeing an alternative competition around Europe in the coming years.”Following months of discussions conducted in the best interests of European football, UEFA, European Football Clubs (EFC), and Real Madrid CF announce that they have reached an agreement of principles for the well-being of European club football, respecting the principle of sporting merit with emphasis on long-term club…