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RHOA Star Angela Oakley’s Husband Charles Oakley Ordered to Pay $642K to Madison Square Garden! Real Housewives of Atlanta star Angela Oakley’s husband, NBA legend Charles Oakley, has been ordered to pay more than $642,000 in legal fees to Madison Square Garden after a judge ruled he deleted key text messages during his ongoing court battle with the arena — …

Denise Richards Granted 5-Year Restraining Order After Accusing Ex Aaron Phypers of Domestic Abuse  A judge has officially sided with Denise Richards after her lengthy legal battle with ex-husband Aaron Phypers.  On Friday, Nov. 7, Denise, 54, was granted a five-year restraining order against Aaron, 53. The order — which will remain in effect until Nov. 7, 2030 — follows …

Winter bedding is different from summer bedding—thicker, loftier, softer, cozier—and now’s the perfect time to upgrade thanks to Brooklinen’s Flash Sale. We test a lot of bedding at WIRED for our numerous sleep-related buying guides, and Brooklinen is mentioned in nearly all of them. Its bedding is high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, and functions like it should. The brand hosts relatively frequent …

It’s hard to find home office furniture that looks great at a palatable price. That’s why you’ll find Branch’s products among our top recommendations in many of our guides. Whether it’s an office chair or a standing desk, the company’s products look good, work well, and are reasonably priced. That makes its Sale of the Year all the more appealing. …

Rivian has given its founder and CEO RJ Scaringe a new performance-based stock award that could ultimately be worth around $5 billion if all the underlying goals are met, according to a new filing. Scaringe’s salary is also being doubled to $2 million per year, and he was given a 10% stake in Rivian’s newest spinout Mind Robotics, the filing …

Seven families filed lawsuits against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming that the company’s GPT-4o model was released prematurely and without effective safeguards. Four of the lawsuits address ChatGPT’s alleged role in family members’ suicides, while the other three claim that ChatGPT reinforced harmful delusions that in some cases resulted in inpatient psychiatric care. In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a …

For the past two and a half years, events in war-torn Sudan have been characterized by wild swings — not only between which side in the conflict has the upper hand, but between moments of tentative hope and outright despair. Could that be the case this week, as one of the war’s darkest moments was followed by at least a …

Recession fears aren’t hurting the wishlist and shopping app GoWish, which is seeing record numbers ahead of the 2025 holiday season. The app, which has north of 13.6 million registered users, had its best day yet this week, when on Monday it hit No. 2 on the U.S. App Store. While GoWish has seen similar adoption trends in previous years, …

Razer’s updated Blade 14 with an OLED may not have been available for long, but that won’t stop you from snagging a sharp discount on this excellent gaming laptop. The model we reviewed with an RTX 5060 is marked down by $750 at Best Buy, while the upgraded model with an RTX 5070 and 32 GB of memory is marked …

An unborn baby has died after a boyfriend allegedly assaulted his pregnant partner. Police were called to an incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, after reports of a domestic assault at a home in the city. Officers discovered a pregnant woman who accused her partner of assault. Arnold Noe Santos Deras, 21, was detained for Assault on a Female, Misdemeanour …

US President Donald Trump said he would consider giving Hungary a carve-out from sanctions on Russian oil, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban sought to cozy up to his right-wing ally at the White House on Friday. Nationalist Orban’s visit was his first since Trump’s return to power, and comes after his country offered to host a Ukraine summit between the …

All-Clad deals are hard to find, but the cookware lasts for years and years. Using bad cookware can make even the most competent chefs feel like they’re in an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Chefs and culinary experts worldwide use All-Clad pans as the gold standard, including many of us on the WIRED Reviews team. So, how do you snag this …