1. The Quiet Collapse of a Dream There is a moment in every political campaign when the balloons stop seeming real, when the glossy mailers start feeling like relics of…
Imagine for a moment that the Earth is a patient in a hospital gown, sitting on the edge of an exam table. It’s time…
Brian K. Vaughan has spent more than three decades moving between the worlds of comics, television, and film, but if you ask him where…
Paragraph 1: The Unexpected Invitation It was one of those quiet afternoons when nothing seemed to demand my attention—the kind of lazy hour when…
The first thing you notice about the Breville Eye Q toaster is that it doesn’t look like a toaster you’d hide under the counter…
You’ve probably seen the ad by now, or at least heard the story: a grainy theater surveillance shot, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado, and…
Paragraph 1 Let’s be honest: if you’re the kind of person who reads WIRED, you probably think you’ve got a decent grip on the…
It’s been a monumental year for Apple, a whirlwind of firsts that would be remarkable even for a company that’s built its entire brand on novelty. They surprised us with…
Apple is making a serious move into the smart home with the new HomeView, and the heart of the whole experience is Siri. This isn’t the Siri you might remember…
Growth in tech is oddly simple and painfully competitive at the same time. Simple because the path is clear: get in front of the…
The recent ruling by US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall declaring the FBI's warrantless searches of US citizens' communications under Section 702 of…

1. The Strip Mall Mystery On an ordinary afternoon, the Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, looks like countless…
For anyone who genuinely loves coffee—or even just wants their morning cup to stop tasting like a sad, watery afterthought—the…
If there’s one thing the WIRED team absolutely adores, it’s Lego. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a kid discovering the…
Imagine you are alone at night, typing something you would never say out loud, to a chatbot that can also…
On a gray autumn afternoon, in a long-term care home somewhere in a politically divided state, an elderly woman sits…
It began with a disturbance in the Force, though it quickly turned into something closer to a farce. Elon Musk,…
Last year, when Mark Zuckerberg quietly overhauled his company’s approach to artificial intelligence, the mood inside and outside Meta was…
1. A New Frontier in the War on Aging For as long as humans have told stories, we have dreamed…
I’ve been wearing the AlterMe ring for a couple of months now, and I’ve come to realize that it’s not…
At ninety-five, William Shatner has become a kind of monument: the captain who once commanded the starship Enterprise now commands…
Google has been making waves in the wearable world with some pretty bold experiments, but for people who actually like…
Paragraph 1: A New Sound in the Room There is a moment that Chuck Hoskin Jr., the principal chief of…
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