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23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good
After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it.
From surveys of the pre-Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of alien technology.
As Europe’s longstanding alliance with the US falters, its push to become a self-sufficient AI superpower has become more urgent.
On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an online ecosystem increasingly hostile to facts.
Are DJI Drones Still Banned?
How to Clean Your Keurig
The Best Water Leak Detectors for Your Home
Minnesota ICE Shooting
Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
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Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI boyfriends.
Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese
You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel
Decades ago, Donghai was a backwater county. Today, thanks to an army of 24/7 livestreamers, it orchestrates a multibillion-dollar global industry.
From Tesla to AI friends to Big Balls and back, this is our definitive breakdown of everything, and everyone, that conquered the WIRED world this year—and a few that fell from the top.
AI of a Thousand Faces
All Hail the Technocracy
WIRED Takes You Back to School
The New Era of Work Travel
Originally published September 2022: The Pacific Northwest is due for a massive quake. I trained to help rescue efforts in the aftermath—by racing around the city on an electric kid hauler.
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A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part I
