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Soft Power
A Journey Into the Heart of Labubu
I made an epic trek across four countries to answer one question: Why is the world going mad for a plushie monster?
Out of Date
Why Are Car Software Updates Still So Bad?
Featured
Featured
Livestream Replay: Tech Went All in on Trump. Now What?
Our panel of experts discussed what the tech industry's allegiance to Trump really means, and how it will shape our future.
Backchannel
Sam Altman Says the GPT-5 Haters Got It All Wrong
OpenAI's CEO explains that its large language model has been misunderstood—and that he's changed his attitude to AGI.
Inner Loop
The Post-Chuck Schumer Era
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Endgame
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
X Marks the Spot
WIRED’s Politics Issue Cover Is in a City Near You
Oral History
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
Generation iPad
WIRED Takes You Back to School
Young people entering classrooms this fall need a totally different tool set than the generations before them.
Take Off
The New Era of Work Travel
Beyond Wellness
Are We Healthy Yet?
Special Edition
How to Win a Fight
Special Edition
You're Not Ready
Master Minds
Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists
Originally published April 2010: In 1984, Hackers chronicled the coders, visionaries, and hygiene-challenged nerds who were hatching our digital world. Now the author circles back with them—and checks in with the next generation.
Free Fall
The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing
Family Matters
Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began
Missed Connections
Going Dumb: My Year With a Flip Phone
Trending Stories
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Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They're Getting Ready
As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
Mira Murati’s Stealth AI Lab Launches Its First Product
Thinking Machines Lab, led by a group of prominent former OpenAI researchers, is betting that fine-tuning cutting-edge models will be the next frontier in AI.
