Wired Middle East Magazine - Summer 2024

In this issue

This edition of the magazine explores the limits of humanity – from the Olympic athletes at the peak of human performance and the science that could expand their limitations, to real-life cyborgs like Neil Harbisson implanting technology in their bodies. As the Paris 2024 Olympics are well underway, this issue dives into the stories of Olympic heroes. From Farida Osman’s shocking exclusion from this year’s Olympics to the relentless drive of refugee Olympians like Yusra Mardini and Perina Nakang, we see the human spirit in action. It’s not easy being human in the digital age. In a wide-ranging conversation with Hasan Piker, we dig into media literacy, bias and the role of popular streamers such as himself as a complement to mainstream media. In the age of influence, we speak to regional influencers about what it means to make social media a profession. Looking closer at the relationship between human and machine, we set a WIRED editor up with an AI boyfriend, and she finds that the experience is a little too familiar.