Science
WIRED
SPIT ON, SWORN AT, AND UNDETERRED: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO OWN A CYBERTRUCK
WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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COMFORT OBJECT
Ruby survives on affection, not utility.
4 min |
January / February 2026
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THE YEAR IN BIG SHOES: FIDJI SIMO TAKES THE REINS
SAM ALTMAN HAS LONG BEEN THE FACE OF OPENAI. SO WHO'S THE NEW CEO HE PUT IN CHARGE OF ALL HIS PRODUCTS?
10+ min |
January / February 2026
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Bang for Your Buck
It's possible to scale horological heights without breaking the bank. Meet WIRED's top 10 bargains.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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The Cure
A year ago, 250 million people were using ChatGPT every week. By February, that number rose to 400 million. Now it's 800 million. Of those, untold legions are confessing their innermost secrets to Al. This is the story of two humans-and their bots-on the very edge of therapy's new frontier.
10+ min |
January / February 2026
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SLEEP DREAMS
Margaret Thatcher, who was known for sleeping only four hours a night, is often credited with saying \"sleep is for wimps!\" But sleep is actually work. Putting down the phone, setting aside personal or political worries-these require discipline. True relaxation calls for training.
4 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
DECISION TIME
Do you go all in on one pricey, luxe watch or assemble a swarm of budget timepieces? Let's crunch the numbers.
7 min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
THE MANY SIDES OF Ed Zitron
He's one of the loudest voices of the Al haters-even as he does PR for Al companies. Either way, the multi-platform British tech writer has your attention.
10+ min |
January / February 2026
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The Worst Thing About AI Is That People CAN'T SHUT UP ABOUT IT
A plea from WIRED's top boss: Say less.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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THE YEAR IN BIG DATA: ALEX KARP GOES TO WAR
PALANTIR'S CEO IS GOOD WITH ICE AND SAYS HE DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS. BUT WILL ISRAEL AND TRUMP EVER GO TOO FAR FOR HIM?
10+ min |
January / February 2026
WIRED
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School's Promise. Then They Wanted Out
The Al-powered school was supposed to revolutionize education. But not every student thrives without teachers.
10+ min |
January / February 2026
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THE YEAR IN BIG DREAMS: ZOHRAN MAMDANI MAKES HIS MOVE
POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN NOTABLY BAD AT SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE GOOD AT IT AS A CANDIDATE-AND THEN, PERHAPS, AS A LEADER?
10+ min |
January / February 2026
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THE YEAR IN BIG BREAKS: EJAE TOPS THE CHARTS
KIDS EVERYWHERE KNOW HER VOICE—IF NOT HER NAME. HOW DID A FORMER K-POP TRAINEE WORK HER WAY INTO GLOBAL SUPERSTARDOM?
10 min |
January / February 2026
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THE FIGHT OF HER LIFE
Surrogate pregnancy is all the rage in Silicon Valley and beyond. What happens when it goes horribly wrong?
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
SPACE EMPEROR
ELON MUSK CONTROLS THOUSANDS OF INTERNET SATELLITES AND MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD'S ROCKET LAUNCHES. CAN ANYONE STOP HIM?
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
THE IMPROBABLE
Tech billionaire Mike Lynch made probability his life's work, until his wildly unlikely death at sea. Now, many of his friends and associates-and survivors of the disaster-are speaking about what happened for the first time.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
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OUT WITH THE OLD
Introducing WIRED's 2025 Political Power Users-the 22 very online creators, podcasters, and pundits who will blow up the next electoral era.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
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POLITICS GETS WIRED
IT'S BEEN ONE year since Donald Trump took back the White House.
2 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
FAHRENHEIT 5G
INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MOST PROLIFIC VIOLENCE OF OUR ERA. ANTI-TECHNOLOGY ARSONIST IN AMERICAAND THE CONSPIRACY-DRIVEN POLITICAL
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
KAT'S OUT OF THE BAG
At 26 years old, Kat Abughazaleh thinks she's uniquely qualified for Congress. But running for office is a different sort of influencing.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
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MOV'D BY THE SPIRIT
Whether your chip runs an old computer game or a new DeepSeek model, it'll reward you for speaking its native tongue: assembly.
5 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
SKELETON CREW
Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies. These corpses have been strategically laid out in rows, naked as the day they were born, and left to the mercy of the elements until all that's left of them are bones.
3 min |
November - December 2025
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QUEEN OF CHIPS
Lisa Su has built AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages on, she's at the center of it all.
8 min |
November - December 2025
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GEAR FOR GOOD
Montane Men's Kamen XT Hooded Down Jacket
5 min |
November - December 2025
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I THOUGHT I KNEW SILICON VALLEY I WAS WRONG
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
Bloodlines
MASTER THE ART OF CLONING. LOCK DOWN COPIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST HORSES. THEN DOMINATE THE SPORT OF KINGS. THAT WAS THE PLAN. BUT SOME TECHNOLOGIES ARE JUST A BREEDING GROUND FOR BETRAYAL.
10+ min |
September - October 2025
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The Dose in the Machine
IS A NEW GENERATION OF AI-DESIGNED DRUGS ABOUT TO ARRIVE?
10+ min |
September - October 2025
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WELLNESS GONE WILD
LEAF SWALLOWING, ICEBERG EXFOLIATION, AND OTHER TECHNIQUES FROM EARTH'S ORIGINAL TREND-SPREADING INFLUENCERS.
4 min |
September - October 2025
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A.I. LOVE YOU
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE DEEPLY, SERIOUSLY IN LOVE WITH A CHATBOT? TO FIND OUT, I ORGANIZED A WEEKEND GETAWAY FOR THREE HAPPY COUPLES. WE BARELY SURVIVED.
10+ min |
September - October 2025
WIRED
OPERATION INFLUENCE
A HEAD-TO-TOE MARKETING GAME WHERE EVERYONE-YES, EVERYONE!-IS THE DOCTOR.
4 min |