Science
WIRED
HE CAN'T RESIST
FOR MONTHS, RAFAEL CONCEPCION has obsessively vibe coded tools to thwart the federal immigration crackdown. He's also lost his job and BECOME TARGET.
10+ min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
HOLLYWOOD ENDING
Screenwriters like me have resorted to gig work as AI trainers. It’s bad.
10+ min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
THE SAD WIVES OF AI
Are you married to a man who's obsessed with AI? I'm so, so sorry.
9 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
AGENTS OF CHAOS
Between Claude Code's epic problem-solving and OpenClaw's madcap powers, computing is undergoing its biggest transformation yet.
10+ min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
Will AI Destroy Your Career?
Some jobs may be toast. Some will survive. Circle your answers to learn your fate.
2 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
THE STREAMY, SCREAMY DIGITAL LIFE OF HASAN PIKER
The far-left Twitch streamer and self-described “Ayatollah of Woke” is addicted to Twitter and hates, hates, hates AI.
1 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
ARM'S RACE
Numerous chip companies license their designs from the influential IP firm Arm. Now its CEO, Rene Haas, is shaking up the industry by launching a chip of his own.
7 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
CHAD VS. THE ALGORITHM
Every day, AI job screeners reject countless applicants for seemingly no good reason. Armed with a stellar résumé, some Python, and a white-hot feeling of injustice, one medical student decided to fight back.
10+ min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
PROVE ME WRONG
Can AI do fact-checking? A WIRED fact-checker fact-checks.
7 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
WILD THINGS
Turn up the heat on great escapes by packing only the best gear.
2 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
I’M A NORMIE. CAN I REALLY VIBE CODE A WORKABLE APP?
With no programming skills, I tested AI’s big promise.
9 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
LOST IN MEATSPACE
I took RFK Jr.’s advice and ate nothing but high-protein foods for a week.
4 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST OFF-ROAD RACE
Welcome to Hammertown, the temporary desert city that springs up for 16 days every January for an off-road race series known as King of the Hammers.
1 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
CUDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA
How Nvidia drowns the competition.
5 min |
July/August 2026
WIRED
HIDING IN AMERICA
For the past six months, a family in Chicago has been terrified to leave their apartment.
10+ min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
DUMBEST PHONE
Kids are going wild for a new landline-like device called the Tin Can, even though they barely know how to use it.
6 min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
AI JOE
How to train a model for war.
3 min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
BLENDING IN
How American camouflage conquered the world.
8 min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
The Fisker Liberation Movement
When an EV company went out of business in 2024, its biggest fans saw an opportunity to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.
10+ min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
DON'T INHALE
COBOL is the asbestos of programming languages.
4 min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
CABLE NEWS
SAY GOODBYE TO THE UNDERSEA CABLE
10+ min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
MISSING IN GAZA
They are not alive. They are not dead. They are simply gone.
10+ min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
WHAT WOULD SECESSION IN AMERICA LOOK LIKE?
IT'S BECOME ALMOST like a histamine response: After a shocking national event like the assassination of Charlie Kirk, or Donald Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles last June, mentions of the term “civil war” and calls for secession surge online.
7 min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
TAREK MANSOUR IS BETTING (NOT GAMBLING!) ON THE FUTURE
The cofounder and CEO of Kalshi believes prediction markets don't just make people money-they also help society.
7 min |
May / June 2026
WIRED
HOT CHEAP, AND OUT OF CONTROL
CHINA'S RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION AND ITS GLOBAL ONSLAUGHT OF CHEAP POWERIS A HUGE MESS THAT MIGHT SAVE THE WORLD.
10 min |
March / April 2026
WIRED
LUCKY SCOOP
HOW A BACKWATER COUNTY IN JIANGSU PROVINCE RAISED AN ARMY OF LIVESTREAMERS AND TURNED ITSELF INTO THE CRYSTAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
10+ min |
March / April 2026
WIRED
SCAM.SURVIVE.ESCAPE.EXPOSE.
A SOURCE TRAPPED INSIDE A SOUTHEAST ASIAN SCAM COMPOUND CONTACTED WIRED, DETERMINED TO LEAK HIS CAPTORS SECRETS IN REAL TIME. THEN HE HAD TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. THIS IS HIS STORY.
10+ min |
March / April 2026
WIRED
THE AI BOYFRIEND BOOM
IN CHINA, IT'S GEN Z WOMEN, NOT MEN, WHO ARE DOMINATING THE MARKET FOR DIGITAL PARTNERS.
6 min |
March / April 2026
WIRED
WATCH THIS SPACE
KIDS AS YOUNG AS 5 ARE WEARING SMARTWATCHES THAT PLUNGE THEM INTO A WORLD OF POPULARITY CONTESTS, ENGAGEMENT HACKS, AND EVEN DATING.
4 min |
March / April 2026
WIRED
POWER PLAY
WITH FACTORIES AND MANUFACTURING DEALS ON NEARLY EVERY CONTINENT, CHINESE BATTERY COMPANIES ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD.
3 min |