Rants & Raves

The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.

Apple’s original music player got many things right. Chief among them: It didn’t connect to the internet.

a certain kind of person writes in all lowercase now. why?

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we go behind the scenes of our Nathan Fielder cover story, unpack tech billionaires’ generous promises, and discuss the suspicious letters sent to US election offices.

Don’t buy a loved one something you wouldn’t want for yourself. These are the must-haves that tech enthusiasts have on their wish lists this year.

Soon, hundreds of new top-level domains, including .meow and .fart, could be added to the internet. WIRED goes inside the backroom shenanigans of ICANN, the organization at the helm.

If you’re going to nest, you might as well do it at a discount.