The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
In this excerpt from WIRED Book Club pick The Yahoo Boys, journalist Carlos Barragán traces one scammer’s journey from flop to fortune.
Carlos Barragán
Global AI Principles for a Better Human Workforce
AI could make you redundant. Here’s what you need to know.
WIRED Staff
The WIRED Guide to Los Angeles for Business Travelers
A tech industry guide to where to stay, eat, work, and play while visiting LA.
Jordan Michelman
Greg Bovino Was the Star at a European Remigration Conference
The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.
David Gilbert
What Happens When You Try to Treat OCD With Psilocybin
Colloquially, OCD is known as the doubting disorder. In his new book How to Not Know, Simone Stolzoff explores whether treating that uncertainty with magic mushrooms can help people through it.
Simone Stolzoff
Shein Buying Everlane Actually Makes Perfect Sense
The acquisition struck many people as a bizarre mismatch, but it's really a sign of where Chinese ecommerce giants are already going.
Louise Matsakis
Monica Lewinsky Has Always Hated Notifications
The writer and anti-bullying activist is on social media, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.
Elana Klein
The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens
The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.
Dell Cameron
I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.
Chris Colin
McLaren CEO Zak Brown Still Gets FOMO About Racing Cars
Zak Brown spent a decade racing before joining the business side of Formula One. He talks to WIRED about rebuilding a legendary brand, obsessive fans, and the pull of the driver’s seat.
Katie Drummond
Quantum ‘Jamming’ Could Help Unlock the Mysteries of Causality
To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect.
Matt von Hippel
The Creators of Hacks Really, Really, Really Hate AI
Ahead of the hit show’s finale, cocreators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello talk about media consolidation, the perils of censorship, and why they find AI “deeply disturbing.”
Katie Drummond
