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Brian Barrett

Executive Editor

Brian Barrett is the executive editor of WIRED. Previously he was the editor in chief of the tech and culture site Gizmodo and was a business reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest daily newspaper.

Uncanny Valley

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

Jun 4, 2026 2:44 PM

Uncanny Valley

Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates

May 21, 2026 4:44 PM

Uncanny Valley

Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

May 14, 2026 3:04 PM

Uncanny Valley

Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained

May 7, 2026 5:37 PM

Uncanny Valley

Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?

Apr 30, 2026 2:54 PM

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Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Apr 23, 2026 3:26 PM

Basket Case

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

Apr 20, 2026 2:54 PM

New Kicks

Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not

Apr 15, 2026 10:58 AM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home

Apr 10, 2026 12:21 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop

Apr 2, 2026 5:04 PM

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Uncanny Valley: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’

Mar 19, 2026 5:43 PM

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Uncanny Valley: Anthropic’s DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs

Mar 12, 2026 3:48 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix

Mar 5, 2026 5:17 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union

Feb 26, 2026 6:20 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: AI Researcher Resignations, Bots Hiring Humans, and Evie Magazine’s Party

Feb 23, 2026 2:28 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants

Feb 12, 2026 5:12 PM

Inner Loop

The ICE Expansion Won’t Happen in the Dark

Feb 11, 2026 2:30 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Tech Elites in the Epstein Files, Musk’s Mega Merger, and a Crypto Scam Compound

Feb 6, 2026 5:00 AM

Dropping Names

The Tech Elites in the Epstein Files

Feb 2, 2026 3:27 PM

Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Valley: Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype

Jan 29, 2026 5:19 PM