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Nicholas Thompson

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Nicholas Thompson is the former editor in chief of WIRED. You can find more information at nickthompson.com.

Q&A

Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

Jan 17, 2021 7:00 AM

Backchannel

The Unsettling Truth About the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker

Jan 12, 2021 3:27 PM

Backchannel

A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack

Nov 2, 2020 2:00 PM

Opinion

The Tech That's Championing the Public Good

Oct 13, 2020 9:00 AM

tweet threat

How Twitter Survived Its Big Hack—and Plans to Stop the Next

Sep 24, 2020 12:00 PM

opinion

The Rank Hypocrisy of a TikTok Ban

Aug 1, 2020 1:23 PM

AgTech

Microsoft Courts New Customers on the Farm: Cows

Jul 15, 2020 9:00 AM

WIRED Q&A

Kai-Fu Lee Gives AI a B-Minus Grade in the Covid-19 Fight

Jul 8, 2020 7:00 AM

Footsteps

To Run My Best Marathon at Age 44, I Had to Outrun My Past

Apr 20, 2020 6:00 AM

The Climate Issue

How We Will All Solve the Climate Crisis

Apr 1, 2020 6:00 AM

WIRED Q&A

Polarized Politics? Don't Blame Social Media, Says Ezra Klein

Feb 13, 2020 7:00 AM

Connections

Jeff Weiner Updates His LinkedIn Profile

Feb 5, 2020 11:10 AM

WIRED Q&A

UN Secretary-General: US-China Tech Split Worse Than Cold War

Jan 15, 2020 6:00 AM

WIRED Q&A

The Case for a Light Hand With AI and a Hard Line on China

Jan 14, 2020 3:00 PM

WIRED Q&A

It’s Easy to Be a Jerk on Twitter—and Twitter Knows It

Jan 13, 2020 9:27 AM

Business

Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Wants to Clean Up the Internet

Jan 8, 2020 3:34 PM

Elections

Andrew Yang Is Not Full of Shit

Nov 5, 2019 7:00 AM

WIRED25

It’s Time to Push Tech Forward, and Rebuild What It Broke

Oct 15, 2019 6:00 AM

Opinion

Help Us Recognize Tech That Protects Our Values

Oct 9, 2019 3:51 PM

world records

High Drama—and Erasure—at the Track World Championships

Oct 8, 2019 2:42 PM