Literary amusements in quarantined Belgrade

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.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

The fanfic site could be down for weeks due to a “security incident.” Users are not taking it well.

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

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

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

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Bluesky tells WIRED it blocked links to a leaked archive of information on 41,000 ICE, CBP, and other DHS workers because it contains people’s contact information, shared without their authorization.

Amid a sea of AI writing slop, a new stamp for “organic literature” will help readers to pick out books authored by real, corn-fed, free-range humans.

Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

Although the case is considered exceptional, investigators are working to determine how the infection occurred and whether the pathogen played a role in the patient’s death.

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