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The Cyber-Avengers Protecting Hospitals From Ransomware

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The Cyber-Avengers Protecting Hospitals From Ransomware

Sonner Kehrt

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

Can’t Even

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

Anne Helen Petersen

Trump’s TikTok battle heralds the ugly birth of a new splinternet

Long Reads

Trump’s TikTok battle heralds the ugly birth of a new splinternet

James Crabtree

The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart

Showdown at Stones

The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart

Brendan I. Koerner

YouTube’s Plot to Silence Conspiracy Theories

Nothing to See Here

YouTube’s Plot to Silence Conspiracy Theories

Clive Thompson

Hong Kong Is a Troubling Case Study in the Death of Democracy

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Hong Kong Is a Troubling Case Study in the Death of Democracy

Timothy McLaughlin

The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change

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The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change

Adam Federman

How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged

Checks in the Mail

How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged

Lily Hay Newman

A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote

Lone Star

A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote

Benjamin Wofford

The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy Against Him

The Master's Tools

The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy Against Him

Arielle Pardes

One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation

American Hustle

One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation

Sonner Kehrt

Shady Contracts, Raw Deals: Inside the Industry of Managing Video Game Stars

Game Over

Shady Contracts, Raw Deals: Inside the Industry of Managing Video Game Stars

Cecilia D'Anastasio

‘Dr. Phosphine’ and the Possibility of Life on Venus

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‘Dr. Phosphine’ and the Possibility of Life on Venus

Sarah Scoles

My weird, nostalgic quest to hunt down a lost online fruit game

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My weird, nostalgic quest to hunt down a lost online fruit game

Alex Lee, WIRED UK

The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus

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The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus

Geoff White

They never officially had Covid-19. Months later they’re living in hell

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They never officially had Covid-19. Months later they’re living in hell

Matt Reynolds

In China, GitHub Is a Free Speech Zone for Covid Information

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In China, GitHub Is a Free Speech Zone for Covid Information

Yi-Ling Liu

Meet This Year’s WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better

WIRED25

Meet This Year’s WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better

Graham Hacia

How to Escape From an Erupting Volcano

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How to Escape From an Erupting Volcano

Cody Cassidy

Inside the secret plan to reboot Isis from a huge digital backup

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Inside the secret plan to reboot Isis from a huge digital backup

Carl Miller