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Instagram, My Daughter, and Me

Parenting

Instagram, My Daughter, and Me

Duff McDonald

The Tech-Obsessed, Hyper-Experimental Restaurant of the Future

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The Tech-Obsessed, Hyper-Experimental Restaurant of the Future

Joe Ray

The climate crisis has sparked a Siberian mammoth tusk gold rush

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The climate crisis has sparked a Siberian mammoth tusk gold rush

Sabrina Weiss

The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder

Death in Ohio

The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder

Brendan I. Koerner

How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh

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How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh

Cliff Kuang

Meet the Immigrants Who Took On Amazon

Unlikely Showdown

Meet the Immigrants Who Took On Amazon

Jessica Bruder

Andrew Yang Is Not Full of Shit

Elections

Andrew Yang Is Not Full of Shit

Nicholas Thompson

Jochen Zeitz saved Puma. Now he's trying to fix global business

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Jochen Zeitz saved Puma. Now he's trying to fix global business

Richard Benson

The Super-Optimized Dirt That Helps Keep Racehorses Safe

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The Super-Optimized Dirt That Helps Keep Racehorses Safe

Lexi Pandell

The Shady Cryptocurrency Boom on the Post-Soviet Frontier

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The Shady Cryptocurrency Boom on the Post-Soviet Frontier

Hannah Lucinda Smith

The curious tale of Julian, the last King of Brussels

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The curious tale of Julian, the last King of Brussels

Gian M. Volpicelli

Pompeo Was Riding High—Until the Ukraine Mess Exploded

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Pompeo Was Riding High—Until the Ukraine Mess Exploded

Garrett M. Graff

Neil Young’s Adventures on the Hi-Res Frontier

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Neil Young’s Adventures on the Hi-Res Frontier

Jesse Jarnow

A mysterious death, a genetic clue and the lifelong quest for answers

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A mysterious death, a genetic clue and the lifelong quest for answers

Tom Ward

Inside Apple’s High-Flying Bid to Become a Streaming Giant

Launch Sequence

Inside Apple’s High-Flying Bid to Become a Streaming Giant

Peter Rubin

Inside the Brexit Party's general election war machine

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Inside the Brexit Party's general election war machine

Darren Loucaides

Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

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Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

Andy Greenberg and Excerpt

The Quiet, Intentional Fires of Northern California

Photo Essay

The Quiet, Intentional Fires of Northern California

Kiliii Yüyan

WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us

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WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us

WIRED Staff

The impossible fight to save Jakarta, the sinking megacity

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The impossible fight to save Jakarta, the sinking megacity

Peter Guest