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People Are Creating ‘Survival Guides’ to Cope With the ‘AO3 Apocalypse’
Tale Spin

People Are Creating ‘Survival Guides’ to Cope With the ‘AO3 Apocalypse’

The fanfic site could be down for weeks due to a “security incident.” Users are not taking it well.
Ej Dickson
Male Insecurity Over Penis Size Is a Booming Business
Growing Pains

Male Insecurity Over Penis Size Is a Booming Business

Jason Parham
It Sure Looks Like the Department of Education Is Promoting a Right-Wing Harry Potter Meme
Black Magic

It Sure Looks Like the Department of Education Is Promoting a Right-Wing Harry Potter Meme

Michaela Makusha

Digital Culture

Pornhub Stars Want to Teach You How to Make Dinner

Pornhub Stars Want to Teach You How to Make Dinner

Faced with censorship and anti-porn laws, the adult site is encouraging creators to embrace cooking, gaming, podcasting, and other safe-for-work content.
Jason Parham
How to Hide Your Baby From the Government

How to Hide Your Baby From the Government

“Sovereign citizens” think they can live beyond the reach of the state. Now the movement has influencers—and they’re selling all sorts of anarchist courses to expectant families.
Paula Mejia
Grok Says Its AI-Generated Version of The Odyssey Is ‘Not Historically Accurate’

Grok Says Its AI-Generated Version of The Odyssey Is ‘Not Historically Accurate’

Months after Elon Musk declared that the xAI model would outclass Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic, the bot itself admitted defeat.
Miles Klee
The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It

The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It

Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wire—and selling them the tools to do it.
Caroline Haskins

Movies and TV

Trump Isn’t Even Good at TV Anymore

Trump Isn’t Even Good at TV Anymore

From Trump TV to a Shark Tank knockoff, the president’s latest entertainment ventures are a steep decline from his days on The Apprentice.
Miles Klee
Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything

Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything

Including what Elizabeth Holmes said to him last week. A WIRED exclusive interview with the comic auteur, as his first feature film hits theaters.
Katie Drummond
Thank Gen Z for the Girls Revival

Thank Gen Z for the Girls Revival

The HBO series served as a stand-in for everything wrong with white millennial women during its original run. Then Gen Z started watching.
Sophia June
The New Fan’s Guide to the Unreal World of Nathan Fielder

The New Fan’s Guide to the Unreal World of Nathan Fielder

Surprised by the hype around yet another documentary on Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes? It has everything to do with this experimental comedian.
Miles Klee

Books and Music

Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed

Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed

Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.
Adam Morgan
30 Tech Books Worth Reading and Gifting

30 Tech Books Worth Reading and Gifting

Give the techie in your life access to the inner workings of the companies and characters shaping Big Tech.
Simon Hill
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting

Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting

Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
Adam Morgan
Did an AI Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer?

Did an AI Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer?

Fenix Flexin’s hit song “Rubberz” has hip-hop fans arguing over whether it was generated by AI. Some say they have proof it’s machine-made, but will anyone care?
Dexter Thomas

Video Games

The Anti-Woke Right Can’t Figure Out How to Stop Grand Theft Auto VI

The Anti-Woke Right Can’t Figure Out How to Stop Grand Theft Auto VI

A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn’t taking hold.
Miles Klee
‘Killmonger Locs’ Are Everywhere in Video Games. This Artist Is Sick of It

‘Killmonger Locs’ Are Everywhere in Video Games. This Artist Is Sick of It

The Black Panther villain’s hairstyle has become a default for Black video game characters because it’s easy to code. Danielle Udogaranya is changing that.
Alana Yzola
You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

A new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos.
Maddy Varner
I Got a Brief Look at Guild Wars 3, and I’m Excited

I Got a Brief Look at Guild Wars 3, and I’m Excited

When the beta arrives next year—15 years after its predecessor—Guild Wars 3 will have a new momentum engine that makes combat in the game feel closer to an action RPG.
Julian Chokkattu

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