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Welcome to the WIRED Women Issue

No one wants to talk about women in tech. So we will.

The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman
Control Group

The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman

Women hold some of the most consequential jobs in tech, but they’re still not cult figures. WIRED investigates why.
We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Tea Time

We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose

Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond
Editor’s Letter

Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond

WIRED dedicating an entire issue to women in 2026 might seem regressive, or obvious, or even unnecessary. We disagree.

Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex

How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy.
She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

A new startup called Cofertility lets young women freeze their eggs—for free. But is anything ever truly free?
A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
Justice for CSS

Justice for CSS

In defense of the girliest programming language.
Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?
Livestream AMA

Submit Your Questions: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?