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The Trump Memecoin Dinner Winners Are Getting Rid of Their Coins
Many of the crypto investors preparing to attend an exclusive gala dinner with US president Donald Trump have offloaded the coins that won them their seats.
Forceful Language
Fortnite Players Are Already Making AI Darth Vader Swear
Takeover
Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office
The two men appeared at the US Copyright Office days after the Trump administration fired its leader, who had just published a report about the use of copyrighted materials for AI training.
WIRED Politics Lab
DOGE Is in Its AI Era
BOOK IT
Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app. Fitness! Food! Microdermabrasion? A WIRED exclusive.
secret agents
North Korea Stole Your Job
Everything’s Computer
If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born
Everything’s Computer
Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Everything’s Computer
The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack
Special Editions
Unreal
The Inside Story of Oculus Rift and How Virtual Reality Became Reality
Originally published May 2014: Oculus has found a way to make a headset that does more than just hang a big screen in front of your face—it hacks your visual cortex.
Modern Love
Are We Ready for Intimacy With Robots?
Trending Stories
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EA Tried to Stop an ‘Anti-DEI Mod’ for The Sims 4—but More Keep Surfacing
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.
The Reason Murderbot’s Tone Feels Off
Martha Wells’ book series uses wry humor to tell a story about artificial intelligence, humanity, and free will. The Apple TV+ adaptation tries to do the same—with mixed results.
Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice
Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.
Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app. Fitness! Food! Microdermabrasion? A WIRED exclusive.
