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Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation
China’s state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it.
Flux Capacitor
The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
Decades after her dad’s iconic sports car time-traveled into movie history, Kat DeLorean wants to build a modern remake. There’s just one problem: Someone else owns the trademark on her name.
Tip of the Iceberg
These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
Big Interview
‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
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Buying Guide
The Best Sleeping Pads for Camping, Backpacking, and Travel
Whether you’re snoozing in a campground or schlepping up to an alpine valley, these are the best pads we’ve found for resting your weary bones.
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The Best Robot Vacuums to Keep Your Home Clean
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The Best Lubes for Every Occasion
Hip Hop's 50th
Hip Hop 2073: A Vision of the Future, 50 Years From Now
Originally published August 2023: To honor the genre’s 50th anniversary, WIRED contributor C. Brandon Ogbunu and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco paint two scenes of how the duality of AI will shape the art form in five decades.
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The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding
Physicists call the dark energy that drives the universe “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map of the cosmos to date hints that this mysterious energy has been changing over billions of years.
Gear
I Tried These AI-Based Productivity Tools. Here’s What Happened
Hoping to make life easier, I tested six AI-powered tools meant to help me write better and work smarter.
Backchannel
The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean
Decades after her dad’s iconic sports car time-traveled into movie history, Kat DeLorean wants to build a modern remake. There’s just one problem: Someone else owns the trademark on her name.
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Get your fix of tech, true crime, pop culture, or comedy with these audio adventures.
