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Bill Gates Traumatized His Parents—and Other Stories of a Wild, Wonky Youth

BASIC BOY

Bill Gates Traumatized His Parents—and Other Stories of a Wild, Wonky Youth

Steven Levy

Are You Lonely? Adopt a New Family on Facebook Today

Soap Opera

Are You Lonely? Adopt a New Family on Facebook Today

Lexi Pandell

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

empty chairs

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

Lily Hay Newman

The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed

Money Money Money

The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed

Lionel Barber

A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI

Money Money Money

A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI

Bradley Hope

The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell

Money Money Money

The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell

Virginia Heffernan

The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman

Money Money Money

The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman

Brendan I. Koerner

The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real

Last Call

The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andy Greenberg

Inside a Fusion Startup's Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony

Star Power

Inside a Fusion Startup's Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony

Jaron Lanier

Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life

Core Values

Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life

Steven Levy

Murderbot, She Wrote

Killer Instinct

Murderbot, She Wrote

Meghan Herbst

Microsoft at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination

Killing It Softie

Microsoft at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination

Steven Levy

Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future

Follow That Car

Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future

WIRED Staff

The Great American Microchip Mobilization

Battleground State

The Great American Microchip Mobilization

Kelly McEvers

Even Under Trump, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward

Golden Goose

Even Under Trump, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward

James Fallows

‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website

Wait. Go Back

‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website

Virginia Heffernan

Marissa Mayer: I Am Not a Feminist. I Am Not Neurodivergent. I Am a Software Girl

Lighten Up

Marissa Mayer: I Am Not a Feminist. I Am Not Neurodivergent. I Am a Software Girl

Virginia Heffernan

The American Who Waged a Tech War on China

Chips Ahoy

The American Who Waged a Tech War on China

Issie Lapowsky

Alfonso Cuarón Subverted Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Now He’s Coming for TV

New Directions

Alfonso Cuarón Subverted Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Now He’s Coming for TV

Samanth Subramanian

Bobbi Althoff on Exactly How She Got Rich—and How Rich, Exactly

Follow the Money

Bobbi Althoff on Exactly How She Got Rich—and How Rich, Exactly

Katie Drummond