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The Most Insane Truck Ever Built and the 4-Year-Old Who Commands It

Joy Ride

The Most Insane Truck Ever Built and the 4-Year-Old Who Commands It

Brian Raftery

How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love

Love, Actuarially

How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love

Kevin Poulsen

How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet

Data Grab

How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet

Steven Levy

The World's Best Bounty Hunter Is 4'11". Here's How She Hunts

Hunting the Ghost

The World's Best Bounty Hunter Is 4'11". Here's How She Hunts

Randall Sullivan

The Rise and Fall of the World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange

Cryptocurrency

The Rise and Fall of the World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange

Robert McMillan and Cade Metz

The life of Pi: how Britain's biggest hardware hit for a generation came to be

Long Reads

The life of Pi: how Britain's biggest hardware hit for a generation came to be

Matt Cowan

DNA hacking is the biggest opportunity since cyberattacks

Long Reads

DNA hacking is the biggest opportunity since cyberattacks

Marc Goodman and Andrew Hessel

The Boat That Could Sink the America’s Cup

Pushing the Limit

The Boat That Could Sink the America’s Cup

Adam Fisher

Step Behind the Scenes of the Frantic, Madcap Birth of WIRED

Hello World

Step Behind the Scenes of the Frantic, Madcap Birth of WIRED

Ted Greenwald

Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext Story

Neverending Story

Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext Story

Steven Johnson

He Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison

Stash and Burn

He Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison

Brendan I. Koerner

John McAfee Fled to Belize, but He Couldn't Escape Himself

Last Stand

John McAfee Fled to Belize, but He Couldn't Escape Himself

Joshua Davis

They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society

Read All About It

They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society

Noah Shachtman

Elon Musk's Mission to Mars

Magazine

Elon Musk's Mission to Mars

Chris Anderson

Inside the Mansion—and Mind—of the Net's Most Wanted Man

Operation Takedown

Inside the Mansion—and Mind—of the Net's Most Wanted Man

Charles Graeber

Apocalypse Not: Here's Why You Shouldn't Worry About End Times

Don't Panic

Apocalypse Not: Here's Why You Shouldn't Worry About End Times

Matt Ridley

Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?

Type Machine

Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?

Steven Levy

Chain World Videogame Was Supposed to be a Religion—Not a Holy War

Magazine

Chain World Videogame Was Supposed to be a Religion—Not a Holy War

Jason Fagone

Y Combinator Is Boot Camp for Startups

Magazine

Y Combinator Is Boot Camp for Startups

Steven Levy

Going, Going, Gone: Who Killed the Internet Auction?

Bid Farewell

Going, Going, Gone: Who Killed the Internet Auction?

James Surowiecki