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Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve

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Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve

Steven Levy

Gold Treasure Worth a Fortune Was Hidden in a Forest. Let the Hunt Begin

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Gold Treasure Worth a Fortune Was Hidden in a Forest. Let the Hunt Begin

Joseph Bien-Kahn

Josh Johnson Has Become the Funniest Guy on the Internet. That Is Not a Joke

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Josh Johnson Has Become the Funniest Guy on the Internet. That Is Not a Joke

Jason Parham

After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

The Big Interview

After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

Lauren Goode

Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body

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Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body

Hans Peter Brondmo

Antony Blinken Dragged US Diplomacy Into the 21st Century. Even He’s Surprised by the Results

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Antony Blinken Dragged US Diplomacy Into the 21st Century. Even He’s Surprised by the Results

Garrett M. Graff

Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

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Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

Andy Greenberg

The Big Interview Gets Even Bigger

The Big Interview

The Big Interview Gets Even Bigger

WIRED Staff

The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

The Big Story

The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

Vince Beiser

She’s the New Face of Climate Activism—and She’s Carrying a Pickax

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She’s the New Face of Climate Activism—and She’s Carrying a Pickax

Morgan Meaker

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

The Big Story

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

Clive Thompson

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

Climate Control

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

Amit Katwala

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

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How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

Sandra Upson

The ACLU Fights for Your Constitutional Right to Make Deepfakes

Model Citizens

The ACLU Fights for Your Constitutional Right to Make Deepfakes

Arthur Holland Michel

For the Director of Wicked, There’s No Place Like Silicon Valley

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For the Director of Wicked, There’s No Place Like Silicon Valley

Jay Ruben Dayrit

Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia

Buckle Up

Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia

Lauren Smiley

How to Get Rich From Peeping Inside People’s Fridges

Cold Hard Cash

How to Get Rich From Peeping Inside People’s Fridges

Nicola Twilley

SimCity Isn’t a Model of Reality. It’s a Libertarian Toy Land

Game Changer

SimCity Isn’t a Model of Reality. It’s a Libertarian Toy Land

Kelly Clancy

I Am Laura Kipnis-Bot, and I Will Make Reading Sexy and Tragic Again

Sh-AI-kespeare

I Am Laura Kipnis-Bot, and I Will Make Reading Sexy and Tragic Again

Laura Kipnis

If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You’ll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud

The Big Interview

If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You’ll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud

Steven Levy