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Behind the Scenes

Exclusive: How Jay-Z Pulled Off a Surprise-Filled Show During New York’s Wildest Summer

Summer 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Jay-Z’s debut Reasonable Doubt. To honor it, he put on a massive concert at Yankee Stadium—complete with performances from Beyoncé, Nas, and Alicia Keys.

Angela Watercutter

Nature Is Healing

A New Experiential Gallery Just Might Change Your Mind About AI Art

Miles Klee

Catch ‘Em All

More Than a Thousand Pokémon Go Players Descend on Times Square to Defeat Mewtwo

Julian Chokkattu

Digital Culture

Influencers Are Promoting $50 Straws They Claim Will Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation

“EMF straws” and similar products are being sold as a way to block electromagnetic frequencies that come from common electronic devices, even without scientific evidence that they work.

Ej Dickson

Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend

A new book claims that Mystery, who teaches awkward men how to hit on women, had sex and smoked weed with an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always.

Miles Klee

Pete Holmes Is Not Reading Your Email

“You can make a living, you can have a life, and leave 55,000 emails unread with a big fuck off.”

Elana Klein

The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how fucking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become.

Miles Klee

Movies and TV

Come to Our WIRED@NIGHT02 Film Screening!

See the documentary The Oldest Person in the World before it’s in theaters.

WIRED Staff

The 11 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month

House of the Dragon, Adventure Time: Side Quests, and The Man Will Burn are just a few of the TV shows you should be watching right now.

Jennifer M. Wood

Robin Byrd, the Sex Godmother of Millennials, Says the Internet Ruined Porn

The 1970s porn actress turned New York City late night public access queen says censorship and a lack of star quality among modern adult entertainers turned her off of the industry.

Ej Dickson

Universal Is Skipping Influencer Screenings for The Odyssey. Film Critics Are Thrilled

With discourse about Christopher Nolan’s epic already raging, first viewer reactions will come from mainstream press, not content creators. Some critics are gloating over this break from the norm.

Miles Klee