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What’s Behind Gen Z’s Sex Recession?

Uncanny Valley

What’s Behind Gen Z’s Sex Recession?

Zoë Schiffer

Life Without Screens: This Camp Is a Teen’s Worst Nightmare

Your Next Job

Life Without Screens: This Camp Is a Teen’s Worst Nightmare

Elana Klein

A Head-to-Toe Breakdown of Social Media’s Billion-Dollar Remedies

TikTok Slop

A Head-to-Toe Breakdown of Social Media’s Billion-Dollar Remedies

Elana Klein

The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Experience Might Be in Your Car

Dolby Atmos

The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Experience Might Be in Your Car

Ryan Waniata

Eddington Director Ari Aster Couldn’t Stand ‘Living in the Internet.’ So He Made a Movie About It

Confirmation Bias

Eddington Director Ari Aster Couldn’t Stand ‘Living in the Internet.’ So He Made a Movie About It

Jake Kleinman

Roblox’s New Age Verification Feature Uses AI to Scan Teens’ Video Selfies

Child Lock

Roblox’s New Age Verification Feature Uses AI to Scan Teens’ Video Selfies

Megan Farokhmanesh

How Social Media Is Fueling Gen Z’s Sex Recession

Wired Q&A

How Social Media Is Fueling Gen Z’s Sex Recession

Manisha Krishnan

These LGBTQ+ Archives Defy Erasure, One Memory at a Time

Save

These LGBTQ+ Archives Defy Erasure, One Memory at a Time

Geraldine Castro

How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections

Contract High

How Video Games Became the New Battleground for Actors and AI Protections

Megan Farokhmanesh

You Can Now Play The Last of Us Part II in Chronological Order

Play It Forward

You Can Now Play The Last of Us Part II in Chronological Order

Megan Farokhmanesh

Parvati Shallow Says RIP to the ‘Black Widow’ and All That

The Tribe Has Spoken

Parvati Shallow Says RIP to the ‘Black Widow’ and All That

Leah Feiger

‘Yearners’ Are Sick of Playing It Cool on Dating Apps

Live and Yearn

‘Yearners’ Are Sick of Playing It Cool on Dating Apps

Jason Parham

Anthem Is the Latest Video Game Casualty. What Should End-of-Life Care Look Like for Games?

Game Over

Anthem Is the Latest Video Game Casualty. What Should End-of-Life Care Look Like for Games?

Megan Farokhmanesh

People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

Trip Sitter

People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

Mattha Busby

Thanks to Zillow, Your Friends Know How Much Your House Costs—or if You’re Secretly Rich

House Rich

Thanks to Zillow, Your Friends Know How Much Your House Costs—or if You’re Secretly Rich

Elana Klein

Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional

Location Sharing

Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional

Reece Rogers

Object Of Affection

A Game Called Date Everything Literally Lets You Date Everything—Except People

Megan Farokhmanesh

From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Habit: AI Slop Music Is Getting Harder to Avoid

Slop Bops

From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Habit: AI Slop Music Is Getting Harder to Avoid

Kate Knibbs

Xbox Hit With Layoffs and Game Cancellations as Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Jobs

Game Over

Xbox Hit With Layoffs and Game Cancellations as Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Jobs

Megan Farokhmanesh

A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine

Fringe Attack

A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine

Varsha Bansal