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How to track US election results on Google, Facebook and Twitter

Politics

How to track US election results on Google, Facebook and Twitter

Matt Burgess

It's the attention economy, stupid: why Trump represents the future whether we like it or not

Politics

It's the attention economy, stupid: why Trump represents the future whether we like it or not

Rowland Manthorpe

The Problem With This Election? It's Been Too Entertaining

Election 2016

The Problem With This Election? It's Been Too Entertaining

Angela Watercutter

How Tech Giants Are Getting Out the Vote, From Uber to Tinder

National Affairs

How Tech Giants Are Getting Out the Vote, From Uber to Tinder

Michael Duran

Elon Musk confirms SpaceX's Falcon 9 explosion was caused by 'frozen oxygen'

SpaceX

Elon Musk confirms SpaceX's Falcon 9 explosion was caused by 'frozen oxygen'

Matt Burgess

The Paris climate change agreement: how will it affect you and your pay packet?

Environment

The Paris climate change agreement: how will it affect you and your pay packet?

Chris Hope and Victoria Woollaston-Webber

Lines, Be Gone: Mapping Tech Is Here to Help You Vote Faster

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Lines, Be Gone: Mapping Tech Is Here to Help You Vote Faster

Emma Grey Ellis

Bill Browder went from Russia’s biggest foreign investor to Putin’s arch enemy. Here’s how

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Bill Browder went from Russia’s biggest foreign investor to Putin’s arch enemy. Here’s how

Matt Reynolds

How everyone can help document human rights abuses safely

Politics

How everyone can help document human rights abuses safely

Matt Burgess

Women in tech don't get the recognition they deserve. Obama's CTO is changing that

Politics

Women in tech don't get the recognition they deserve. Obama's CTO is changing that

James Temperton

Governments should be transparent. Joe Lonsdale is trying to hold them to account

Politics

Governments should be transparent. Joe Lonsdale is trying to hold them to account

Matt Burgess

Hillary Clinton leads the way on Tinder's Swipe the Vote

Politics

Hillary Clinton leads the way on Tinder's Swipe the Vote

Victoria Woollaston-Webber

Tinder wants to get millennials swiping right in the US Presidential election

Politics

Tinder wants to get millennials swiping right in the US Presidential election

Amelia Heathman

Hey Silicon Valley, John Kerry Wants You to Help Save the World

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Hey Silicon Valley, John Kerry Wants You to Help Save the World

WIRED Staff

Why is Iceland's Pirate Party so popular?

Politics

Why is Iceland's Pirate Party so popular?

Matt Burgess and Liat Clark

Europe expresses 'serious concerns' about WhatsApp giving Facebook your number

Privacy

Europe expresses 'serious concerns' about WhatsApp giving Facebook your number

Matt Burgess

How to Build a Civil Rights Movement for the Digital Age

New Civil Rights

How to Build a Civil Rights Movement for the Digital Age

Gideon Lewis-Kraus

The Great Repeal Bill is under threat by Grant Shapps and his 'sunset clause'

Politics

The Great Repeal Bill is under threat by Grant Shapps and his 'sunset clause'

Liat Clark

Death threats and repressive regimes: the activists fighting for online freedom in Africa

Politics

Death threats and repressive regimes: the activists fighting for online freedom in Africa

Clair MacDougall

Can governments really keep us safe from terrorism without invading our privacy?

Security

Can governments really keep us safe from terrorism without invading our privacy?

Ruby Lott-Lavigna