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#NoCapitulation: How one hashtag saved the UK university strike

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#NoCapitulation: How one hashtag saved the UK university strike

Nicole Kobie

As Putin’s reelection looms, online propaganda wars rage in Russia

Russia

As Putin’s reelection looms, online propaganda wars rage in Russia

Alexey Kovalev

Facebook has banned Britain First. Here's who it should ban next

Facebook

Facebook has banned Britain First. Here's who it should ban next

Matt Reynolds

The radical plan to give every homeless person an address

Policy

The radical plan to give every homeless person an address

Rowland Manthorpe

The UK's controversial online porn block has been delayed

Sex

The UK's controversial online porn block has been delayed

Matt Burgess

The UK universities strike is the frontline of the gig economy fight

WIRED Opinion

The UK universities strike is the frontline of the gig economy fight

Mark Graham

Tagged, tracked and in danger: how the Rohingya got caught in the UN’s risky biometric database

Long Reads

Tagged, tracked and in danger: how the Rohingya got caught in the UN’s risky biometric database

Elise Thomas

The latte levy has failed. So what now for the UK's war on plastic?

Environment

The latte levy has failed. So what now for the UK's war on plastic?

Phoebe Braithwaite

Did the Kremlin use a nerve agent to poison a former Russian spy?

Crime

Did the Kremlin use a nerve agent to poison a former Russian spy?

Matt Reynolds

In North Korea, Kim Jong-un's proposed meeting with Trump hasn't even made the news... yet

Media

In North Korea, Kim Jong-un's proposed meeting with Trump hasn't even made the news... yet

James Temperton

How Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan broke Gawker: UpVote 24

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How Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan broke Gawker: UpVote 24

Rowland Manthorpe

The rise of Italy’s right is further proof of Facebook's political crisis

WIRED Opinion

The rise of Italy’s right is further proof of Facebook's political crisis

Greg Williams

Think Russia's Twitter trolls are bad? Startups do it every day

WIRED Opinion

Think Russia's Twitter trolls are bad? Startups do it every day

Jake Higgins

Amir fought Isis in Syria, now he’s enlisting an army of hacker monks to save bitcoin from itself

Long Reads

Amir fought Isis in Syria, now he’s enlisting an army of hacker monks to save bitcoin from itself

Gian M. Volpicelli

How Facebook Could Play by Advertising’s Equal Time Rule

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How Facebook Could Play by Advertising’s Equal Time Rule

Antonio García Martínez

Congress Takes On Sexual Harassment in the Sciences

#metoo

Congress Takes On Sexual Harassment in the Sciences

Eric Niiler

A New Bill Aims To Prove the Value of Broadband Access

national affairs

A New Bill Aims To Prove the Value of Broadband Access

Issie Lapowsky

The UK is gunning for more tax from big tech. But it’s not so easy

WIRED Opinion

The UK is gunning for more tax from big tech. But it’s not so easy

Chris Sanger

The university pensions strike is a last resort for STEM academics

Education

The university pensions strike is a last resort for STEM academics

Phoebe Braithwaite

The British couple that cost Google £2.1 billion: UpVote 23

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The British couple that cost Google £2.1 billion: UpVote 23

Rowland Manthorpe