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Guy Martin01[*"The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News," by Samanth Subramanian](https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/) (March 2017)*
Tim McDonagh02["The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives," by Elizabeth Weil](https://www.wired.com/2017/03/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/) (March 2017)
Chad Hagen03["Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker," By Garrett Graff](https://www.wired.com/2017/03/russian-hacker-spy-botnet/) (April 2017)
Sean Freeman04["How a Single Gene Could Become a Volume Knob for Pain," by Erika Hayasaki](https://www.wired.com/2017/04/the-cure-for-pain/) (May 2017)
Dan Winters05["Apple’s New Campus: An Exclusive Look Inside the Mothership," by Steven Levy](https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-campus/) (June 2017)
Curt Merlo06["Russia's Cyberwar on Ukraine Is a Blueprint For What's to Come," by Andy Greenberg](https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/) (July 2017)
Alma Haser07["A Son’s Race to Give His Dying Father Artificial Immortality," by James Vlahos](https://www.wired.com/story/a-sons-race-to-give-his-dying-father-artificial-immortality/) (August 2017)
Zohar Lazar08["Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs," by James Surowiecki](https://www.wired.com/2017/08/robots-will-not-take-your-job/) (September 2017)
Cole Barash09["What Is CamperForce? Amazon's Nomadic Retiree Army," by Jessica Bruder](https://www.wired.com/story/meet-camperforce-amazons-nomadic-retiree-army/) (October 2017)
Dan Winters10["The Replicant: Inside the Dark Future of Blade Runner 2049," by Brian Raftery](https://www.wired.com/2017/09/behind-the-scenes-blade-runner-2049-sequel/) (October 2017)
Cait Oppermann11["Are We Ready for Intimacy With Androids?" by Alex Mar](https://www.wired.com/2017/10/hiroshi-ishiguro-when-robots-act-just-like-humans/) (November 2017)
YOSHI SODEOKA/VICTORIA HASHUK/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES12["How One Woman's Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her," by Brooke Jarvis](https://www.wired.com/story/how-one-womans-digital-life-was-weaponized-against-her/) (December 2017)
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Keep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks.
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