New York City
Culture
Exclusive: How Jay-Z Pulled Off a Surprise-Filled Show During New York’s Wildest Summer
By Angela Watercutter
Culture
More Than a Thousand Pokémon Go Players Descend on Times Square to Defeat Mewtwo
By Julian Chokkattu
Business
‘Doo-Doo Water and a Few Needles’: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Manhole Prowlers
By Caroline Haskins
The Big Story
Alpha School’s Ritzy New York City Campus Costs $65,000 a Year—but Isn’t Actually a School
By Todd Feathers
Business
WIRED Roundup: AI Psychosis, Missing FTC Files, and Google Bedbugs
By Zoë Schiffer and Louise Matsakis
Gear
Is Congestion Pricing Working? The MTA’s Revamped Data Team Is Figuring It Out
By Aarian Marshall
Science
Here’s What the Regenerative Cities of Tomorrow Could Look Like
By Kotaro Okada, Yukako Ishikawa, and Mariko Sugita
Business
We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos
By Natasha Bernal and Amanda Hoover