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Public Health
The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning
Fungal infections are rising worldwide and climate change may be to blame. Medicine isn’t ready.
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Backchannel
The Dark History Oppenheimer Didn't Show
Coming from the Congo, I knew where an essential ingredient for atomic bombs was mined, even if everyone else seemed to ignore it.
Security
The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane
Russia tightly controls its information space—making it hard to get accurate information out of the country. But open source data provides some clues about the crash.
Science
The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning
Fungal infections are rising worldwide and climate change may be to blame. Medicine isn’t ready.
Security
A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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Closer
Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies
Musician Alex Pall spoke with WIRED about his VC firm, the importance of raising cybersecurity awareness in a rapidly digitizing world, and his surprise that hackers know how to go hard.
Climate Crisis
The Impossible Fight to Stop Canada’s Wildfires
Digital Therapeutics
Adderall Shortages Are Dragging On—Can Video Games Help?
Climate Crisis
The Race to Save Yellowknife From Raging Wildfires
Meltdown
The World’s Workers Are Donning Cooling Vests to Battle Record Heat Waves
Garments that can be packed with ice or equipped with fans are becoming increasingly popular among workers exposed to high heat.
WIRED Podcasts
Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay
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The Age of Flames
Cities Aren’t Supposed to Burn Like This Anymore—Especially Lahaina
Conservation
The Weird Way That Human Waste Is Killing Corals
Face Forward
Beauty Filters Aren’t Trying to Fool Anyone
Augmented reality filters on TikTok and Instagram are the most surprising way to be yourself online.
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Raw Materials
The Dark History Oppenheimer Didn't Show
Hello, other mind
To Navigate the Age of AI, the World Needs a New Turing Test
Reviews and Buying Guides
Counting Sheep
The Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online
We tested dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, latex, and certified organic mattresses.
Product Review
These Luxe Speakers Are All About That Bass
Buying Guide
Which Amazon Fire Tablet Is Best for You?
WIRED30
In the Dreams Favela, Wi-Fi and Ecommerce Promise a Better Future
A tech-led initiative to bring economic development to Brazil’s shantytowns starts with a radical idea: Listen to the people who live there.
WIRED30
The Curse of the Long Boom
WIRED Podcasts
Maybe You Should Just Join a Commune
Kristen Ghodsee, author of Everyday Utopia, talks about the benefits of communal living—or at least of embracing a broader definition of community.
WIRED Podcasts
The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Decade of AI
WIRED Podcasts
Grimes Wants to Be Less Famous (and Replaced by AI)
WIRED Podcasts
It's Time to Rethink Digital Ownership
Type Machine
Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?
Extra! Extra! AI software takes over sports reporting and financial journalism! Humans panicked!
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