The Big Story

WIRED’s most ambitious, future-defining features from our favorite (human) writers.

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Body Horror

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.

Molly Taft

Flying Blind

A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Jeff Wise

Kids These Days

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

Elana Klein

Special Editions

The Truth About Kids These Days

The youngs are facing problems that didn’t exist half a generation ago. They’re handling it better than you think.

The Future of Home

How we live now is defined by unprecedented forces. In this special issue, WIRED and Architectural Digest help you understand what home will look like tomorrow—and beyond.

Everyone Is Watching the World Cup. The World Cup Is Also Watching You

Much of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is happening in Donald Trump’s America. Will the US’s immigration crackdown, surveillance systems, and political turmoil interfere with soccer’s tentpole tournament?

The Big Interview

‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood

Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next.

Katie Drummond

Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

Katie Drummond

‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech

Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.

Katie Drummond

This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone

On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, WIRED’s senior culture editor Manisha Krishnan talks to Gowanus about eschewing Big Tech, going outside, and rejection in the age of dating apps.

Manisha Krishnan