Books

Gift Guide

30 Tech Books Worth Reading and Gifting

Give the techie in your life access to the inner workings of the companies and characters shaping Big Tech.

Simon Hill

Read the Room

Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting

Adam Morgan

Language Model

More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’

Emma Madden

Read the Room

Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books

Miles Klee

Book Club

What’s Worse Than Romance Scams? Adoption Scams

Kate Knibbs

◉ Livestream AMA

Livestream Replay: Inside The World of Online Romance Scams

Kate Knibbs and Carlos Barragán

Book Club

How Chinese Gamers End Up With Amazon Gift Cards From Nigerian Scammers’ Victims

Kate Knibbs

Book Club

Meet the Most Likable Scammer in the World

Kate Knibbs

Epic Drama

The New Odyssey Movie Is Sparking a Right-Wing Backlash. This Female Scholar Knows It Well

John Semley

His Trolliness

Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien

Miles Klee

Writer’s Block

Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal

Miles Klee

Book Excerpt

The Gamblers Behind One of the Weirdest Cheating Mysteries in Chess Have Been Unmasked

Kit Chellel

Claim To Fame

The Moms Who Sponcon Their Daughters’ First Periods

Ej Dickson

Book Excerpt

AI Will Never Be Conscious

Michael Pollan

Swipe Right

An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide

Jason Parham

Country Fandom

You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel

Afra Wang

The Big Interview

Margaret Atwood on Doomscrolling: ‘I Want to Keep Up With the Latest Doom’

Katie Drummond

Fireable Offense

DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed To

Jason Parham

Book Excerpt

The Mathematician Who Tried to Convince the Catholic Church of Two Infinities

Jason Socrates Bardi

Hobbit Horse

Elon Musk Really Doesn't Get The Lord of the Rings

John Semley

WIRED Q&A

There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Be Authentic at Work

Jason Parham

WIRED Q&A

Is AI the New Frontier of Women’s Oppression?

Scarlett Harris

Book Talk

People Are Trying to ‘Deprogram’ Their MAGA Parents Through Book Clubs

Tess Owen

The Apple HomeView Is Like a Giant Apple Watch for the Home

With customizable “faces,” this 7-inch smart display is a unique hybrid between an iPhone and an Apple Watch.

Julian Chokkattu

Apple Reboots Its Smart-Home Strategy With New Hardware and a ‘Home Collection’

I got an early glimpse of Apple’s biggest push into the smart home in years.

Julian Chokkattu

40 Gifts Under $100 That Will Delight Any Tech Enthusiast

Score a great gift for everyone on your list without breaking the bank. Every one of these gifts comes WIRED-recommended.

Simon Hill

Wikipedians Believed AI Would Come and Go. They Were Wrong

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

Richard Cooke

Alex Gibney’s Musk Has a Unique Perspective on Daddy Issues

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, agreed to be interviewed immediately.

Zoë Schiffer

The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies

Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.

Tess Owen

Here’s Which Kindle You Should Buy as the New Lineup Rolls Out

I’ve tested every single Kindle, from Paperwhite and Colorsoft to the new aluminum models. Here’s how Amazon’s ebook readers stack up.

Nena Farrell

The 6 Best Coffee Grinders Based on Particle Analysis and Tasting

We used particle size analysis and real-world testing to find the best conical burr, flat burr, and blade grinders for every budget and style of coffee drinker.

Matthew Korfhage

Bird Math

What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country

WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flock’s pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers.

Caroline Haskins