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Welcome to the WIRED Women Issue

No one wants to talk about women in tech. So we will.

Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
The Big Interview

Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them

By Katie Drummond
The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman
Control Group

The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman

Women hold some of the most consequential jobs in tech, but they’re still not cult figures. WIRED investigates why.
Lauren Goode
Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?
Gone Girl

Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?

A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared.
Tommy Craggs
Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond
Editor’s Letter

Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond

WIRED dedicating an entire issue to women in 2026 might seem regressive, or obvious, or even unnecessary. We disagree.
Katie Drummond
We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose

We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose

Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
Sandra Upson
She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids

She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids

No IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course.
Emi Nietfeld
Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros

Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros

Once seen as nerdy but harmless innovators, men in tech are now widely regarded as red-pilled Elon Musk wannabes. It’s made getting laid a whole lot harder.
Elana Klein

Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex

How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy.
Kate Knibbs
She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

A new startup called Cofertility lets young women freeze their eggs—for free. But is anything ever truly free?
Maia Hibbett
Justice for CSS

Justice for CSS

In defense of the girliest programming language.
Pete Millspaugh
16 Products From Women Designers You Need to Know

16 Products From Women Designers You Need to Know

From electric trucks to health trackers, women designers are guiding consumer tech to a better place.
Chris Haslam and Jeremy White
A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
Ej Dickson