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The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.

Businesses boarded up in parts of Minneapolis display posters of Renee Nicole Good on plywoodcovered windows following...
Businesses boarded up in parts of Minneapolis display posters of Renee Nicole Good on plywoodcovered windows following...

After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it.

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From surveys of the pre-Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of alien technology.

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Image may contain Symbol and Flag

As Europe’s longstanding alliance with the US falters, its push to become a self-sufficient AI superpower has become more urgent.

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Image may contain Electronics Phone Mobile Phone Face Happy Head Person Smile Body Part Mouth Teeth and Baby

All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think.

Minnesota ICE Shooting

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Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.

The Greatest Successes and Worst Flameouts of 2025

From Tesla to AI friends to Big Balls and back, this is our definitive breakdown of everything, and everyone, that conquered the WIRED world this year—and a few that fell from the top.

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The Politics Issue

All Hail the Technocracy

Originally published September 2022: The Pacific Northwest is due for a massive quake. I trained to help rescue efforts in the aftermath—by racing around the city on an electric kid hauler.