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Earlier this year, the “Because I Got High” rapper went viral for winning a case against the cops. Now he’s crypto’s free-speech hero, even though he isn’t quite sure how the digital currency works.
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
The US Has a Plan to Combat Screwworm. It Involves a Lot More Flies
Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.
Moms are outsourcing tedious household tasks to ChatGPT and selling courses teaching others to do the same. Where are all the dads?
The annual developer event is where Apple announces operating system updates—like iOS 27—and maybe even teases future hardware. Here’s how to see it all.
The Sigma BF Camera Is Eccentric but Strangely Lovable
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As the conflict in Iran disrupts the world’s oil supply, airlines are looking for jet fuel alternatives. The answer: energy from used cooking oil and french fry grease.
How to Spot Greenwashing Claims When You Travel
So Long, ‘Ferrynoia.’ Green Maritime Technology Is Here
13 Environmentally Conscious Packing Tips for Your Next Vacation
With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.
The Painful Truth About Long Covid
The TikTok Ban Was Never About TikTok
A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power.
The Vatican’s Man Inside Anthropic
THE WAR MACHINE
Things Fall Apart
23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
When Covid Came for Provincetown
Originally published June 2022: In a queer vacation hot spot on Cape Cod, an ad hoc community proved that Americans can stifle large outbreaks—if they want to.
What OpenAI Really Wants
