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Your Dumb Memes Revived One of Butt Rock's Biggest Bands

Somehow, Creed shitposts have jumped from message boards to Major League Baseball. Now the band’s 25-year-old album Human Clay is selling once again—and the band is going viral all on its own.

James Pero

Grand Tour

Meet the People Traveling the World, Thanks to Crowdfunding

Rosie Bell

Dial Up

The Shade Room Founder Is Ready to Dial Down the Shade

Jason Parham

Pokémon No

Nintendo Is Suing Palworld Creator Pocketpair

Megan Farokhmanesh

AI

Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI

Angela Watercutter

Digital Culture

Lo-Fi Weather Channel Videos Are Soothing Climate Fears on YouTube

Ade D. Adeniji

As the World Burns

Burning Man Is Over, but You Can Keep the Party Going Year-Round

Alden Wicker

Dial Up

This Digital Archivist Believes Hollywood’s ‘Competition Era’ Is Over

Jason Parham

The Monitor

Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI

Angela Watercutter

Fiction

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You

WIRED Readers

Swipe Right

Confessions of a Hinge Power User

Jason Parham

Star Wars

James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI

Angela Watercutter

Bust or Boom

Concord’s Death Offers a Bleak Look at Gaming’s Future

Adam Morgan