Books
Book Excerpt
Mapping the Marvel Universe in 6 Very Cool Charts
Have a hard time keeping track of Marvel’s mystical dimensions? What about where in New York City all the superheroes live? These charts are here to help you make sense of it all.
Tim Leong
Digital Culture
NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
Meghan Herbst
Choco Shocko
The Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’
Megan Farokhmanesh
Face Look
Meta Connect Starts Today. Here’s What to Expect
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage Wednesday morning to deliver a keynote address about all things AR and VR, chatbots, headsets, smart glasses, and generative AI. Here’s a preview.
Boone Ashworth
Clocked It
Google Is ‘Thinking Through’ How to Make the Pixel Watch Repairable
The current version of Google’s smartwatch isn’t repairable, but for the first time the company is figuring out how to fix that.
Julian Chokkattu
sentence structure
FTX Insider Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
The former chief executive of Alameda Research, the trading company that acted as the vehicle for the multibillion-dollar fraud at crypto exchange FTX, has been given a two-year prison sentence after cooperating with investigators.
Joel Khalili
Culture Guides
The 52 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now
Agatha All Along, The Simpsons, and Bluey are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff
Reverse Engineering
The Can-Am Pulse Electric Motorcycle Is Seriously Impressive
The brand has released its first two-wheeled motorcycles in nearly 40 years. They're all-electric, have a devilishly clever new regen braking system, and a trick up their sleeve.
Roberto Baldwin
Power Up
The AI Boom Is Raising Hopes of a Nuclear Comeback
Microsoft’s deal to bring back a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor is just one part of Big Tech’s quid pro quo with nuclear power.
Matt Reynolds
Election 2024
Teens Say Trump’s Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats
Two women tell WIRED that when they were 18-year-old college freshmen, John McEntee, a former Trump administration official and cofounder of a Peter Thiel–backed dating app, behaved in ways they considered inappropriate in online conversations.
Vittoria Elliott