Despite Trump's tariffs and never-ending political drama, TikTok's e-commerce business is exploding, @zeyiyang.bsky.social reports in this week's Made in China www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

NEW: Experts say that any lags in protections like security updates and network monitoring caused by the government shutdown could lay the groundwork for future breaches. @lhn.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/the-go...

NEW: SSA employees are getting extremely worried about how the agency will continue to provide benefits to some 70 million Americans, according to meeting minutes obtained by @wired.com. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/social...

when Elon Musk attacked my reporting to his millions of followers last week, it was one of the scariest days of my life in that moment, the leadership at @wired.com enthusiastically stood by my article and its message: holding powerful tech leaders accountable

This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop. Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.

This is completely inaccurate and reckless. WIRED remains entirely committed to politics coverage and investigative reporting, with full support from our parent company.

the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from

Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge. www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

The US government is aiming to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers suffering shutdown-related woes by curtailing flights. But airlines have experience with this kind of sudden disruption. www.wired.com/story/faa-pl...

Yes, Makena, yes!

WIRED asked our favorite election nerd, Steve Kornacki, for his two cents on last night's stunning Democratic surge and what it may mean for the midterms. (We also asked Kornacki about his khaki pants, and his answer will SHOCK you.) www.wired.com/story/democr...

Republican lawmakers and right-wing influencers are having an epic, vile, racist meltdown over Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral win:

New York’s new mayor is also WIRED’s new cover.

SCOOP : I got hold of the death threats, doxes and attacks teachers in Arizona are facing after a TPUSA spokesperson inaccurately claimed they mocked Charlie Kirk during Halloween. "We’re coming for you. Literally driving to Tucson as we speak You fucking wait.” www.wired.com/story/arizon...

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

The video version of this pod has now been described as “Tegan and Sara hosting a podcast” which is honestly the highest possible compliment.

"If you are so scared of entrusting your candidate to be themselves, you need to get the hell out of Democratic politics."

For the latest @wired.com Big Interview podcast, I had a delightful chat with @karaswisher.bsky.social about tech's fealty to Trump, how much money she makes, how to care less about assholes, and much much more: She said whatever she wanted, as usual, which always makes for the best kind of convo:

The headlines -- "Nepal chooses new government on Discord" were a bit baffling. How do you DO that? @wired.com goes inside the revolution, to see how a small group of disaffected Gen Z citizens brought a regime to its knees in days www.wired.com/story/nepal-...

things seem to be going great for the Cuomo campaign!

we've updated this story with a statement from Nancy Mace's rep and you should read it:

Nancy Mace what’s up girl? Insane scoop from @jakelahut.writes.news www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

"With a little bit of luck, I'll die before that takes root. I'm much more interested in talking about anything you want except that." Guillermo...same.

Maybe not ideal to name your embryo editing startup after the Manhattan Project:

🚨 ICE is exploring plans to launch a privately-run, statewide transportation system in Texas, envisioning a nonstop operation that funnels immigrants detained in 254 counties into ICE facilities and staging locations across the state www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

NEW: ICE plans to build a network run by armed contractors that would move detained immigrants around the state, from all 254 counties, operating 24/7. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

My appreciation for KPop Demon Hunters increased by 1,000 percent after reading this smart, thoughtful @manishakrishnan.bsky.social interview with EJAE:

For this story, @wired.com spoke to more than a dozen furloughed federal workers about the toll of the gov't shutdown. It's a small glimpse into the shutdown's human toll, which is affecting 750,000 federal workers (who've already had a bad year: think DOGE, RIFs, heftier workloads, and so on...)

"The reality is that the overwhelming majority of recipients of SNAP are people born in the US and many are in families with children or are elderly or disabled. Of those able to work, most do."

The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by. www.wired.com/story/federa...

NEW: For the second time in less than two weeks, a major cloud outage has impacted the internet, revealing once again the dangers of relying on a few companies to provide the internet's infrastructure. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/the-mi...

Here at @wired.com, we’re giving the people what they want: more @davidgilbert.bsky.social youtu.be/M_DCrfVp3uU?...

How exactly did Donald Trump end up in the AI slop trenches? And who, exactly, is sourcing and posting these bizarre, offensive AI videos on the president's social accounts? @jakelahut.writes.news is on the case:

Every day, millions of people confide in AI, exposing their most intimate problems and hoping it will fix them. This is the story of two people—and their bots—on the very edge of therapy’s new frontier.

In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.” We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.

I'm a proud member of Group 7. Just sayin!

"Remarkable," "unusual," and "extremely rare." Meteorologists tracking Hurricane Melissa are terrified by what they're seeing.

If you are hearing about Nick Fuentes for the first time today because of his appearance on the Tucker Carlson Show, you can get up to speed on who he is and how he plans to conquer America by reading this piece I wrote last month www.wired.com/story/nick-f...

I finally mustered the fortitude to read this @ichotiner.bsky.social interview and...oh my god. (You should read it!)

I will maintain to my last breath that we should NOT be having sex with AI. Please have sex with PEOPLE if at all possible.

I was Nick's @wired.com intern in 2008, and he rolled into the offices (late) on my first day in his running clothes. What a delight some 17 years later to interview Nick, a former WIRED EIC and now The Atlantic's CEO, about his excellent new book, which is about running and so much more:

US census data is carefully anonymized for good reason. Now Republicans want to change that -- and their plan could put the data of every person living in the US at risk. Important reporting from @telliotter.bsky.social

NEW: Republicans are targeting the census -- again. This time, they're going after a little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” that helps keep census data anonymous. This would impact a number of vulnerable people, immigrants included. read @telliotter.bsky.social:

WIRED has learned that surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a gene-edited pig kidney from 67-year-old Tim Andrews. The organ functioned for nearly nine months, longer than any previous pig organ transplant. www.wired.com/story/man-ha...

🔔 First, listen to this PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social on the need to unpaywall public records reporting. Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential. 🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT freedom.press/unpaywalled

OpenAI has released new estimates of how many ChatGPT users appear to be experiencing severe mental distress in any given week, and the figures are startling. For one, around 560,000 people's chats -- EVERY WEEK -- appear to indicate mania or psychosis.

"I think Ed has actually flown too close to the sun now, because he’s built this pedestal for himself, and he’s climbed on top, and he’s posing for glossy portraits in the Financial Times magazine and WIRED, wearing aviators like the fucking Temu Kara Swisher."

We're that bitch.

Alpha School, which promises to educate kids using an "AI tutor" in two hours a day, is a budding national empire and a darling of the Trump administration. According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.