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The Big Story

The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell

Business

Mapping Elon Musk’s Global Empire

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The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman

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The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real

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Inside a Fusion Startup's Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony

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Tim Cook Wants Apple to Literally Save Your Life

Science

The Whole Story of How Humans Evolved From Great Apes

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Murderbot, She Wrote

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Microsoft at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination

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Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future

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The Great American Microchip Mobilization

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Even Under Trump, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward

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‘We Were Wrong’: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website

Gear

As Schools Ban Phones, More Kids Are Using Smartwatches

Culture

The Aftermath of the Alligator Experiment

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Marissa Mayer: I Am Not a Feminist. I Am Not Neurodivergent. I Am a Software Girl

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The American Who Waged a Tech War on China

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Alfonso Cuarón Subverted Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Now He’s Coming for TV

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Bobbi Althoff on Exactly How She Got Rich—and How Rich, Exactly

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Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve

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Gold Treasure Worth a Fortune Was Hidden in a Forest. Let the Hunt Begin

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Josh Johnson Has Become the Funniest Guy on the Internet. That Is Not a Joke

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After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

Business

The World’s Biggest Bitcoin Mine Is Rattling This Texas Oil Town