WIRED

The Wired mission is to tell the world something they've never heard before in a way they've never seen before. It's about turning new ideas into everyday reality. It's about seeding our community of influencers with the ideas that will shape and transform our collective future. Wired readers want to know how technology is changing the world, and they're interested in big, relevant ideas, even if those ideas challenge their assumptions—or blow their minds.

Readers relish a rollicking cybercrime caper and dish on urban “dystopia.” • In our December/January issue, Andy Greenberg told an ultimately redemptive tale of three young men who unleashed a cyber weapon powerful enough to break the internet. And Lauren Smiley waded into the San Francisco doom loop, investigating a slew of violent surveillance videos that painted one picture while obscuring another.

TAIL AS OLD AS TIME • Was Bobi the world’s longest-lived dog—or just another casualty of Big Kibble?

BURST BUBBLES • Beeper found a way to bridge the blue-green divide between Apple and Android messages. Then Apple found a way to break Beeper.

TRIANGLE OF HAPPINESS

IN DEFENSE OF JAVASCRIPT • Mock it all you want—but it runs the world. Possibly even literally.

START

ALL WHO WANDER • From desert climes to waterside, wilderness, or the urban jungle, WIRED takes to the great outdoors with our pick of equipment to conquer any environment.

FEATURES

THE Algorithmic Authenticity OF Shou Zi Chew • The CEO of the world’s most influential social media company likes tacos, Sheryl Crow, and Diablo IV.

THE BIG INTERVIEW

EVERY WOMAN IS AN ISLAND • Matriarchy, money, and a modern mariner named Marina.

THE PROVINCE OF ALL MANKIND • TWO NATIONS. A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. AND THE URGENT NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF SPACE RIGHT NOW.

LOVE, DEMENTIA, AND ROBOTS • When my parents got sick, I turned to a new GENERATION of roboticists—and their GLOWING, TALKING, WARMHEARTED creations.

DEATH OF A PRESIDENT • Three decades after a devastating nuclear war between the US and China, a divided America faces a new threat to its very DNA. An excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

SELECT THE BOXES THAT ARE EVIDENCE. • THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, WRITE A STORY ABOUT AN AI ON TRIAL.