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On Monday, police arrested Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old app developer, in connection with the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Online reaction to his apprehension reveals a new form of fandom.

People use AI pals for all sorts of reasons. Here’s what happens when you take one on a solo trip to Japan.

Videos of minors. Illegal data collection. Lack of oversight. Lawsuits. Problems have dogged the popular porn site for years. Is its promise of transparency enough for a reset?

From underconsumption and de-influencing to work-life balance and the novelty of no-tech, Gen Z will upend the status quo.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket reinvents the gacha game for a Pikachu-loving audience. It’s attracted millions of players—and more than a little controversy.

The popular farming game’s major update for all platforms includes a new farm type, new events, and a massive multiplayer option.

In April, House of the Dragon star Abubakar Salim released Tales of Kenzera: Zau. He already has an idea for an Afro-cyberpunk follow-up, he just has to overcome funding obstacles and YouTube trolls to make it.

Silo, The Secret Lives of Animals, and Slow Horses are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.

Joy, Hot Frosty, and Will & Harper are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.

A Man on the Inside, Black Doves, and Heartstopper are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.

The restaurant featured in the hit TV show Midnight Diner is a wholly a fictitious izakaya. On a recent trip to Tokyo, I set out to find it anyway.

Want to hear two robots chat about your music taste? This Wrapped season, Spotify and Google teamed up to make that dream (or nightmare) a reality.

The b-boy weighed in on the past, present, and future of his sport during WIRED’s The Big Interview event.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing feud has mostly been a war of words, fought online. With several court filings this week, Drake aimed to take it to a different venue.

Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection, peers into the soul of millennial disorder in the way that no one else does.

Lauren Greenfield, director of the docuseries Social Studies, says we have to have empathy for teens growing up online. “It's not fair to ask them to self-regulate when the apps have been designed to be addictive.”

“I was loath to jump into it,” Black List founder Franklin Leonard says of expanding into publishing. “It’s not a great look to be like, ‘I'm from Hollywood and I'm here to save you.’”

“That appointment—that relationship—is everything,” says audio executive Eric Eddings. But that doesn't mean the industry isn't innovating.

Once an internet cause célèbre, this year lots of folks turned cold on Spotify Wrapped. TikTok’s year in review also felt unsurprising. Maybe our platforms know less about us than we think.

From Bop Spotter to his collection of long-lost and rarely-seen YouTube videos, Riley Walz makes the future of the internet look like its past.

Bluesky will never be Twitter. YouTube is no longer about funny videos made with your friends. The old internet is gone, but it can be remade. The website IMG_0001 proves it.

Users frustrated with Elon Musk’s handling of X and closeness to president-elect Donald Trump are fleeing to Bluesky—an easier migration than leaving the US.