The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die

Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

Gay men have long been rumored to run Silicon Valley. WIRED investigates.

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.

Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?

A growing legion of “zero trimester” influencers are convincing followers that healthy pregnancies are a choice—and that raw milk, watching sunsets, and pricey specialized courses can help.

‘She Has a Presence’: The ‘Melania’ Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

WIRED attended two documentary screening parties—one on each coast—for the First Lady’s film. What a time.

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”
Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”

“Who here believes involuntary death is a good thing?”  Nathan Cheng has been delivering similar versions of this speech over the last couple of years, so I knew what was coming. He was about to try to convince the 80 or so people in the audience that death is bad. And that defeating it should…

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.