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Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code

Why is the biggest name in AI late to the AI coding revolution?

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How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?

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The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran

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THINGS FALL APART

It's not enough to build things. You also have to tear them down. WIRED commissioned five stories about decommissioning, from EVs and internet cables to supercomputers and space stations.

The WIRED Guide to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

Ice hockey, curling, influencers—the 2026 Winter Olympics promise to be the most talked about Games in recent memory. WIRED has all the news you need coming out of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century

The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.

The Greatest Successes and Worst Flameouts of 2025

From Tesla to AI friends to Big Balls and back, this is our definitive breakdown of everything, and everyone, that conquered the WIRED world this year—and a few that fell from the top.

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Fallout Producer Jonathan Nolan on AI: ‘We’re in Such a Frothy Moment’

The Westworld showrunner thinks AI will be good for burgeoning filmmakers, but not for Hollywood blockbusters.

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities

Even as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses to use their influence to help stop his immigration policies.

Jimmy Wales Will Never Edit Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Page: He ‘Makes Me Insane’

On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an online ecosystem increasingly hostile to facts.