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The 33 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now
Dope Thief, Severance, and Mythic Quest are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.
Angela Watercutter and WIRED Staff
Can Matchmaking Platforms Save Us From Dating App Fatigue?
Big Dating got singles hooked on convenience culture. But finding a partner is work—and a batch of matchmaking services think they’ve cracked the code for partnership.
Jason Parham
How Candise Lin Became the Unofficial Ambassador of Chinese Internet Culture
Long before TikTok refugees discovered Red Note, Candise Lin was giving Americans a portal into the wild, hilarious world of Chinese social media.
Zeyi Yang
The Next Pokémon Game Will Be the Battle-Focused Pokémon Champions
During today’s Pokémon Presents, the company showed off Pokémon Champions, a new battle-focused game for Switch and mobile.
Megan Farokhmanesh
Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts
A WIRED investigation goes inside the Telegram groups targeting women who joined “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” groups on Facebook with doxing, harassment, and sharing of nonconsensual intimate images.
Anna Wolfe and Sarah Cammarata
The Plight of Migrants Is Deeply Misunderstood. Can a Video Game Help?
Anima Interactive’s forthcoming game Take Us North aims to capture the lived experiences of those trying to cross the US-Mexico border.
Megan Farokhmanesh
Game Developers Fear Anti-Trans Measures Could Hit Their Industry Next
As companies like Meta, Google, and Amazon follow President Trump’s moves to roll back diversity initiatives, trans and genderqueer devs worry their already struggling industry could follow suit.
Megan Farokhmanesh
Xbox Pushes Ahead With New Generative AI. Developers Say ‘Nobody Will Want This’
One developer responds to the release of Muse: “We are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives.”
Megan Farokhmanesh
A Player Has Defeated Punch-Out’s Mike Tyson in Under 2 Minutes for the First Time
After 75,000 attempts over five years, Summoning Salt is hanging up the virtual gloves.
Kyle Orland, Ars Technica
The 37 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
Sly Lives!, A Real Pain, and Alien are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.
Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff
The 47 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now
Deli Boys, A Thousand Blows, and Devil in the Family are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.
Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff
The 21 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now
Challengers, My Old Ass, and The Creator are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
Matt Kamen and WIRED Staff
The 23 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now
Invincible, The Rig, and Fallout are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
Matt Kamen and WIRED Staff
A Case for Turning Tulsa Into the Next Big Tech Hub
In an excerpt from his new book, Reinventing the Heartland, urbanist Nicholas Lalla makes the case for setting up technology's next big nerve center in Oklahoma.
Nicholas Lalla
The Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.
Angela Watercutter
How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World
Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized.
Helen Gordon
This Weird, Fleshy Novel Is Exactly What You Need Right Now
Dengue Boy, a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and essential.
Matt Reynolds
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