Larry Brilliant Says Covid Rapid Tests Are Bad for Public Health

The epidemiologist who helped quash smallpox talks about what we're doing wrong on monkeypox, vaccines, and…

The Supreme Court Accidentally Spurred a Data Privacy Push

Plus: Inside Google’s privacy council, a posthumous trip to the moon, and a world in flames.

Even Twitter Thinks Elon Musk’s Tweets Are Out of Control

Plus: Tweeting your personal life, swimming like sharks, and a breakup for the ages.

How Hemingway Gradually—Then Suddenly—Defined the Zeitgeist

Plus: Early attempts at writing fiction online, the many sequels to Hackers, and Canada’s pessimism.

Shopify Goes Soul-Searching

Plus: The early days of e-commerce, the question of sentience, and frightening temperatures.

Blake Lemoine Says Google’s LaMDA AI Faces ‘Bigotry’

In an interview with WIRED, the engineer and priest elaborated on his belief that the program…

The Soul of a New Machine Learning System

Plus: The end of Internet Explorer, a free-speech platform, and a lake in need of a…

Big Tech Has Become a Creature of the Swamp

Plus: Time travel on the blockchain, an update on apocalyptic horsemen, and '90s-era squabbles over internet…

Meta’s New COO Is Nothing Like Sheryl Sandberg

Plus: The early days of Facebook, charitable donations, and a disconcerting playlist.

Sheryl Sandberg and the Death of ‘The Deal’

Meta's famous COO is leaving after 14 years at the company—and so goes a partnership that…