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After the October hearing, the families joined Pierson and Jacobsen at a Mexican restaurant. A boom mic from a documentary crew hovered above Pierson’s head. Jacobsen pulled out a suitcase from under the table, and Pierson handed out glass…

Unlike Singles Only Social Club, however, My TruBond is also an app (it’s free to sign up). Moss, who previously managed IT systems for various government agencies and private companies, says that the app is primarily designed for people to…

Michael Calore: I sit by the window here in the WIRED office, and when I look out the window, I look right on the Bay Bridge and I see Cybertrucks all day.Zoë Schiffer: Oh my gosh.Lauren Goode: It's almost like the Cybertrucks are just…

Over the past year, Karla Reyes and her team at Anima Interactive have visited the US-Mexico border twice to interview migrants and humanitarians. Once a month, Reyes interviews migrants remotely via video calls. She’s spoken to dozens.…

Buying energy drinks in public is embarrassing. Every time I see someone scanning the cooler for their favorite flavor of Monster or Ghost, I guess which accompanying vape flavor they've picked out, and I know others are making the same…

What I discovered in Tulsa was that the Heartland encompasses the great middle of the country—not only in geographic terms but in societal, cultural, and even spiritual ones. For me, the Heartland represents midsize cities like Tulsa,…

One day in mid-January, California-based social media influencer Candise Lin woke up and found that hundreds of thousands of so-called TikTok refugees were suddenly flocking to Red Note, a Chinese social media app she uses every day. Lin…

Anything could happen the night of the 2025 Oscars—with key races, like Best Picture, lacking formidable front-runners going into the 97th Academy Awards. The movies featured at the ceremony this year range from crowd-pleasing blockbusters,…

It's the Oura Ring. It's not new, but new to me. Have you guys heard of the Oura Ring?Zoe Schiffer: Oh my God. You know this is a personal obsession with mine. I've been wanting one for months, and months, and months. I'm seething with…

New Pokémon games, Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Pokémon Champions, are on the way, The Pokémon Company announced today during a Pokémon Presents broadcast. Z-A, the highly anticipated followup to the series’ first open-world game, will arrive…