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A trade union that won a landmark case against Uber in the UK’s Supreme Court had a “culture of abuse and toxicity,” with an internal power struggle threatening to paralyze its operations, according to a damning independent report obtained…

Vinyl records are everywhere now. What was once considered a niche hobby just a few years ago, when records started to make a comeback, are now widely available again, even at major retail stores like Target and Walmart. Record sales are up…

In June I had a conversation with chief scientist Ilya Sutskever at OpenAI’s headquarters, as I reported WIRED’s October cover story. Among the topics we discussed was the unusual structure of the company.OpenAI began as a nonprofit…

Binance chief executive Changpeng Zhao is stepping down as part of a settlement with the US Department of Justice, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal reports that Zhao will plead guilty to violating anti-money-laundering…

“I’m skeptical. If Twitch serves as a precursor of what’s to come in AI, we can expect a lot of opaque policies and missed opportunities,” argues Joost van Dreunen, a New York University business professor and author of One Up, a book on…

When I first heard in 2013 that Barack Obama had chosen Tom Wheeler to head the crucial tech regulator that is the US Federal Communications Commission, my first thought was … what a sell-out! The new FCC boss had previously been head…

Lauren: I do see what you're saying, and it plays into this rather trippy idea, which is this idea of like, it turns out we own nothing.Gideon: Mmm.Lauren: And we don't, we don't really own anything. Right? I mean, I think that since the…

Last weekend, I turned to Google Search for help figuring out how many stamps I needed to put on an 8-ounce piece of mail. (Naturally, I was sending a copy of the latest issue of WIRED!). It’s the exact sort of question that I hoped Google…

Robert Asprin was a fantasy and science fiction author best known for his humorous Myth Adventures novels, and for coediting the groundbreaking Thieves’ World series of shared-world anthologies. Author and editor Bill Fawcett first met…

I felt like a thawing glacier. Still chilly, I contacted my colleague, Jo-e Sutton, a certified holistic health practioner. She surprised me with her enthusiasm. “Zoom sessions are the greatest blessings that have come from this dark…