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An internet-famous plastic surgeon faces hard questions, and a lawsuit, after building his brand on his patients’ bodies.
Katherine Laidlaw Wired Jan 2021 Permalink
Inside America’s fast-growing civilian tactical training industry.
Rachel Monroe Wired Jan 2021 30min Permalink
Last year, a hacker gave Glenn Greenwald a trove of damning messages between Brazil’s leaders. Some suspected the Russians. The truth was far less boring.
Darren Loucaides Wired Nov 2020 40min Permalink
The man on the trail went by “Mostly Harmless.” He was friendly and said he worked in tech. After he died in his tent, no one could figure out who he was.
Nicholas Thompson Wired Nov 2020 15min Permalink
In 2003, a man robbed a bank with a bomb around his neck. It exploded shortly thereafter, taking his life and leaving authorities to try to figure out who had put it there.
Rich Schapiro Wired Dec 2010 20min Permalink
Mike Postle was on an epic winning streak at a California casino. Veronica Brill thought he had to be playing dirty. Let the chips fall where they may.
Brendan I. Koerner Wired Sep 2020 25min Permalink
On the app, users drape themselves in the trappings of Black culture—and steal the viral spotlight. It’s exploitation at its most refined and disturbing.
Jason Parham Wired Aug 2020 30min Permalink
At 37, Brian Wallach was diagnosed with the fatal disease. So he tapped a lifetime of connections to give help and hope to fellow sufferers—while grappling with his own mortality.
Brian Barrett Wired Jun 2020 30min Permalink
Why didn’t we?
Evan Ratliff Wired Jun 2020 30min Permalink
On the intersection of technology and revolt.
Bill Wasik Wired Jan 2012 30min Permalink
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI.
Andy Greenberg Wired May 2020 55min Permalink
After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.
Nicholas Thompson Wired Apr 2020 30min Permalink
Lee Holloway programmed internet security firm Cloudflare into being. But then he became apathetic, distant, and unpredictable—for a long time, no one could make sense of it.
Sandra Upson Wired Apr 2020 35min Permalink
Nature is already socking away a lot of carbon for us. It could soak up a lot more—if we help.
Brooke Jarvis Wired Apr 2020 25min Permalink
Gus Weiss, a shrewd intelligence insider, pulled off an audacious tech hack against the Soviets in the last century. Or did he?
Alex French Wired Mar 2020 40min Permalink
People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it’s a beacon of so much that’s right.
Richard Cooke Wired Feb 2020 20min Permalink
An amateur sleuth tracks runners who cheat. But how far should he go?
Gordy Megroz Wired Feb 2020 15min Permalink
What happens when humans, not algorithms, are in charge.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood Wired Jan 2020 Permalink
Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?
Shaun Raviv Wired Jan 2020 25min Permalink
Jared Johns found out too late that swapping messages with the pretty girl from a dating site would mean serious trouble. If only he had known who she really was.
Vince Beiser Wired Dec 2019 25min Permalink
The author, who works remotely, and her evolving relationship with her physical representation at the office: “an iPad on a stick on a Segway-like base.”
Emily Dreyfuss Wired Sep 2015 15min Permalink
The Salesforce founder has donated a fortune to right capitalism’s wrongs, and he thinks his fellow billionaires should too. Why can’t we just be grateful?
Chris Colin Wired Dec 2019 30min Permalink
Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.
Brendan I. Koerner Wired Nov 2019 35min Permalink
How digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big attack will be even harder to crack.
Andy Greenberg Wired Oct 2019 30min Permalink
If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.
Brendan I. Koerner Wired Sep 2019 25min Permalink