Facebook’s Oversight Board Must Uphold the Ban on Trump
In the coming weeks, the Facebook Oversight Board will rule on Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from the platform. This will…
Sherry Turkle Talks Going Remote, Loneliness, and Her New Book
Learning is going to be made up much more quickly than the social skills. A year of skills—I approach you,…
The 23 Best Nintendo Switch Games for Every Kind of Player
The Switch is one of Nintendo’s most successful and influential systems ever. There’s something unique about carrying a home-console-quality gaming…
Warnings From the Queer History of Modern Internet Regulation
Chris Kryzan, who worked in tech marketing at the time, remembers this well. In 1993, he launched an online organization…
Clubhouse Cured My Imposter Syndrome
After just two months on Clubhouse, I finally understand how Theranos happened. While articles, books, and films have covered the…
How Blizzard Transforms Its Fans Into Employees
“My interview was right after the first Blizzcon,” he said. “I really felt like Blizzard was, and is, a haven…
How Google’s Grand Plan to Make Stadia Games Fell Apart
Eventually, Stadia Games and Entertainment teams got the software and people it needed to gain momentum prototyping Stadia games. The…
OK, The ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Reveal Was a Good Troll
The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes,…
To Quash Disinfo, Researchers Must Work With Journalists
In the last week, Facebook temporarily cut off Australia’s access to professionally produced news on its platform. The US House…
Coding Blackness: A History of Black Video Game Characters
Historically, whiteness has been regarded as the default, a privilege not afforded to people of color. Players of the games…