How To Think Like A WIRED Trailblazer

Beyond the jokes about its new shuttle service are serious questions about what it will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion.

As Elon Musk and Donald Trump feuded, conspiracy theorists assured their followers it was all a show. “5D chess at its finest, baby—checkmate!” proclaimed one.

The right-wing media ecosystem seems to not know what to make of the Elon Musk–Donald Trump spat—but some of the president’s loyalists have made their feelings known in plain terms.

What is the latest MicroSD iteration, and why does your Nintendo Switch need it?

As Elon Musk and US president Trump spar on social media, tech investors and executives are being forced to choose whether to support the most powerful man in business—or the White House.

Everyone knows what it’s like to lose cell service. A burgeoning open source project called Meshtastic is filling the gap for when you’re in the middle of nowhere—or when disaster strikes.

Plus: A 22-year-old former intern gets put in charge of a key anti-terrorism program, threat intelligence firms finally wrangle their confusing names for hacker groups, and more.

A teardown of Nintendo’s latest console has found that the core tech that causes joystick drift is still there. Plus it’s even harder to repair than the original.

Palantir threatened to call police on a WIRED reporter and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports of the data analytics firm’s work with the Trump administration.

A quantum computer will likely one day be able to break the encryption protecting the world's secrets. See how much faster such a machine could decrypt a password compared to a present-day supercomputer.

Apple will stream its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote live on Monday, June 9. You can expect to see redesigned software but likely not the new Siri.

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