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For their next trick, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are tackling a complex piece of Chinese science fiction. This time, they know how it ends.

Paul Connell, who portrayed “Willy McDuff” at Willy’s Chocolate Experience, talks to WIRED about the Unknown, jelly beans, and an impossible vacuum cleaner trick.

Next year, SenLinYu’s Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don’t want to take it down, but it’s the only way to keep others from profiting off of the work.

Last summer, Elon Musk began rate-limiting the number of tweets users could see on Twitter. Here's the real reason why.

Artificial intelligence can now tell tales featuring your kids’ favorite characters. It’s copyright chaos—and a major headache for parents and guardians.