~wired | Bookmarks (136)
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The Best Queer Batman Parody You Almost Never Saw
When Vera Drew set out to make The People’s Joker her goal was to tell a...
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The Future of Video Games Is ... Reality TV?
When you play The Crush House, it’s your job to capture the drama and please “the...
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AI-Generated Spoofs of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok
The next Drag Race Ru-volution doesn't involve Ru at all.
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The 25 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now
From The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin to Constellation, here’s everything you need to be watching...
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A 'House of the Dragon' Star Made a Video Game to Grieve His Father
Abubakar Salim lost his father a decade ago. The actor and creative director embraced "gamifying" grief...
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Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People
WIRED investigates how artificial intelligence tools, like OpenAI’s Sora, currently portray members of the LGBTQ community....
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A Haunted Discord Server Is the Last Good Place Online
In the indie game This Discord Has Ghosts In It, your mission is—prepare yourself!—to communicate.
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The 16 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now
From Everybody's Talking About Jamie to Bottoms, these are the must-watch films on Amazon Prime Video.
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Welcome (Back) to Beyoncé’s Internet
The release of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter exposes the tenor of online fandom today—and the fiction of...
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Disney+ Has a New Look—Which Is No Look at All
If you thought Disney’s app looked different this week, you’re right. Welcome to the dull days...
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Is AI the Future of NPCs?
Artificial intelligence is poised to have a massive impact on video games in the next few...
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Sci-Fi Author Vernor Vinge, Who First Wrote of the AI Singularity, Dead at 79
Vernor Vinge’s writings heavily influenced futurists like Ray Kurzweil, who in turn influenced those at companies...
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My Boyfriend Won’t Stop Meditating!
WIRED’s advice columnist on fake Buddhists, photo-happy mothers, and unsolicited TikToks.
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Is a Religious Experience
Denis Villeneuve's new Dune film has won over longtime fans of Frank Herbert's novel. Still, some...
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Kate Middleton Conspiracists Are Recreating the Streisand Effect
The altered photo of Kate Middleton and her family that went viral last week was supposed...
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'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' Almost Had a Live-Action Mario
If you’re having flashbacks to Bob Hoskins circa 1993, don’t worry. Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s live-action...
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GameScent Wants You to Smell the Gunfire While You Play Video Games
GameScent’s AI-powered console peripheral gives new meaning to gamer smells. It also may give you a...
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The 27 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
From Poor Things to All of Us Strangers, here’s everything you need to watch on Hulu...
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Europe’s Biggest Salt Mine Is Now in 'Minecraft,' and It’s Helping Ukraine Rebuild
The Soledar Salt Mine in eastern Ukraine shut down in early 2022 amidst the Russian invasion....
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Netflix’s '3 Body Problem' Adapts the Unadaptable
For their next trick, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are tackling...
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‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ Initial Prototypes Were ‘Chaos’
A little bit of physics went a long way.
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The Filmmaker Who Says AI Is Reparations
Before he used AI tools to make his movies, Willonius Hatcher couldn’t get noticed. Now his...
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The 35 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now
From Shōgun to Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, here’s everything you should be watching on Hulu...
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What Happens When a Guy and His AI Girlfriend Go to Therapy
In Sierra Greer's new novel, Annie Bot, a man named Doug finds out what it means...