Power User explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, tech journalist Taylor... more
No platform has had more of impact on what we listen to over the past decade than Spotify. This week,... more
Over the past week, Elon Musk has been engaged in a near wholesale takeover of key areas of the U.S.... more
Clarkson Lawson was a prominent MAGA influencer on TikTok who amassed over 31 million likes on his videos. He built... more
Family vlogs are a huge category of online content. At their best, they show real parenting and the entertaining and... more
Remember Gamergate? Well… it's happening again. After writing an exposé about how a video game consultancy was attacked, journalist Alyssa... more
Social media as we know it is in chaos. The landscape is becoming more centralized and creators are facing more... more
2024 was wild! "Brain rot" was the Oxford word of the year. TikTok's days away from being banned. The CostCo... more
Last week, TikTok lost its challenge to stop a ban or forced sale in the United States. WIRED senior business... more
A moral panic about kids' social media and smartphone use in schools has been sweeping the country. But are cell... more
Are women abstaining from sex to protest Donald Trump’s re-election? That’s the impression you’d get if you spent time reading... more