The Moms Who Sponcon Their Daughters’ First Periods

From Mormon momfluencer domination to boosting engagement with partially clothed kids, journalist Fortesa Latifi’s new book exposes the dark and complex world of child influencers. [...]

TikTok creator Gigi Bello on the simple gear setup she relies on for capturing content

Content creator Gigi Bello shares the tech gear she relies on while making her TikTok videos [...]

A New Horror Movie Depicts Realistic Snuff. That’s Not the Most Disturbing Thing About It

Faces of Death features a black-pilled killer who thinks he’s giving the internet what it wants. In some ways, he’s right. [...]

The Gamblers Behind One of Chess's Weirdest Unsolved Cheating Mysteries Have Been Unmasked

In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician who died in 1957. His real identity remained unknown—until now. [...]

The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop

The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. [...]

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics

Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees. [...]

I Watched 18 Hours of Coachella’s Vertical Livestream and All I Got Was This Lousy FOMO

Coachella—and everyone else—is making a big vertical video play. So I watched an entire weekend’s worth of sets only on my phone. [...]

Parents are turning their teens texts into AI emo songs

Parents are going viral for turning their teens’ text messages into AI-generated emo songs on TikTok and Instagram. [...]

The story behind the New Yorkers striking tech nightmare cover

Artist Christoph Niemann talks about his frightening AI cover for the storied magazine. [...]