Angela Watercutter

'Transformers One' Isn’t as Silly as It Looks

The new animated Transformers movie is ostensibly about the early lives of the characters from Hasbro’s 1980s toy line, but it also may be about a class uprising and civil rights. I think Transformers One even takes a jab at former president Donald Trump. Actually, it takes two: Main villain …

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Moo Deng Is More Than a Meme

Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of Moo Deng. The baby pygmy hippo is barely two months old and already famous. So beloved on TikTok, Instagram, and X is Moo Deng that workers at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, the place in Thailand where she was born, are doing all they …

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Watch Kamala Harris Take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview

In a wide-ranging WIRED Autocomplete Interview, Vice President Kamala Harris touched on everything from her debate with former president Donald Trump—which she found “quite enjoyable”—to her time as California’s attorney general to Taylor Swift’s endorsement. It’s a lively tour of Harris’ past and a preview of her plans for the …

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Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI

It’s hard not to feel the ripple effect when big shifts happen. One such shift came Wednesday when Lionsgate—the studio responsible for the John Wick, Hunger Games, and Twilight franchises—announced it had teamed up with artificial intelligence firm Runway for a “first-of-its-kind partnership” that would give the AI firm access …

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Ticket Bots Leave Oasis Fans Enraged

Oasis, the band everyone likes to sing after too many pints at karaoke, is going on tour. Well, not exactly on tour—it’s more like 17 dates in the UK and Ireland in summer 2025. Still, considering the band broke up in 2009 and has just reunited, this is what most …

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