If tech news is feeling a little repetitive—with new phones and gadgets arriving in a seemingly endless stream over the past few weeks—know that it’s not Groundhog Day. It is, however, almost time for yet another Apple event where new hardware will show up. At an event at its company …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Behind That Viral LA Billboard That Trolled Microsoft and Other Game Companies
Last week, while Summer Game Fest attendees shuffled between game reveals and demos in Los Angeles, an unusual digital billboard captured the attention of millions of people online and off. “Gone but not forgotten,” it read, listing shuttered studios like Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and Volition, “+ everyone laid off, …
Read More »Met Gala Deepfakes Are Flooding Social Media
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia, and has been translated from Italian. The Met Gala is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated events of the year, but this time the music and entertainment celebrities who graced its red carpet had some competition for the public's attention: generative AI deepfakes. …
Read More »The Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: Neither Warner Bros., which produced Wonka, nor the character Willy Wonka are actually affiliated with the disastrous viral Glasgow event known as Willy’s Chocolate Experience. It’s an easy mistake to make. Aside from the name, the event featured actors clearly costumed …
Read More »At LiveWIRED, We’re Celebrating 30 Years of Tech (and Looking Into the Future)
30 years ago, the founding editors of WIRED knew that technology would change our world, but they likely had no idea how it would be transformed. They had no idea that in a few short years, all of us would be seamlessly interconnected, capable of communicating and working together in …
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The future can look pretty bleak. Climate catastrophes, new diseases, crumbling infrastructure, wealth inequality, cyber risks, geopolitical conflicts, and threats to democracy around the globe are just some of the things now shaking people’s confidence in a better tomorrow.But human ingenuity is always a cause for hope, and every generation …
Read More »U2’s The Edge on The Sphere’s Opening Night: ‘This Is Definitely Working’
On September 29, the iconic Irish rock band U2 played the first concert in the Sphere, Las Vegas’ other-worldly $2.3 billion immersive concert hall. Years in the making, the performance ushered in a new era of rock and roll spectacle as the band’s familiar music was augmented—and some might argue, …
Read More »How TikTok Is Changing Stage Design
“You can have the world’s best idea, but if it doesn’t fit on the back of a truck then it’s a nonstarter,” says Ray Winkler, who’s been loading ideas onto the backs of trucks for close to 30 years now. Winkler is the CEO of Stufish, where he leads a …
Read More »How to Watch Apple’s iPhone 15 Launch, and What to Expect
It's Apple season once again. We can always count on Apple to announce the newest iPhone model in September. This year’s event is almost upon us, and the company is expected to unveil its lineup of iPhone 15 models, as well as at least a couple of new Apple Watches …
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