ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”
Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”

“Who here believes involuntary death is a good thing?”  Nathan Cheng has been delivering similar versions of this speech over the last couple of years, so I knew what was coming. He was about to try to convince the 80 or so people in the audience that death is bad. And that defeating it should…

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE

Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn’t trigger something like civil war.

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.

23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century

The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.

How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession

Decades ago, Donghai was a backwater county. Today, thanks to an army of 24/7 livestreamers, it orchestrates a multibillion-dollar global industry.

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

How the Cyberspace Administration of China inadvertently made a guide to the country’s homegrown AI revolution.