Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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A New Netflix Film Tells the Story of Everest Icon Lhakpa Sherpa

</div></div>"],"filter":{"nextExceptions":"img, blockquote, div","nextContainsExceptions":"img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button"},"renderIntial":true,"wordCount":350}"> Mount Everest has provided the dizzying backdrop for numerous documentaries about famous mountaineers—think Sherpa, Finding Michael, and of course 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible. The latest addition...

The Inevitability of Big Tech Backing Trump

It is true just about everywhere, but especially in America: Real power is having control over the flow of resources. Property. Money. Information. If you command the levers of production—who gets what, when, and how—you dictate what the...

A Chaotic History of Clickolding, the Year’s Most Disturbing Game

Nelson: I took a picture. I cropped it so that his face could not be seen. And we used that reference photo a month later.Tan: I thought he was joking. The outfit the mystery man is wearing in...

The Trump Shooting Fueled an Online Sticker Battle

Ever since the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump last Saturday, the tenor online has been understandably tense. Far-right extremists are sending out calls for violence, militias are recruiting, and everyone, it seems, has a conspiracy...

The 31 Best Movies on Hulu This Week (July 2024)

In 2017, Hulu made television history by becoming the first streaming network to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, thanks to the phenomenon that was The Handmaid’s Tale.While Netflix has largely cornered the streaming market on original movies—and even...

Fortnite Has a Political Violence Problem

In the hours after former US president Donald Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, a new Fortnite game appeared: Donald Trump vs Assassin. The game was quickly removed, but several other games that include antisemitism and political violence...

Should You Go on Vacation with a Travel Influencer?

</div></div>"],"filter":{"nextExceptions":"img, blockquote, div","nextContainsExceptions":"img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button"},"renderIntial":true,"wordCount":350}"> Why do you think people follow you? I asked Haleigh on our winding drive out of Yosemite, back to Indian Flat. “I don’t know why, I really don’t,”...

The Real Problem With TikTok’s ‘Fruity’ Boy Trend

Apps “create this expectation that you check these boxes and have a certain type of person sort of delivered to you,” says Sharabi, citing the viral “Man in Finance” TikTok as an example. Applying dating-app heuristics to people...

The 40 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (July 2024)

While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House...

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You

THIS MONTH’S PROMPTIn six words, write a story about a colony of bio-augmented humans.Disclaimer: All #WiredSixWord submissions become the property of WIRED. Submissions will not be acknowledged or returned. Submissions and any other materials, including your name or...
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The Best Vegan Protein Powder (2024)

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