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At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds

Of those, more than 200 appear to have had outages of services related to patient care following CrowdStrike’s disastrous crash, researchers have revealed.
Bad Bots

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.

Confirmation Bias

Eddington Director Ari Aster Couldn’t Stand ‘Living in the Internet.’ So He Made a Movie About It

Ari Aster tells WIRED he wrote Eddington during the height of the pandemic and BLM protests. The Western depicts the explosive consequences of his characters’ conspiracy-fueled social media diets.

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How to Win a Fight

These days it feels like the next fight is always just around the corner. What matters is picking your battles—and knowing how to win.
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Where Are All the AI Drugs?

In an industry where 90 percent of drug candidates fail before reaching the market, a handful of startups are betting everything on AI to beat the odds.
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The New Era of Work Travel

Don’t sweat the expense reports—from first-class tech to multiday commutes, WIRED and Condé Nast Traveler help you navigate the perks and pitfalls of the modern business trip.
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One Man’s Plan to Resurrect the Animal Species We Can’t Save

Originally published June 2020: It may be too late to save some animals from extinction, but Tullis Matson has a backup plan: freeze their cells to preserve their genes.