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Attempts by the US and UK to require backdoors in secure messaging apps are a huge step in the wrong direction. Right now, we need more encryption, not less.

Meta’s CEO would do us all a favor by not taking on Elon Musk in a literal cage fight. Especially since he’s already got Musk beat.

People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users.

Plus: name-checking Neal Stephenson, beauty’s role in product design, and ranking Silicon Valley’s AI worrywarts.

WIRED cofounder Kevin Kelly believes tech ultimately bends towards good—you just might have to wait a while. For now, he’s got a book of life advice.

The founder of social Q&A site Quora is experimenting with Poe, an app that answers questions using AI. What role is left for people?

Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies.

The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed.

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.

The next big thing in tech isn’t the blockchain or the metaverse—it’s a mind-bending wave of algorithmic content machines.