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Choke Points, Part 2.

Experience What It’s Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bank.

WIRED created an interactive simulation of the situation on the ground. Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank—your choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there.

Design @okeeffesam @benjameshinks
Illustration @linajaradat_

@wired @condenast
@palestinereportinglab @arijnetwork @lighthousereports @evidentmediaorg

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Choke Points, Part 1.

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. How Israeli checkpoints suffocate Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank.

Over 18 months, WIRED, Lighthouse Reports, ARIJ Network, Palestine Reporting Lab and Evident Media investigated the system that has carved the West Bank into cantons and measured what it cost people to move through it.

Design @okeeffesam @benjameshinks
Illustration @hokyoungkim_
Photography @samarhazboun

@wired @condenast
@palestinereportinglab @arijnetwork @lighthousereports @evidentmediaorg

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Incredible little reuiniom celebrating the 30th of a very special boy @known.as.shee 🎂❤️

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BRAAAAAAAINS! In August, we explored some fascinating corners of human (and animal) intelligence—from octopus arms and the surprising ways they think, to scientists using human brain cells to power computers, and a lot more in between. Turns out, the more we learn about brains, the weirder they get.

Thanks to the many artists and contributors who worked on this package!

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive animation by @intranetgirl with lettering by @zrogatty
The Most Dangerous Diagnosis in a Heat Wave animations by @mcgloughlinbrothers with design and development by @okeeffesam
Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel animations by @balaramaheller commissioned by @cherkis with support from @palomashutes
When Your Brain Is in Your Arm illustrations by @hoichandraws with design and art direction by @jacqui.vanliew.draws and @benjameshinks
Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts illustrations by @jobannymusic
And WIRED’s own take on the exploding brain illustrated by @da__h_ and art directed by @benjameshinks

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Lightning strikes in the same place yet again! ⚡️📸‼️ #doubleexposure

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The brains behind @wired are back! This time, with a comprehensive guide to expanding your mind for our August cover. It’s not all gray matter goop—the future of brainpower is in research facilities around the world, where tech giants are developing far-out neurotechnology products; a hospital room where focused ultrasound replaces invasive brain surgery; your arm (if you’re an octopus); and in mind-bending labs, where organoids are now training computer models. Mind? Blown. Between the forward-looking reporting and wild design of this package, there’s a whole lot of intel to dig into @ wired.com.

🎨 by slide:
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive: Animation by @intranetgirl, lettering by @zrogatty
The WIRED Guide to Expanding Your Mind: @da__h_
When Your Brain Is in Your Arm: @hoichandraws
Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel: @balaramaheller
Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts: @jobannymusic
The Most Dangerous Diagnosis in a Heat Wave: Video by @mcgloughlinbrothers, web design by @okeeffesam

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Almost too much craic

#ATN2026 #craic

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Is August too late to share some favorite WIRED moments from the first half of the year? 🥴

This is just the tip of the iceberg of what has been an incredible 2026. Huge shoutout to the team for making it all happen! And endless thanks to the brilliant artists and collaborators who brought these stories to life.

Member’s Only: Inside the Gay Tech Mafia by my beloved @saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam
The WIRED Guide to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games by @chantaljahchan
Cable News (definitely not JAWS) by @rob_vargas_officiel
‘Beer, Titties, Freedom’: Inside the World’s Toughest Off-Road Race by @team_ream
GOTCHA! by @bypatrikas
The Painful Truth About Long Covid by @flaneur_shan
Snake Bros Keep Getting Bitten by Their Lethal Pets by @arnold_daniel Design by @jacqui.vanliew.draws and special shout out to @cherkis for producing this shoot
The Impossible Search for Gaza’s Missing by @omarelqattaa
ICE is Watching you by @sebastianhidalgo_photo
Interactive. Violent. Gross. Inside Fishtank, the Unhinged Future of Reality TV by @markpetersonpixs
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine Illustration by @lenaweber404 Photograph by @alice.zoo
The Future of Home. Developed by @okeeffesam Art Directed by @jacqui.vanliew.draws
With artwork by @linesbyher @nicholasklaw @hayden_clay @aweilo @oyowwo @cb @ibrahirn @maggiehshannon @dhrutika.khimani
Everyone is Watching the World Cup. The World Cup Is Also Watching You. Art Direction by @benjameshinks with Photography Direction by @djacks.jpg Artwork by @fluffycrust and @_yelradoodles
Streamer IShowSpeed Is Gen Z’s ESPN by @itsdavidcabrera
Spring Splash by @_pau_mau

WIRED Team!
Director of Photography @palomashutes
Art Directors @anjali.nair25 @jacqui.vanliew.draws @benjameshinks
Visuals Editor @djacks.jpg
Creative Web Developer @okeeffesam
Art Assistant @jobannymusic

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Honey’s on film (pt.1)

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The latest issue of WIRED tackles everyone’s favorite low-stress topic: forced AI adoption in the workplace and the looming possibility that we all become redundant!!!!!

To ease the transition, we created the WIRED Global AI Principles for a Better Human Workforce™ (yes, the webinar is mandatory).

I’d call this a passion project, but it’s probably more accurate to say we’re all trying to stay one step ahead of our future AI managers. Anyway!!!

Sick brainchild of @harmancipants and Jason Kehe
Design Lead: @anjali.nair25
Creative Development: @okeeffesam
Art Direction: @benjameshinks @jacqui.vanliew.draws
Package Illustration: @jobannymusic
Video Editing: @alanamyzola Mina Tumay @matthewchampion10
And our fearless leader @katie.at.wired

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Cup overflowing and heart is so full. What a fantastic weekend at the farm, so grateful to hold the first of many with the most amazing team. Anam Cara I have a big fat crush on you ❤️ see you all next year x

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