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 From Black vampires gobbling up Oscar nominations to gay pro hockey players dominating the culture, diverse stories broke through in an environment that’s increasingly hostile to them. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Movies, Culture / Culture News, The Oscars 

 On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an online ecosystem increasingly hostile to facts. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Business, Culture, The Big Interview 

 Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI boyfriends. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Love Language 

 Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Books, Country Fandom 

 More and more Chinese adoptees in the US are trying to reunite with their birth parents. For Youxue, it took more than a decade, and a remarkable coincidence. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​The Big Story, Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Missed Connections 

 All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Separation Anxiety 

 After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Smear Tactics 

 There is no war on protein. But pretending there is goes hand-in-hand with the Trump administration’s appeal to traditional masculinity. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Red Meat 

 Join our livestream—and pose a question to WIRED’s panel of experts—on China’s dominance, influence, and how it is rewriting the future. ​Read More  Culture Latest ​Business, Culture, Livestream AMA