Wired UKAlgorithms Are the algorithms that power dating apps racially biased? Wired UK - Thomas McMullan A match. It’s a small word that hides a heap of judgements. In the world of online dating, it’s a good-looking face that pops out of an algorithm …
Wired UKPersonal Data The weird rise of cyber funerals Wired UK - Ruby Lott-Lavigna Andrea Donetti / EyeEm / WIRED Your online data is a bit like single-use plastic: there’s tonnes of the stuff and it’s very hard to get rid of. When …
Wired UK Inside the endless hunt for the perfect male contraceptive Wired UK - Matt Reynolds Once a month in the south of Brittany, a small group of men gather to debate the comparative merits of jerry-rigging jockstraps out of bras and …
Wired UKRelationships Think Tinder has changed the nature of love? Science disagrees Wired UK - Sanjana Varghese In the 1960s, a young social psychologist called Arthur Aron was looking for the right area to focus his research on – at the time, the norm in …
Wired UKRelationships The stressful, gruelling reality of being a #RelationshipGoals couple Wired UK - Amelia Tait Nick D Burton / WIRED Throughout history, certain couples have captured the public imagination. Antony and Cleopatra had a suicide pact, Napoleon and …
Wired UKVideo Games “They’re more attractive than real boyfriends.” Inside the weird world of Chinese romance video games Wired UK - Lu-Hai Liang Imagine that four handsome, successful men are romantically pursuing you. There’s Li Zeyan, a strong but cold CEO; Zhou Qiluo, a sunny boy band-type; …
Wired UK I tried to keep my unborn child secret from Facebook and Google Wired UK - James Temperton Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / WIRED The internet hates secrets. More than that, it despises them. And so, in February of last year, my partner and I resolved …
Wired UKRelationships The painstaking craft of Reddit's r/relationships moderators Wired UK - Emma Hughes You probably already have a favourite. Maybe it’s the guy whose ex-girlfriend would briefly unblock him on WhatsApp every Monday to send him Game of …
Wired UK Vibrating moon cups? Fancy pants? Can tech really take the pain out of periods? Wired UK - Stephanie Williamson THINX / WIRED Instagram is awash with adverts for alternative period products. From reusable tampon applicators to “smart” mooncups, they promise a …
Wired UKSex Toys Screw it! How sex toys are evolving beyond the penis Wired UK - Sophie Charara In the cafeteria of Imperial College London’s Advanced Hackspace, Wan Tseng is laying out her modular jewellery across an empty table. As a man walks …
Wired UK Inside the disgustingly gloopy fight against super-gonorrhoea Wired UK - Amit Katwala mollypix / WIRED At Kingston University in south-west London, a researcher in a white lab coat and safety goggles struggles to unscrew a large plastic …