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NEED FOR SPEED • The 21-year-old streamer IShowSpeed has launched World Cup anthems, toured the globe, and turned his YouTube channel into Gen Z’s ESPN. His next goal? Going to space.

I, ROBOT • Your household chores can be turned into data to train future humanoids—if you’re prepared for the consequences.

AFROMAN IS BACK—AND HE’S BITCOIN’S LATEST HERO

JULIA & JULIA • Sometimes code is written in two languages, not one. Can Julia fix this?

PLAY TIME • These brain-boosting toys are some of our favorite ways to color outside the lines.

KIDS THESE DAYS

CRISIS OF COMPREHENSION • Kids can read these words. But will they understand this story? WIRED goes to Mississippi to find out.

JUST DOING HIS HOMEWORK • When a teenage journalist published a story about the Epstein files, adults freaked out.

ALPHA SPEED

THEY GROW UP SO FAST • Elite young runners can’t stop shattering records—or posting about it. Welcome to the age of trackflation.

How a Typical Fit Adult Stacks Up

SOME KIDS WILL NEVER THINK AI IS COOL

THE BIG STORY

THE PAINFUL TRUTH ABOUT LONG COVID • There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it.

‘This is Not a Death House’ • STEWART BRAND is confronting his final years in a home that embodies the self-sufficient, DIY ethos of his famous Whole Earth Catalog.

DO NOT DISTURB MONICA LEWINSKY • The writer and anti-bullying activist is very online, but to protect her nervous system, she prefers not to be alerted.