WIRED
WIRED is a magazine about the intersection of technology, business, and culture. Sections on the website include "The Big Story" for major articles, Business, Culture, Politics, Security, and others. They began in the early Nineties and the publication is now owned by Condé Nast.
Has a website here.
Tropes used in WIRED include:
- Automated Automobiles: Covered in the article "Get in, Loser - We're Chasing a Waymo Into the Future".
- China Takes Over the World: An attempt to compete with the technological ascendancy of the Chinese economy was covered in the article "The American Who Waged a Tech War on China".
- Detail-Hogging Cover: Several issues have cover art that approaches this. The November 2007 cover listed in "Our Favorite 25 WIRED Covers of All Time" is a straightforward example, doubling as a Fanservice Cover.
- Early Installment Weirdness: The first version of the website "HotWired", had an article dedicated to covering its story.
- Fanservice Cover: The Manga themed November 2007 cover.
- Follow the Leader: Not the first technology magazine.
- Letters to the Editor: Old examples can be seen on their website, with newer examples appearing in the print edition.
- Lie Detector: Discussed in the article "The Lie Detector Was Never Very Good at Telling the Truth".
- Long Runners: Has been in print since The Nineties.
- The Merch: Has an online store here.
- Minimalistic Cover Art: Several covers approach this. The December 2014 cover listed in "Our Favorite 25 WIRED Covers of All Time" is a clear cut example.
- Phone Booth: The idea of reinventing the phone booth as wireless communication hotspots is covered in the 2014 article "New York phone booths turned into free Wi-Fi hubs"
- Spin-Off: The first HotWired website was sold to Lycos, while the print publication continued separately.