The NCA is leading UK’s fight against serious and organised crime - the Director-General, Lynne Owens, spoke at WIRED Live 2020 about how technology, innovation and the creation of intelligent pictures can create a safer world. “We’re an agency which recognises that serious & organised crime is a global phenomenon enabled by technology, which needs some of the best innovators to conquer it.”

Last year, sci-fi show Altered Carbon joined Sense8, The OA and Luke Cage in being axed from Netflix after just two seasons. What followed was the now-traditional furious fan campaign to save the series from an early death. But while it’s sad for fans to see a show cut dramatically short, for Netflix, it comes down to the data. In this WIRED Explains, we explore the data metrics Netflix uses to decide whether to renew or axe a TV show. #WIRED #Netflix #TVShows

For the start of April, we are pawsitively ecstatic to introduce our newest series: Pet Reviews.

If you close your eyes and picture an apple, how clear is that apple in your mind? Most people can visualise images in their head instantaneously - this known as the mind's eye. But in 2015, a scientific study shed new light on the relatively unheard-of phenomenon known as aphantasia, a mental blindness where the brain is unable to call images to the mind eye. This short documentary uncovers the root cause of a person's emotional detachment from people and events - and the unexpected advantages that come with it. Alex Wheeler shares the story of how his experiences with aphantasia have affected his life, particularly his grieving process after losing his mum, as he seeks answers from Adam Zeman, Professor of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology at the University of Exeter Medical School. WIRED also talks to artist and YouTuber Amy Right, better known as @AmyRightMeow, who shares their experiences with aphantasia and how it feeds their creative process. Produced as part of WIRED Health https://www.wired.co.uk/partnerships/wired-health Director: @Simon Mulvaney Producer: Anna O'Donohue Featuring: Alex Wheeler , Adam Zeman, Amy Right Field Producer: Lewis Faithfull Studio Cinematographer: Dan McPake Studio Art Director: Deborah Du Vernay Animation & VFX: Run Zebra Run Original Music Composition: Liam Hennessy and Joe Danher VHS Digitised by EachMoment – https://eachmoment.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

Paid Content for Novo Nordisk Produced by WIRED Brand Lab | Losing weight is hard and maintaining it can be just as difficult. We sat down with Dr. Holly Lofton of NYU's Grossman School of Medicine to discuss the impact weight has on a person's health, the biology of weight, and the importance of talking with a healthcare provider.Novo Nordisk is a registered trademark of Novo Nordisk A/S.All other trademarks, registered or unregistered, are the property of their respective owners. © 2021 Novo Nordisk All rights reserved. US21OB00241 May 2021

Do you know what the most frustrating part about owning a bar is? When customers leave, but forget their credit card at the bar! What if we could stop that from ever happening? Mark Kleeb, bar owner and creative technologist based in Brooklyn, has been challenged to solve this dilemma in one week.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for Accenture | Join Accenture's Senior Marketing Director, Cloud First Global Service Lead Kishore Durg, as he discusses sustainability & how innovation can create a more sustainable life for all. Durg presents his findings to a child, a college student, and an expert. By showcasing three different levels of thought, our goal at Accenture is to provide a clear, direct, and effective message to all audiences. Implementing sustainable business practices is no small feat, and our mission at Accenture is to help the next generation of intelligent young minds live.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Best Buy | Sure, smart homes are cool and sleek, but aren’t they hard to build? You’d be surprised at how simple it is to get started, and how just a few key products can make a major impact. Transitioning your house into a smart home can make life easier, safer, more fun, and save you time and money. Technology expert Gurpreet Sarin gives us the rundown on products that take summer gatherings to the next level, make daily tasks easier, and add safety and security to our homes.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for Accenture | Teresa Tung, Accenture’s Cloud First Chief Technologist, discusses the power of cloud technology and the potential for innovation. Businesses occasionally have problems that require innovative solutions, and cloud computing has opened up nearly endless possibilities for adaption, across all different areas of business. The everyday life of consumers has changed forever as more technology is introduced into mainstream markets, and your business deserves to be at the forefront of the new customer experience dimension. Watch as Teresa Tung discusses this vital topic with a child, college student, and finally an expert in the cloud computing field. Learn more about Cloud at: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/cloud-computing-index

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Opentext | Mark J. Barrenechea, the CEO & CTO of OpenText, Bill Schaninger, Senior Partner at McKinsey, and the CIOs of the NIAID, OpenText, and the Auto Club Group talk about how they are driving innovation, implementing new technologies, and motivating and attracting the talented workforce necessary for their organizations to succeed over the next year, and into the decade beyond.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Best Buy | How can smart devices make the holidays one to remember? You’d be surprised at how just a few key products can make a major impact when entertaining friends and families. Adding several strategic smart products to your home setup can not only save you time and make your life easier, but also allow you to turn on the festive vibes in an instant. Technology expert Gurpreet Sarin gives us the rundown on everything you need to make entertaining, holiday prep, and home security much simpler this year, and the whole season one to remember. If you’d like to learn more about these products, visit your local Best Buy.

WIRED Brand Lab | Is the Metaverse the future? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group / Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative Technologists offer a window into the way we may be living decades from now, both from a technological and human perspective. Presented by AT&T Fiber. Ltd. avail/areas.

WIRED Brand Lab | What will it take to build a livable virtual future? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group/ Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative Technologists explain the current state of the Metaverse: how we got here, the appealing psychology of creating virtual avatars and the technological mountaineering necessary to realize our future virtual world. Presented by AT&T Fiber. Ltd. avail/areas.

WIRED Brand Lab | What is the Metaverse? Cathy Hackl, Futurist + Chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group/ Future Metaverse Labs, Andrew Maximov, Founder/CEO, PrometheanAI, and Tin & Ed, Artists & Creative Technologists help us to understand its beginnings as a device in science fiction, and how it stepped off the page into the real world. Presented by AT&T Fiber. Ltd. avail/areas.

In collaboration with H&M, New Moves focuses on the forward-looking shifts in fashion. With its second installment, actor and producer John Boyega speaks about leaving a positive footprint and his sustainably-minded collection for the brand.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for CZI | Dr. Martin Chalfie and Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, two esteemed scientific researchers, explore the conversation around preprints through the lens of their own research, and through the story behind the development of the COVID-19 vaccines. The conversation around preprints is one of the most exciting topics in the scientific community, rising to fever pitch during the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. It questions the foundational tradition of peer reviewed publishing by championing the considerable advantages of leveraging preprints to broaden access, speed, and innovation, especially on matters of urgency. Learn more about preprints for biomedicine at: http://czi.co/openscience

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Qualcomm Snapdragon | Advancements to the AI engine that powers our smartphones creates an unrivaled experience for its users. In this video, young and tech-savvy Jayla demonstrates to her abuela how AI-enabled technology recognizes items and alerts in the kitchen, translates recipes with ease, and senses when the meal is ready to enjoy!

Yoky Matsuoka, founder and CEO of the personal assistant service Yohana, shares how we can leverage AI without letting it do everything for us.

Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures, dives into the potential downsides of using AI on health care.

This conversation with Amy Webb, founder of the business strategy firm Future Today Institute, and Kirk Skaugen, the executive vice president of Lenovo, was moderated by WIRED’s senior global director of audience development and analytics Indu Chandrasekhar. (This session was sponsored by Lenovo.)

The Duke of Sussex dives into the responsibility of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to stop the spread of misinformation.

Legendary designer, Jony Ive, shares the unique opportunities and technologies that contributed to the success of the iPod.

Independent scholar Timnit Gebru shares how artificial intelligence research can change to shift focus from multinational corporations and the military.

Renée DiResta of the Stanford Internet Observatory shares how people can balance the freedom of sharing information while engaging in healthy discourse.

Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, addresses the importance of holding social media platforms accountable in regards to freedom of speech.

The Duke of Sussex talks about misinformation before the digital age and how it has affected him and his family personally.

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, founding director of the BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID), explores why vaccines haven’t always been getting to where they need to go during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel explains the challenges of innovating in a pandemic—and the opportunities for developing new technologies.

Jen Easterly, director of the US government's civilian cyber defense agency, talks about the importance of working with the hacker community to close vulnerabilities sooner.

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, a.k.a. Beeple, shares how his latest piece, “Human One,” will continue to update over time—and what that means for how digital art will be viewed in the future.

Legendary sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson talks with WIRED’s Adam Rogers about the big solutions that humanity needs to combat climate change.

This conversation with Allyson Witherspoon, Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Nissan U.S., and Cathy Zoi, CEO, EVgo, was moderated by Dr. Shelley Francis, Cofounder & Principal, EVNoire E-Mobility Intelligence Consulting Group. (This session was sponsored by Nissan.)

André Nemec, showrunner and executive producer of Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop,” talks about how the show avoids painting a dystopian picture of the future.

Actor John Cho talks about his training as Spike in Netflix’s “Cowboy Bebop” and one particularly tricky sequence.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Intel | What will it take to transition our electric grids to renewable energy grids of the future? Michael Bates, Global Manager of Energy at Intel, looks to apply Intel technology and convene our ecosystem of partners to solve some of the big industry challenges in the energy vertical. That starts with figuring out how to make clean, renewable energy that is also highly distributed and intermittent, look and act like "always-on" centralized power without the element of fossil fuels. As a leader in fostering smart energy solutions, Intel is dedicated to furthering technologies that help address our ever-changing energy needs, in a world that desperately needs results.

"Imagine a world, where you live to an old age, over 100 years old, but you are healthy all the time, you are doing fun things, and you are spending time with your family, and one day you don't wake up. Wouldn't it be wonderful for the individual, for the families, for the economy, for everyone?". In episode one of Wired UK's four-part documentary series, we delve into the future of ageing; why are certain people able to live longer than others? What makes centenarians unique? How are they able to reach the age that they have? Taking in expert analysis and insights from Dr. Nir Barzilai, Director of the Institute for Ageing Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, this series aims to explore the science behind longevity genes and what this research could mean for the future of humankind. Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

"Average life expectancy is now in the 80's in most developed countries, so we are losing out on 15-20 years of life for most people". In episode two of Wired UK's four-part documentary series, we head to New York City to talk to Dr. Nir Barzilai and Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, directors at the Institute for Ageing Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, about their extensive and detailed work on the biological, physiological and functional processes of ageing. We also discuss the institute's exploration into what genes are resilient to the negative aspects of ageing, as well as what impact the so-called 'miracle drug' Metformin could potentially have. Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Intel | How do we make communication accessible for every kind of person? Lama Nachman, Director of Intel’s Human & AI Research Lab, has dedicated decades to bridging the technological gap between those with and without disabilities. She worked alongside Stephen Hawking to create the Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT) which enabled him to communicate and do his work more effectively even with limited mobility due to ALS. Also making a difference at Intel is Adam Munder, co-founder of OmniBridge, a software platform that allows deaf individuals to communicate with the hearing population in real-time. Providing 24/7 access to fast, affordable ASL translation, OmniBridge is ideal for a wide range of settings and when interpreters are unavailable. In supporting Adam and Lama’s work, Intel is dedicated to furthering technologies that amplify human potential and create more equity in the world.

"You can go 3 miles in a city across the US, and see a 20 year difference in life expectancy depending upon the resources in one community compared to another". In episode three of Wired UK's four-part documentary series, we explore the widening chasm between the scientific exploration of ageing and longevity, and the social and economic reality of the world in 2021. Through interviews with scientists, economists and sociologists it becomes evident that more needs to be done to close the gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' if any real step forward is to be made in redefining humankind's ageing process. Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

"Let's say you are able to celebrate your 100th birthday, you're able to go to all the countries you've always wanted to go to, you're able to do it on your own two feet, and see your great grandchildren grow up, who wouldn't want that?" In the final episode of Wired UK's four-part documentary series, we explore the negative narrative and language surrounding ageing in the media and public policy, and why this must change. Subscribe to WIRED UK ► https://www.youtube.com/wireduk?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the WIRED website ► https://www.wired.co.uk Subscribe to WIRED Magazine ► https://www.wired.co.uk/subscribe Sign up for one or more of our WIRED newsletters: https://www.wired.co.uk/newsletters CONNECT WITH WIRED Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wireduk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wireduk Twitter: https://twitter.com/wireduk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wired-uk ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.

Sponsored Conversation by Moen. A conversation with Moen's Mark-Hans Richer.

Sponsored Conversation by Abbott Laboratories. A conversation with Abbott Laboratories' Lisa Earnhardt.

What is a robot? Well, it doesn't always look like a human. In fact, different roboticists have different definitions. But most agree that a robot needs to be a physical machine that can sense the world around it, and make at least some decisions on its own. In the next few years, we're going to start seeing robots that make decisions entirely on their own - fully autonomous robots. Many fear that these kind of robots will breed dangerous results: can we trust a robot that makes all decisions for us? Or should humans and robots share the control?

MacGruber is a master when it comes to getting the most out of objects, so who better to test multi-tool gadgets than Will Forte and Kristen Wiig? Peacock’s original comedy series, MACGRUBER, based on the iconic SNL parody sketch and cult-favorite 2010 film, is back! Starring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig, stream it now - only on Peacock

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Did you play with fingerboards when you were younger? Welcome to the next-level of fingerboarding. Mike Schneider is a professional fingerboarder, the owner of FlatFace Fingerboards, and is really, really good at fingerboarding. Mike has been manufacturing his own fingerboards and scaled-down skateparks since he was 9 years-old. In Dracut, Massachusetts, you can find the FlatFace Fingerboards building. Here, Mike spends 40+ hours a week practicing, building, and socializing with other fingerboarders in what can only be described as "Fingerboard Heaven."

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Nissan | Tech founder and entrepreneur Curtis Lee believes that technology should be intuitive, beautiful, and thrilling by design. Watch as he explores these principles with the ARIYA - the all new electric vehicle from Nissan.Learn more here: https://www.nissanusa.com/ariya/reserve/premiere

WIRED Partnership | Why Your Next Smartphone Should be a Google Pixel 6 From Vodafone A Pixel 6 with Vodafone EVO nets you flexible contract terms, 5G at no extra cost and some of the most advanced machine-learning photography features seen to date. Vodafone EVO means a monthly Device Plan Credit Agreement (over 12- 36m) with an Airtime Plan. The device price will be the same whatever you choose. You can pay off your Device Plan early, and if you do, you can keep your Airtime Plan on a 30-day contract or leave. If your Airtime Plan ends, the Device Plan is still payable (either in full or monthly). Terms: vodafone.co.uk/terms. Battery Refresh: applicable for phone devices purchased either on a Device Plan or purchased outright from Vodafone, with a Vodafone Pay Monthly Plan. Is available for the length of the plan (min of 2 years and max of 3 years). Not available for phones that have been cracked, smashed, or have water damage. Not applicable for Watch Plans or Refurbished Phones. You can buy the Google Pixel 6 from Vodafone here… https://bit.ly/31X8LF4