Marcus Wohlsen, WIRED

Marcus Wohlsen

WIRED

Berkeley, CA, United States

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Past articles by Marcus:

Donald Trump Becomes the 45th President of the United States

It may go down as the biggest upset in presidential history. → Read More

Election Day Liveblog: We're Taking the Internet's Pulse, Hour by Hour

All day, we're crunching the data on how people across the web feel about the presidential race. → Read More

Trump Doesn’t Have the Ground Game to Intimidate Voters

The only way to keep Donald Trump's less-than-subtle call to suppress the vote from working? Vote. → Read More

WIRED’s Totally Legit Guide to Rigging a Presidential Election

So you want to rig an election? Follow these many, many, many steps to show how much you hate democracy. → Read More

I Just Want Nate Silver to Tell Me It’s All Going to Be Fine

Checking the polls hour after hour isn't pointless ... right? → Read More

The Real-Time Crack-Up of the GOP Is Happening Right Now on Twitter

The gloves are off and the tweets are rolling. → Read More

Trump’s Ground Game Gamble Could Be a Fatal Mistake

Losing the endorsements of senators and governors isn't the biggest threat to Trump's chances in November. → Read More

CNN, Finally Realizing Buzzfeed Does Great Journalism, Poaches Its Talent

Even Jeff Zucker finally realizes the online operation does more than listicles. → Read More

Google Is Ripe for Trump’s Sore-Loser Conspiracy Theories

Donald Trump is pushing a debunked conspiracy theory that Google is biased toward Hillary Clinton. But just for argument's sake, what if Google were? → Read More

Why Trump’s Tough Talk on China Won’t Change a Thing

Nothing will. → Read More

2016 Could Be Fact-Checking’s Finest Year—If Anyone Listens

Fact-checkers have more ways than ever to shine a light on misinformation, even as social media provides more vectors than ever for falsehoods to spread. → Read More

Gary Johnson Looks Perfectly at Ease With a VR Headset on His Face

A day in tech country with the libertarian candidate. → Read More

Airport Panics Will Keep Happening. The Place to Calm Them Is Online

The fear of mass violence, combined with social media's sweeping immediacy, makes weaponizing bad information all too easy. → Read More

Comcast Is Facing a $100 Million Lawsuit Over Its Service Plan

Marcus Wohlsen Comcast Burns Netflix Again by Snagging House of Cards 03.10.14 The ability to watch House of Cards without Netflix sends a clear signal that the entertainment and cable industries aren't about to let some Northern California tech company change television without exacting a price. → Read More

The Obama-Biden Bromance Returns to Cheer You Up

Sick of politics, and bad news? Everyone is, but at least Joe Biden is here to give you a hug. → Read More

Clinton Camp’s Mobile App Borrows from Sanders’ Strategy

The Clinton campaign is pressing forward with its digital ground game as it seeks to control the damage from the DNC email leak. → Read More

Clinton’s VP Announcement is the Ultimate Text From Hillary

By teasing a text, Clinton drummed up anticipation for an event that is, admittedly, a snoozefest for anyone but cable news producers. → Read More

How Poker Theory Explains Ted Cruz’s Convention Speech

Donald Trump is a jackal. But so is Ted Cruz. → Read More

How the Republican Convention Fends Off Hackers

Security at the convention is crucial both online and off. → Read More

Cruz Diehards Still Don’t Forgive Trump for Those Tweets

What is this unity you speak of? → Read More