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''Wired UK'' is a bimonthly magazine that reports on the effects of science and technology. It covers a broad range of topics including design, architecture, culture, the economy, politics and philosophy. Owned by
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, it is published in
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and is an offshoot of the original American ''
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''.


History


Earlier version (mid–1990s)

The magazine's current incarnation follows an earlier attempt at a British edition of ''Wired'' which ran from April 1995 until March 1997. It was initially created as a
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with the
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and ''Wired US''s then owners, Wired Ventures, but that incarnation lasted only three or four issues, due to a culture clash between the two parties and low sales figures of 25,000 per month. Wired Ventures then ran the UK edition alone, with an almost entirely new staff, until the magazine was closed with the March 1997 issue, when sales were at 40,000 magazines per month.


Current version (2009–present)

The current version of the magazine was launched in April 2009, and was the second international version of ''Wired'', after the launch of ''Wired Italia'' in March 2009. In November 2009, the British Society of Magazine Editors awarded Launch of the Year to former ''Wired'' editor David Rowan. During the same year, Albert Read was announced as publishing director of Wired UK. ''Wireds former deputy editor, Greg Williams took over from Rowan as editor in January 2017. Michael Rundle (formerly of Huffington Post UK) took over from Nate Lanxon as editor for WIRED.co.uk in March 2015. The current website editor is James Temperton. In 2011, 2014, and 2015 ''Wired UK'' was named as the magazine of the year by the Digital Magazine Awards. ''Wired UK'' published ten issues a year, before switching to a bi-monthly schedule in December 2017. The magazine announced the JAN-FEB 2025 edition would be its last, before changing to a quarterly format.


Wired conference

''Wired UK'', together with Telefonica, held a two-day event on 25–26 October 2012 at The Brewery in London. The conference was designed to "explore the ideas, innovations and people that are reshaping our world". Among its speakers were
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, founder of microblogging platform
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, and
Mona Eltahawy Mona Eltahawy (, ; born August 1, 1967) is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and social commentator based in New York City. She has written essays and op-eds for publications worldwide on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including wo ...
, an Egyptian-American freelance journalist and commentator. Wired 2011, hosted between 13–14 October at the St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, included guest speakers Joanna Shields, Managing Director and Vice President of Facebook EMEA, and Gil Hirsch, founder of
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. Wired 2015, hosted at
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between 15–16 October, includes MIT Media Lab's
Alex Pentland Alex Paul "Sandy" Pentland (born 1951) is an American computer scientist, HAI Fellow at Stanford, Toshiba Professor at MIT, and serial entrepreneur. Education Pentland received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and obtaine ...
,
René Redzepi René Redzepi (born 16 December 1977) is a Danish chef and co-owner of the Michelin Guide, three-Michelin star restaurant Noma (restaurant), Noma in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. His restaurant was voted the best restau ...
, an owner and head chef at Noma restaurant, data-visualisation historian
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, journalist
Gillian Tett Gillian Romaine Tett (born 10 July 1967) is a British author and journalist. She is a member of the editorial board for the ''Financial Times''. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. Te ...
, and North Korean defector
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.


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External links

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