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Amazon’s new and improved version of Alexa is here, and it’s called Alexa+. The next-gen upgrade is more conversational, can…

With very few exceptions, the best device for toasting is a toaster, if that’s all you need it to do.…

Looking to upgrade the storage in your desktop PC? Our favorite internal M.2 SSD is marked down with a healthy…

Last week, a Jeep driver turned to Reddit to do what people do best on the site—complain. Every time they…

Honorable Mentions There’s no shortage of computer stands out there, and most of them get the job done. While these…

Strictly speaking, God’s Eye is the camera, ultrasonic radar, and lidar array alone, split into A, B, and C variants,…

God help us, there are so, so many Lenovo Yoga laptops out there now. There’s the Yoga 9i, the Yoga…

The third piece of that strategy came in the fall of last year: Mogensen bought Black Mountain, the oldest ski…

Tips Before Playing Before you can actually play, there are a few things you need to do. Here are some…

The story of the infamous Humane Ai Pin is coming to an end. This week, the company announced that HP—known…

Grass-Fed? Grass-Finished? Pasture-Raised? What The? The USDA, which oversees beef production in the US, says grass-fed means that “grass and…

I’m on an overnight flight from New York to Frankfurt, Germany, and the accoutrements given to me in business class…

I first learned about Pura from a friend whose house always smelled like a high-end boutique under every circumstance. Cooking…

Are there generative AI tools I can use that are perhaps slightly more ethical than others?—Better Choices No, I don’t…

Then there’s the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 15, which is baked into the floating selfie camera bar. It makes…

As they say, the only things you can’t escape in life are death and taxes. Doing your own taxes has…

Natively, no. MagSafe won’t work with most Android phones. However, there are MagSafe cases for certain Android phones, like the…

The Ratio Four coffeemaker does one of two things: It will make one delicious mug of coffee. Or it will…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition Photograph: Christopher Null Other Good Laptops to Consider Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition…

Note that you might have to set the temperature on the top heating element a bit higher than the presets…

I’m constantly testing different iPad cases. When I’m done, I always return to the Logitech Combo Touch. With an adjustable…

If you’re keeping your bonbons much more than a week before eating, this is when we start talking about fridges…

The MacBook is a powerful machine. Whether you’re using a MacBook Air for web browsing and sending emails or a…

Plus: The OnePlus Watch 3 has big battery claims, Ninja’s Swirl can make ice cream and soft-serve, Google sets a…

Battery life for the aids is specified at 17 hours of continuous use, and Zepp Clarity says the case adds…

“I’ve defended you guys so much over the years, and you make great products, but even I can’t stick up…

I’m here at my neighborhood bar to feel … something. What that feeling is supposed to be, I don’t quite…

The internet’s collective wisdom says that you should replace your shoes somewhere between 300 and 500 miles. However, this decades-old…

Honorable Mentions Photograph: Rothy’s Rothy’s the Men Slipper for $149: Made with a mix of three plastic bottles and Responsible…

After falling in love with the original Crave Vesper back in 2014, and then going head over heels with the…

If you search map websites for information about the Gulf of Mexico this week in the United States, you will…

Other Touchscreen Gloves We Tested Sealskinz Waterproof Cold Weather Gloves. Photograph: Simon Hill Some of the touchscreen gloves we tried…

Sex toys and accessories can be a huge benefit to most people’s sex lives, but we don’t talk about them…

In all my years of recommending products for work, I’ve received enough gear in the mail for three lifetimes. And…

I’ve yet to meet a pair of KEF speakers I didn’t like. The brand’s penchant for providing rigid and musical…

Hilleberg, a small, unassuming Swedish company, has been quietly churning out some of the sturdiest, toughest, most wind- and weather-…

At CES 2025, I lost my mind over the Eufy E20. Robot vacuum design has stagnated over the past few…

Try These Magnetic Accessories Make sure to check out our many MagSafe guides for compatible accessories, but I’ll also be…

Sometimes you need to quickly edit a photo but don’t want to bother paying for Photoshop or installing an unfamiliar…

The US Department of Transportation has ordered states to kill their implementation plans related to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure…

Base layer: A good set of thermals is essential in the fight against cold, especially when you’re working hard. The…

Jonathon Azzopardi, the president of the auto parts manufacturer Laval Tool, can see clear across the US-Canada border from his…

Honorable Mentions Honeywell QuietSet Whole Room Oscillating Tower Fan for $70: This eight-speed fan is very solid for the price—it’s…

President Trump wants Americans to buy fewer European cars and Europeans to buy more American cars. To speed his pipe…

Presidents’ Day Is one of the biggest sleep-centered holidays of the year. Who knows what it is about February’s sole…

I’m not going to beat around the bush: Greedy Girl is a horrible name for a vibrator. It might look…

The original Digitone is one of my favorite synths ever. To some that might come off as a bit of…

Especially in its early years, OLED’s standout concern has been its increased risk of burn-in, or image retention, over traditional…

You might see some or all of these words buzzing around the hair mask scene. Here’s a bit of insight…

Amazfit’s partnership with Hyrox, the newest trendy CrossFit competitor, is also front and center, from ads within the app to…

For all the fancy electric guitars and amps and the wide array of pedals I own and get to test,…

B&H Photo is one of our favorite places to shop for camera gear. If you’re ever in New York, head…

Choose a lens shape: Cylindrical lenses look flat and are curved around the face on the vertical axis. These are…

Visible offers access to Verizon’s network in two unlimited plans for as low as $25 per month, with unlimited data,…

I’m a pretty lazy listener, which is why I love modern streaming amps. These amps have controls for Spotify, Apple…

Other Smart Glasses We’ve Tested We’ve tested several more pairs of smart glasses—some good and some bad. Rokid Max 2…

The combination of 100 percent recycled PFC free DWR coated polyamide outer shell and plenty of wadding (9.5-ounce / 270-grams…

The Fly More Combo also comes with three batteries (each of which gives the Flip up to 31 minutes of…

Have you been checking out the upcoming Nvidia 50 Series GPUs, but worry your gaming monitor is holding you back?…

Wayfair has become a staple of online furniture sales thanks to its wide selection of furniture and home goods, as…

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re in the market for a gift for your significant other…

If a thief ever steals an iPhone out of your bag or even snatches it from your grasp, panic sets…

Alongside making steel, brass, and wooden sculptures, Richardt has created minimalist designs for more than a decade for Danish design…

Nikon’s latest Z6 camera brings the camera maker’s top-end autofocus to a more reasonably priced, mainstream camera. In nearly every…

After Google’s beta test in Brazil, the initial suite of theft protection features for Android smartphones is now widely available—but…

When the US Food and Drug Administration opened the door for hearing aids to be sold over the counter in…

Slowly but surely, we are making good on the gadgets we imagined, as kids, that the future would hold. Penny…

I don’t know if you’re like me, but one of my favorite ways to treat myself is with products that…

Whether or not you call this a victory will depend on your refresh rate. People with 4K monitors that have…

Secondhand phones with TikTok installed are being listed on eBay for thousands of dollars. And it appears that some people…

To put on the Lingo, you unwrap it and place the carton in the dispenser. Clicking the dispenser on your…

From the campaign trail, President Donald Trump was consistent: He would “end the electric vehicle mandate.” So it’s no surprise…

Cloth straps are comfortable and wick away moisture, but they hold the moisture and aren’t very formal. Silicone straps are…

For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what’s available on your smartphone’s keyboard. Every year brings new emoji—I…

Why should you trust me on chafing? Well, I once ran the equivalent of 67 marathons in 67 days with…

My fellow WIRED reviewers are some of the smartest people I know. Ask a Gear team member any question, whether…

Hisense didn’t bring many TVs to CES 2025, but what did make the journey may well be a sign of…

The color palette is wide-ranging and realistic, and the LG manages to look vivid and energetic even in low-light scenes.…

But in 2023, we moved from food-inspired aesthetics to actually wanting to look like food, with trends like cinnamon cookie…

This week, President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration finalized rules effectively banning all Chinese- and Russian-connected vehicle tech from American roads—a…

The Amp Pro also plays nicely with Alexa Cast, Google Cast, Spotify Connect, and TIDAL Connect, in addition to being…

We also see an extra button on the face of the right-hand Joy-Con, beneath the Home button. While this is…

Today, the US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against farming equipment manufacturer Deere & Company—makers of the iconic green…

Tracking time across multiple devices and the web couldn’t be any simpler, whether you want to press Start and Stop…

I’ve been using the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R for the past month—through the 2024 holiday season and CES 2025—which…

“As we exercise and challenge our muscles, we cause breakdown within the muscle fibers, which in turn stimulates muscle growth…

As seen with the rise of automatic litter boxes, automatic feeders, pet tracking, and now the cat water fountain, technology…

Overclocking has improved as well, with Intel updating XMP (eXtreme Memory Profile) to 3.0 for DDR5. Where XMP 2.0 supported…

The Affetto is on the expensive side, and as an automated machine it can be finicky. Just make sure it’s…

Photograph: Ryan Waniata Thanks to excellent picture processing, details pop, from crystalline 4K Blu-rays to 1080p and even 720p upscaling.…

Until I wrote about my quest for good air in my Brooklyn apartment, I didn’t know air quality monitors even…

Getting started is as simple as plug and play, but you’ll need software to deep dive into any settings. I’m…

As wildfires bore down on neighborhoods across Los Angeles this week, residents and authorities faced a wrenching and almost impossible…

Honda believes you want to talk to your car. The Japanese automaker this week shared new details about its 0…

Like, download Watch Duty and get results there. Otherwise, have at it, man. Have at it on the internet and…

At the beginning of January every year, the consumer tech industry descends on the desert boomtown of Las Vegas, Nevada,…

I spent an entire day of CES wearing a little yellow bracelet. To the unsuspecting nearby humans, it probably looked…

As our week in Las Vegas winds to a close, here’s a final look at the most clever, smart, and…

Here’s what’s coming, all in Q1 and Q2 of 2025. Complete details can be found here and here. AMD Ryzen…

Last January at CES, Microsoft chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi declared 2024 the “year of the AI PC.” And whether…

One of the great joys of camping is the silence. There’s nothing worse than getting out into the wilderness, away…

Every January, CES takes over Las Vegas. The giant trade show is a global bazaar where the best and worst…

Whether any of them will implement chatbots and agents well or in new and exciting ways is much harder to…

That’s not to say there are no issues. The jog wheels are unimpressive at best. They’re helpful for finding your…

Wireless headphones are the default these days, and there are roughly one gazillion of them (and counting). We do our…

My days usually start out with me waking up 10 minutes before I need to start work, chugging an energy…

“It’s time for THE charger,” the European Commission posted to X on December 28, 2024. While the sentiment applies only…

If WIRED doesn’t write about Brooks running shoes more often, it’s because they’re so good and so reliable that it…

Whether it’s for work, convenience, connection or entertainment, we rely on digital technology. But the prevailing wisdom is that our…

Much doom and gloom was aimed at the electric car world in 2024. But according to the International Energy Agency,…

With more than 97,000 fitness apps out there, according to the Health Works Collective, we’re not lacking in options. Much…

But, a word on oxygen. The device essentially pumps pure air (79 percent nitrogen, 20 percent oxygen) into the coffee…

I’m the queen of putting on my makeup in weird places with a time crunch. I am quite literally (not…

2024 was another year defined by generative AI, with software features put into the hands of millions of people worldwide…

Finding the right temperature in bed can be tricky. Feeling too hot or cold makes it tough to drop off…

If you’re on TikTok, you’ve likely seen all the fun ways people are decorating their Kindles on #BookTok (the community…

Hilariously, almost all the third-party integrations the company launched—DoorDash, Uber, Midjourney, and more—are being retired, so those functions just don’t…

Do you take a lot of notes? Whether it’s daily to-do lists, notes for class, or just jotting down the…

Eyeballs are great: I have two. I also like spoons. But if you want a consistent coffee dose for great…

More Smart Lights We Tested Photograph: Simon Hill There are tons of smart ambient lighting panels, strips, lamps, and strings.…

Smart lighting may be the quickest and easiest way to transform a space. We at WIRED have been writing about…

Most of the other features and settings are accessible with the bar’s remote and onboard display, but it’s usually easier…

Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel…

A Beard Trimmer is a blessedly straightforward device that can have widely disparate results. Different beards have wildly different needs,…

The question is whether every local authority is willing to chip in where federal funding might fall short. “The next…

“It’s a helpful approach to monitor the pressure drop across the filter—this is a good way to know when it’s…

’Twas the night before the night before Christmas, and a certain someone still has shopping to do. Fear not. We’ve…

My old fan was loud and cranky, but the new one on its highest fan setting offers a reasonable whir.…

The French press is a humble piece of coffee-making equipment. It doesn’t require electricity, yet experts agree that it can…

AirLight is compatible with iOS 13.0 and above (including iPads), Android 8.0 Oreo and above, and Bluetooth 5.0. It offers…

Buying a new planner gives me an endorphin rush like no other, whether it’s for a new school semester, work…

I asked Amko Leenart, director of design for Ford Europe, about why Ford used VW’s woeful controls in both the…

No matter if you’re working from home full-time or just a few days a week, it’s important to carve out…

There’s a tendency for VR games to be seen as gimmicks; forgettable spin-offs of better-known franchises. Indeed, the last attempt…

For example, instead of a ribbon, use compostable twine or string with a cutting—a sprig of holly, a clipping of…

December is nearly over and you haven’t finished your holiday shopping. It’s OK—you’re not alone. Reader, I myself have not…

“One of the best producers in Burgundy was asking us if they could use our labels on all their bottles.…

A leader in almost everything tech and home office related for over 40 years, Swiss-founded Logitech offers a vast array…

The incoming Trump administration has even more plans to delay electric vehicle adoption than previously thought. According to Reuters, which…

Should something go wrong with your VPN server or your device, even if it’s a temporary blip, that extra layer…

Travel is stressful enough for most of us, but not being able to text while you’re on the road is…

I began writing this humidifier review roundup for WIRED in New York City during the second longest drought on record.…

“The Cybertruck’s weight, stiff structure, and sharp design have raised valid concerns,” she tells WIRED. “Any loophole allowing these vehicles…

Sometimes in this wild life you stumble upon a rabbit hole that ends up being more like a vast chasm.…

If you worry about losing your wallet, you can pick up a tracker card for an extra $49. I opted…

If you’re looking to free up some space on your phone, one of the recommendations often put forward is to…

Thank you so much to all the readers who tuned in live to participate in the second installment of our…

“There’s something wrong with my phone.” I was talking to a friend about how the battery life on a Google…

Naturally, you can work in a mixed-reality environment with a connected Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and you can put yourself…

One of the most intimidating things I ever did in my twenties was attend my first baby shower. I was…

A lot of what goes into making a great meal—be it a Tuesday steak dinner or Thanksgiving—is your ability to…

Backing up your files, ideally in multiple locations, is essential if you don’t want to lose any data. Your documents,…

Since General Motors acquired the San Francisco self-driving-tech developer Cruise in 2016, the Detroit automaker has poured more than $8…

Specifically, the 3 o’clock register, which incorporates both a 30-minute and a 12-hour scale for measuring elapsed time, is designed…

Buying gifts for the outdoor enthusiast is damn near impossible. Your hiking/camping/cycling outdoorsy friends are often serious gearheads, meticulously poring…

The keyboard is pretty great with a good amount of travel and zero flex in the keyboard deck. Interestingly, Lenovo…

I review a lot of home office gear for my job, which means my workstation is in flux. A new…

“We do see variation across different vehicles and models,” continues Argue. There are other factors as well. “So far, we…

Introduced in 2002, the MicroKorg became one of the best-selling synthesizers of all time. But a lot has changed since…

Justin Pot After doing this the dock will disappear, allowing you to use that space for whatever you’re working on.…

Guess who hasn’t even started their holiday shopping yet? Yours truly. But I know, statistically speaking, surely I can’t be…

We’ve tested a lot of TikTok products, but they’re not all worthy of the top spot. That doesn’t mean they…

Earlier today, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly subscription for its flagship chatbot. This release is the first of…

My first day in Iceland this past August was clear and sunny, a vacationer’s dream. And it turned out to…

A few weeks ago, my friends and I—women ranging from our mid-thirties to mid-forties—all started weight lifting. This is for…

Nena Farrell is a product writer and reviewer at WIRED, based in San Diego, California. She specializes in smart home…

The holiday travel season is upon us. You may have dragged your suitcase out of the closet only to discover…

Cyber Monday is the ultimate time to score discounts on everything from gadgets to gizmos—and sex toys are no exception.…

I made a joke earlier this week in my family group chat that everybody was getting $2 and a macaroni…

Life as a WIRED Gear writer comes with certain demands. Many of us are into outdoor activities, like climbing, running,…

Elsewhere, Mars is looking to get to the literal root of the problem by improving the resilience of the all-important…