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The football is over, the turkey is picked clean, and the fam is heading home. Now, it’s time to shop,…

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Once upon a time, I bought an Amazon Fire TV Stick. Which worked fine. Until one fateful day, when I…

The football is over, the turkey is picked clean, and the fam is heading home. Now, it’s time to shop,…

All-Clad cookware is top-notch. We thoroughly recommend it in several buying guides, including our “Buy It for Life” guide and…

Whether you’re worried about the open network at your local coffee shop or want to get around geo-restrictions when you’re…

Some companies try to be subtle when marketing products aimed at grooming your junk, with euphemisms like “Look your best,…

Lee’s beloved Kyoceras are one such victim of the ravages of time. “I’ve had 15 copies pass through my hands.…

Walmart’s early Black Friday deals have arrived, and we’ve found a handful of deals that rival last year’s Black Friday…

Tesla, which disbanded its public relations team in 2021, did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment. The camera systems…

As cloud streaming for Portal is in beta, there are a lot of missing features, though. Users won’t be able…

Aftermarket prices might soften further as Tesla is now starting to deliver a new $79,990 model to reservation holders. Not…

There were multiple great bags we tried whose features or designs just didn’t add up to a place in the…

Upon arrival in a new city or country, that first drink or meal is always important. More often than not,…

You might have seen a wave of people on social media channeling their best Hannibal Lecter while wearing an LED…

Traveling can be complicated, especially if you’re planning a last-minute trip. Hotels.com has hotel deals at thousands of hotels around…

black Friday is around the corner, but several WIRED-approved Amazon devices are already on sale, from Kindle e-readers to Fire…

The Trump administration is likely to make big changes to US federal electric vehicle incentive programs. Buy or lease now,…

If there’s one thing Lego is known for—besides the legendary clutch power of its immortal plastic bricks—it’s the company’s uncanny…

Vinyl’s biggest selling point isn’t the sound. It’s the physical experience: shiny, delicate records; liner notes writ large; covers you…

Nothing says it’s the holiday season like a brand-new Amazon device. Amazon has been expanding its product lineups left and…

At WIRED, we recommend a bunch of Nomad accessories for a variety of gadgets, such as your smartphone, tablet, earbuds,…

Black Friday is the big day for retailers slashing prices to kick off the holiday shopping season and clear out…

Oh, did I mention the headphone jack? That makes it one of the very few high-end smartphones with the port…

Nomad routinely tops many of our accessory buying guides. Its wireless chargers, iPhone cases, and Apple Watch straps are well…

“The big question is, can we continue this pro competition populist movement?” Wiens says. “Can populism really infect and take…

I have probably tested close to 100 cheap phones over the last 9 years, and I’ve never really had to…

With an aging population keen to stay in their own homes, elder care is a growing issue in the United…

With various standards and charging technologies at work, it is much harder than it should be to work out what…

There are five different hand positions on the bike, and trust me when I tell you that I used all…

REI famously shuns Black Friday, asking potential customers to instead get outside and enjoy the world around you. That’s great…

Two Great Treats Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Icelandic+ Mini Cod Fish Chips for $10: Open a bag of these cod fish…

Using bad cookware can make even the most competent chefs feel like they’re in an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Chefs…

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The social media app Bluesky just reached the top of the free download charts for Apple’s app store in the…

Hoka running shoes have been popular with trail and mountain runners (or “skyrunners”, if you prefer) since the company’s inception…

Menopause is weird. If you’re a human woman, you’re born with every egg you’ll ever have in your ovaries. By…

We all want a cinematic experience at home, but nobody with a sense for aesthetics wants to hang a gigantic…

Branch has become one of my favorite home office furniture companies for three main reasons. First, its products are easy…

Other Phones to Consider Google Pixel 9. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu We test a ton of Android phones. We like the…

The two most important metrics to look for when shopping for a flashlight are the batteries and the lumens. Batteries:…

If you’re looking for a TV that maximizes picture performance with a minimal hit to your budget, you may want…

Nothing will ever really replace a paperback or a hardcover book that you can touch, smell, or stack on your…

Black Friday, my friends, is coming. Like a looming storm of deals, it can feel stressful waiting for the impending…

TV sales are as predictable as the changing seasons, with prices steadily dropping on multiple brands and models this time…

Long before we had Amazon or Facebook marketplace, or thousands of other online retailers, we had eBay. And now, we…

This sexual wellness kit from Foria includes Melts with CBD, which are suppositories that deliver 50 milligrams of broad-spectrum CBD…

Out of the dozens of services I’ve tested, Home Chef is my favorite meal kit service for beginner cooks. It’s…

Donald Trump picked up 15 electoral votes when he won Michigan on Election Day, another big win that helped to…

Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But…

The remote control is also tiny, but not in proportion (or it would be unusable). It has four buttons for…

White elephant parties present a unique challenge: Can you find something either cool or funny enough within a set budget…

It’s the perfect time to start playing cozy games. And by cozy games, I mean the opposite of what you…

If you have a family and you like to be outside, you should have walkie-talkies. In a lot of places…

I’m a big proponent of treating myself. I think everyone should have more little treats, all the time, always. A…

We recently told you why the Nintendo 64 controller was actually terrible, contrary to any flawed childhood memories you may…

in 2020, Apple’s MacBooks entered a new era. The company announced it was moving away from the Intel chips it…

Some of our favorite Canon cameras are available at significant discounts. Canon’s R series cameras are some of our favorite…

Black Friday used to fall on just one day of the year. Shoppers would camp outside of stores, eagerly awaiting…

In the midst of our reporting on Nike’s turbulent year, we failed to emphasize one fact: Even as Nike’s corporate…

OpenAI just launched its AI search update for ChatGPT. Three months after the company’s initial announcement of a SearchGPT prototype,…

Around here, we have a saying: mattresses are always on sale, but they’re not always the same price. The explosion…

All the best smart speakers can help you frighten guests or create the haunting ambiance you’re after. If you have…

Sometimes, eating makes me feel like Sisyphus. Every day, I must toil up the mountain and the rock to figure…

There’s Shark Week, and then there’s Mac Week. It’s a little less exciting, but Apple first announced a new iMac…

“It seemed like I was opening Pandora’s box, when it wasn’t absolutely necessary,” she says of purchasing a smartwatch. (Still,…

You can also pick between different variations of the M4. If you don’t need all the processing power, the entry-level…

I didn’t consume my first cup of coffee until the ripe age of 24, when I was forced by a…

Don’t doomscroll more depressing news, use that phone to lift your mood instead. The best mobile games will bring a…

The problem isn’t bandwidth though, it’s latency. Video games are built on instant feedback. Some games can fudge the definition…

You’ve seen the bikes around your neighborhood. They look like so much fun! You want one! But ebikes have so…

Listen up, nerds. Newegg has deals on gently used, refurbished, new and hard-to-find electronics, gaming products and more. Remaining one…

I’ve been wearing the Even Realities G1 glasses for four months, and while many people have commented on my new…

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light…

“Right now, we’re seeing the highest sales of Kindle in more than a decade—20 billion pages are currently read every…

Design Within Reach has some of the best and coolest home decor you can find, from modern couches to fantastic…

The Eero Outdoor 7 comes with fixings and instructional videos for installation onto stucco, vinyl, wood, or fiber cement walls.…

The first thing you’ll likely notice about Meta’s new Quest 3S is that it costs only a few hundred dollars,…

If you’re willing to spend more than $100, great headphones abound. Once Apple breached the wireless earbud dam with its…

Every office is a microcosm of personalities, making the quest for the perfect gifts for coworkers both exciting and baffling.…

It tends to really be used only by developers, but the address bar and search box up at the top…

GoPro has a few tricks here and there worth mentioning, though. As someone who likes to handle color grading in…

I’m here to make friends, bask in the kind, accepting glow of internet comments, and speak the dark truth you’ve…

It’s getting cold outside, and it’s even worse for a person who’s always cold. The first crisp morning of the…

You might not think about your monitor too much, but whether you’re working or gaming in your home, that array…

Unless you’re a keyboard enthusiast or a gamer, with custom builds for specific tasks, it’s highly likely you’re using whatever…

Students, it’s the worst time of your life, you might as well save a little money. Just kidding, life only…

Google just added a new customization tool for the viral AI podcasts in its NotebookLM software. I got early access…

A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel, keeping your data safe from prying eyes. Whether you’re worried…

There are so many iPad accessories out there to help you get the most out of your tablet. Below, we’ve…

The seventh generation of Apple’s tiniest iPad is finally here, three years since its last refresh. There was no fancy…

Humans have been trying to talk to animals ever since we figured out how to form words. In modern times,…

The site is similar to Wikipedia, where members of the community have access to make their own modifications as they…

No one likes the feeling of insect repellent. I have vivid memories of being sprayed down with the stuff as…

I tore the top of the Strike LS because I was wearing a slightly thicker pair of socks than normal…

If the MSI Vision Elite RS could walk, it would walk into every room like it owned the place. It’s…

“They are the architects of their own problems,” continues Sherwood. “By making so much of their products not about the…

Electric cargo bicycles come in two configurations. The first are front-loader bikes, also known as bakfiets or Long Johns, which…

Even after I got the fit right, I noticed a darker, fuzzier sound signature than what I experienced in the…

Note: Xbox Cloud Gaming is not to be confused with Xbox Remote Play, which is free and lets you stream…

Such is the world of luxury products, that customers for McLaren Automotive’s newly announced $2.6 million W1 hypercar can now…

Prime Day is over. We spent weeks prepping for Amazon’s semiannual sale and two full days tracking discounts. Now all…

As Prime Day nears its end for 2024, now is a great time to buy a Kindle. At WIRED, we’re…

amazon’s prime day deals event is coming to a close, but there are still thousands of deals out there. If…

Amazon’s fall Prime Day sale—also known as Big Deals Days—ends tonight. It’s October, yes, but it’s never too early to…

if you’re in the market for a laptop but want to spend money wisely, you’re in luck. Amazon’s Prime Day…

My life changed after getting better bedding. I’m sleeping better thanks to sheets that keep me cool at night, and…

You probably stream most, if not all, of your content. A good streaming device makes that process easier. If you’ve…

And the W1 needs one to do its best work. Even in a world in which the new breed of…

Being a side sleeper can be challenging. You have to constantly flip and flop for the right position and often…

The Voice Mode feature is similarly effective, using Sony’s Voice Zoom 3 to elevate dialog. Like the Sound Field, it’s…

The One RFID Smart Feeder from Petlibro shows just how far automatic cat-feeding technology has come. For this feeder, the…

Typically, Muench says, the solution isn’t something too complicated: Just build infrastructure higher. But engineers can’t build roads and bridges…

Soon you could see Waymo self-driving tech in Hyundai cars. The autonomous driving tech developer Waymo said this week that…

A cup of coffee in the morning is not just about the caffeine. It’s a ceremony to start your day.…

Although both writing and coding modes give the choice of requesting in-line edits, the bifurcated user interface for canvas is…

Coperni has yet to decide how many RLP Swipe Bags will be put into production, but for Meyer, starting a…

Dyson’s vacuums are top-tier for various reasons. They’re powerful, easy to maneuver, bagless, lightweight, and more. But a majority of…

Just a few weeks ago, certain people in a particular corner of the internet decided they had cracked the reason…

Smart home gadgets have no limits these days. You can control everything from a garage door to every single light…

A select number of all-electric Tesla Cybertrucks now have the ability to drive on US highways hands-free, after the automaker…

There’s always room to up your game, and there are quite a few additional tools that can help you make…

Instax Mini 90 Camera for $210: Once my favorite Instax, the Mini 90 seems to have been superseded by the…

It’s National Coffee Day. Celebrate the last socially acceptable addiction with some sweet deals on some of our favorites espresso…

if you’re bored with your home screen, I have good news for you. With iOS 18, you can finally personalize…

The popular perception of sex machines (thanks mainly to porn) is usually a dildo on the end of a long…

Celebrities partnering with watch brands is nothing new. Sometimes a bona fide watch enthusiast like John Mayer partners with Audemars…

The popular perception of sex machines (thanks mainly to porn) is usually a dildo on the end of a long…

Starting in late September, a set of four free Covid-19 test kits can once again be ordered online from the…

In May 2023, Air India launched safety management software called Coruson, as well as BAM (Boeing Alertness Model), a fatigue-mitigation…

Meta has dominated online social connections for the past 20 years, but it missed out on making the smartphones that…

Meta Connect, the big developer event and hardware showcase from the company that runs Facebook and Instagram, is kicking off…

The dual-sport Origin has a city range of 90 miles and a combined range of 70 miles. Riding flat out…

In recent years, Apple started giving the iPhone Pro models a significant chip upgrade to increase the performance gap between…

Slack has been keeping offices and organizations humming along since all the way back in 2013. And while it might…

Pac-Man is a classic arcade game that deserves all the love. Guiding an abstract mouth around a ghost-patrolled maze in…

On Saturday, a YouTube creator called ChromaLock published a video detailing how he modified a Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator…

PRICE: Despite any marketing claims to the contrary meal kits cost more than buying groceries. However, they usually cost less…

That said, the bigger iPhones tend to have the best battery life. The iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 16…

There are so many cases. Here are other ones I’ve tried that I don’t like as much as the picks…

After living in big cities like San Francisco and New York, when I returned to the Midwest and set foot…

Most of the weighted blankets we’ve tested are worth recommending—and there are a lot of them. However, these didn’t stand…

Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about Amazon’s members-only event, Prime Day. The annual “holiday” has outperformed both…

Don’t underestimate the value of updates for your browser and for Windows itself either. A significant number of malware packages…

You can configure the beds in a variety of ways. WIRED editor Martin Cizmar tested this one with a medium-firm…

In addition to these features, Copilot+ PCs have proven more than capable of running general business apps like Microsoft Office…

There’s more to the future of Lotus than big electric SUVs. That’s what the British company once famous for its…

We’ve recommended the Snoo for several years. It’s the only true “smart” bassinet, designed by Dr. Harvey Karp, who is…

I admire Shark’s ambition. With its latest vacuum (most recently presented at IFA), Shark attempts to solve two major problems.…

The shift to remote work has made it easier to stay productive while traveling. We have Slack and Zoom, and…

Synthetic voices have been proliferating for years, and the generative AI boom of the new ’20s has sped that process…

The first thing I noticed when taking the Lowrider out of the storage bag (which is much nicer than Bote’s…

If Apple wanted to bury the fact it’s leaving its most expensive headphones as the least technically capable in its…

One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry’s…

Tradition dictates that to properly enjoy a premium whisky you pour it from an elaborately chunky crystal decanter into an…

Do you wish your front door could see you coming? I certainly do, since I’m usually either wrangling a toddler…

Apple’s forthcoming iOS 18 is loaded with a slew of artificial-intelligence-powered capabilities. The new mobile OS can rewrite your text…

Your iPhone is so much more than just a screen for texting. Smartphones are how we get work done, stay…

I am often surrounded by dozens of phone cases, and many of them are perfectly fine! They just don’t stand…

Sony’s PlayStation 5 mid-cycle upgrade, the PS5 Pro, is coming November 7. Lead PlayStation architect Mark Cerny revealed the console…

For lots of smartphone owners, Apple is the conduit to the internet. Since 2022, Apple has made it clear that…

Also new to all the iPhone 16 models is a Camera Control button. Much like the shutter button on a…

The big draw of 2-in-1 laptops is that they can be used as both a laptop and a tablet. While…

“Besides price, most buyers ask me what makes one bike so much more expensive than another bike,” says Kevin Lau.…

It’s not often that something as well known as the Happy Hacking Keyboard gets reworked from the ground up. And…

Every month seems to bring new sets of earbuds with longer battery life and more compact designs. As such, we…

Acer also released a slew of laptops, desktops, and monitors, but the DualPlay concept laptop with a pop-out controller jumped…

Overlanding, off-road touring, four-wheeling—whatever you call it, traveling America’s back roads, the real back roads, the ones that aren’t paved…

“Exploring new places, going the extra mile. He feasts with his friends, enjoys a good drink, and laughs with his…

Is there such a thing as the best notebook? Probably not. Notebooks are not a one-size-fits all commodity. If none…

New parents, here’s a tip: You might not need a baby monitor, since a healthy, hungry baby can shriek in…

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. The 2024 Paris Paralympics have shown the…

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu There are some strange omissions on this device compared to the Pixel 9 Pro. The exterior screen…

Updates usually pop up automatically, but you can always check whether you have the latest version in Settings > System…

Intel Core i7-1455U is how a laptop manufacturer’s website might list the type of processor. Now that we know Core…

However, as shooter veterans know, playing with a keyboard and mouse provides a considerable advantage in terms of aiming. So…

The C120 can stream and record video at up to 2K resolution, supports two-way audio (with a slight lag), and…

Reading before bed is a great way to relax. But getting the right balance of light can be tricky. We…

One of my greatest disappointments of adulthood is learning just how much hassle is attached to recreation. Everyone loves lounging…

Photograph: Michael Sawh Rather ambitiously, Shokz promises these sports headphones can deliver clear highs and natural mids and that the…

Autumn is unofficially here, and that means pumpkin spice everything, changing leaves, and a whole bunch of deals on WIRED-approved…

When I started reviewing electric cargo bikes years ago, they were expensive, niche vehicles for a specific subset of eccentric…

“Because of additive manufacturing, 3D printing, I think we’re heading toward sort of a generation of makers again and sort…

You’re done! This fold isn’t always super neat, but it’s fast and easy, and is a good enough fold to…

On Tuesday, Alphabet’s self-driving vehicle developer Waymo said it would begin operating all-day, curbside pickups and drop-offs at Phoenix Sky…

The all-in-one computer category—nestled fitfully between the laptop and desktop worlds—seemingly gets little respect from everyone: consumers and manufacturers. Why…

It’s about a year late, but the Barbie Phone is finally here. This is not a smartphone, but a clamshell-style…

Sony’s CRE-C10 in-ear hearing aids are stunners in every dimension except for one: The tiny in-the-ear devices rely on replaceable…

Summer is winding down, which means it’s time for the annual REI Labor Day Sale. This year’s event kicked off…

It’s a great time to double down on stereo sound. Multi-speaker formats like Dolby Atmos get all the headlines, but…

Lately in Overwatch 2, I’ve taken up playing Wrecking Ball. Compared to my usual main, Mercy, it somehow involves even…

The machine comes with the mold for four cubes; you can also separately buy a Collins mold that makes three…

You should be sure to keep your personal information up to date. That includes your emergency contacts (which you can…

Ignore the arguments about which is better, because iPhones and Android phones have far more in common than some folks…

No doubt picking up on the trend of wired 1990s-style earbuds—must-haves for those craving nostalgia tech from an era they…

It’s not until the fourth time I fall into the choppy, rolling waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay,…