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What Is Matter? We Explain the New Smart Home Standard (2024)
This open source protocol ensures your devices play nicely. Matter 1.3 potentially adds more device support and energy management to smart homes.
Keychron Q1 HE Review: Hall Effect Goes Mainstream
Keychron's new keyboard brings Hall effect switches one step closer to the mainstream.
Smartphones May Affect Sleep—but Not Because of Blue Light
New research has found that blue light from your smartphone screen won't keep you up at night. But you still shouldn't doomscroll in bed-here's why.
The Science of Having a Great Conversation
Forming meaningful bonds with others can improve your health, make you mentally sharper, and fuel creativity. Making friends can feel daunting, but research shows there are many ways to build better connections.
How Game Theory Can Make AI More Reliable
Researchers are drawing on ideas from game theory to improve large language models and make them more correct, efficient, and consistent.
The EU Is Taking on Big Tech. It May Be Outmatched
From the Digital Services Act to the AI Act, in five years Europe has created a lot of rules for the digital world. Implementing them, however, isn't always easy.
Raycon The Magic Power Bank 5-in-1 Review: My New Favorite Portable Charger
I have high standards for my portable batteries. Somehow, Raycon exceeded all of them and then threw in a phone stand.
Things Keep Getting Worse for the Humane Ai Pin
Plus: Wilson Audio revamps its iconic speakers, Elon continues to Elon, and Google's AI overviews are already causing chaos.
With So Much Bird Flu Around, Are Eggs, Chicken, and Milk Still Safe to Consume?
A food microbiologist explains why you shouldn't worry about consuming poultry or dairy-so long as you take the right precautions.
The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme
The shift from El Nino to La Nina will see temperatures drop, but when one weather system swings to the other, summers tend to be hotter than average-meaning 2024 could be even warmer and wilder than last year.
Apple Is Coming for Your Password Manager
Plus: A media executive is charged in an alleged money-laundering scheme, a ransomware attack disrupts care at London hospitals, and Google's former CEO has a secretive drone project up his sleeve.
Each of the Past 12 Months Broke Temperature Records
Last June was the warmest in recorded history. It kicked off an alarming streak with no end in sight.
NYC’s Congestion Pricing Should Have Been the Future
But the cars keep winning.
Roaring Kitty Is Playing With Fire
Influencer Keith Gill, known online as Roaring Kitty, became a pied piper for amateur stock traders after sparking a historic GameStop short squeeze. But his next move could land him in big trouble.
Microsoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash
After weeks of withering criticism and exposed security flaws, Microsoft has vastly scaled back its ambitions for Recall, its AI-enabled silent recording feature, and added new privacy features.
Aventon Ramblas Review: An Affordable, Rugged Commuter Electric Bike
The direct-to-consumer company's debut electric mountain bike has a sticker price that's hard to beat.
Russia Is Targeting Germany With Fake Information as Europe Votes
A European Commission spokesperson says Russia is focusing on Germany more than any other EU country-and estimates the Kremlin is spending 1 billion on disinformation campaigns.
14 Best Subscription Boxes for Kids (2024): STEM, Books, Snacks
These monthly deliveries get kids coding and cooking while encouraging them to learn science and read about the world.
AI Killed Images. Legacy Russell Knows How We Can Revive Them
The author of Black Meme has ideas for how to protect digital culture from the rise of generative AI. It starts with embracing slow media.
Beis Makes the Viral Suitcase I Want to Take Everywhere
The Instagrammable luggage brand isn't just popular for its cute colors. Beis' Carry On also has a comfy handle and a built in weight gauge.
Google and Microsoft’s AI Chatbots Refuse to Say Who Won the 2020 US Election
With just six months to go before the US presidential election, Gemini and Copilot chatbots are incapable of saying that Joe Biden won in 2020, and won't return results on any election anywhere, ever.
10 Best Beard Trimmers (2024): Full Beard, Stubble, Body
These beard tools deliver a quality trim for all types of facial hair.
Don’t Let Mistrust of Tech Companies Blind You to the Power of AI
It's OK to be doubtful of tech leaders' grandiose visions of our AI future-but that doesn't mean the technology won't have a huge impact.
Razer Iskur V2 Review: The Best Gaming Chair
I strongly prefer normal office chairs to the race-car seat designs found on gaming chairs. But if that's the look you want, this is the best chair to buy.
Some Cheap Wired Headphones Are Actually Using Bluetooth
Even though your budget buds are connected to wires, they might still require wireless connectivity. Is this a scam, or a clever way around Apple's licensing restrictions?
Signia Silk 7X Review: Fuss-Free, Super Expensive Hearing Aids
Signia's Silk X line will cost you in the thousands, but since an audiologist tunes it to your ears, they're fuss-free and sound great with little effort.
The World’s Largest Fungus Collection May Unlock the Mysteries of Carbon Capture
Research is uncovering the key role that fungi play in getting soils to absorb carbon, and how humanity's actions aboveground are wreaking havoc in the mysterious fungal world below.
No, Drake's Cover of 'Hey There Delilah' Isn't AI
Drake joined parody rapper Snowd4y for a remix of his Hey There Delilah" cover, Wah Gwan Delilah." Some thought it was AI, the Plain White T's cringed, and the jokes have been nonstop.
An AI Cartoon May Interview You for Your Next Job
As if trying to land a new gig isn't demoralizing enough, job seekers are meeting with characters powered by generative AI who are capable of meeting with infinite candidates to judge their skills.
Microsoft’s Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought
A new discovery that the AI-enabled feature's historical data can be accessed even by hackers without administrator privileges only contributes to the growing sense that the feature is a dumpster fire."
Oral-B Sold a $230 Alexa Toothbrush—and Then Pulled the Plug
A few years after touting the Oral-B Guide's Alexa integration, the company has yanked the app you need to connect to it.
US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren't Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets
Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she's worried China will steal American AI secrets.
The Case for MDMA’s Approval Is Riddled With Problems
The FDA is considering approving MDMA alongside psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. But evidence of the drug's effectiveness isn't clear cut.
Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch Cleared in US Fraud Trial
Mike Lynch, a software mogul once heralded as Britain's Bill Gates," has been acquitted of fraud by a jury in the US.
The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever
The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time.
OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT
Days after former employees said the company was being too reckless with its technology, OpenAI released a research paper on a method for reverse engineering the workings of AI models.
Starship’s Successful Test Moves SpaceX One Step Closer to Mars
The vehicle mostly survived launch and reentry-key stepping stones toward operational flights of the largest rocket in history.
Chatbot Teamwork Makes the AI Dream Work
Experiments show that asking AI chatbots to work together on a problem can compensate for some of their shortcomings. WIRED enlisted two bots to help plan this article.
Poco F6 and F6 Pro Review: Small Price, Big Performance
Xiaomi's Poco F6 has a solid camera, and it's matched with the best display and processor you can get at this price.
Eargo Link Review: Basic Hearing Aids That Are Too Pricey
The Eargo Link functions better than most ready-to-wear over-the-counter hearing aids, but they're too basic at this $799 price.
Learning to Live With Google’s AI Overviews
This week, we discuss the bumpy first few weeks of Google's AI-powered summaries, and why the new feature is making us sweat.
Sennheiser Accentum True Wireless Earbuds Review: Bland and Forgettable
With a questionable design and a lack of audio vitality, these award-winning headphones leave us cold.
Apple WWDC 2024: What to Expect for Software and Hardware
The annual Worldwide Developers Conference starts Monday, June 10. Here are the new features, AI-powered and otherwise, potentially coming to your devices.
The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a ‘Handheld Iron Dome’
ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they're already carrying-and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.
Inside the City Policed by Machines
A WIRED analysis of 22 million coordinates mapped out how police drones are used in a California border city. Some residents welcome the robots; others feel they now live in a surveillance dystopia.
Nicole Shanahan Is Just Getting Started
Phenomenal wealth and a penchant for pseudoscience related to autism and vaccines have put Nicole Shanahan in position to do far more consequential things than being RFK Jr.'s running mate.
The Pirate Party Survived Mutiny and Scandal. In the EU Elections, It’s Trying to Rewrite the Rules of the Web
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay sparked a copyright revolution. Twenty years on, the political movement it inspired is pitching for power in the European elections. If it succeeds, it could reshape the internet.
Ikea Will Pay You Real Money to Work in Its Virtual Roblox Store
Building on the internet's love for the Swedish furniture store, Ikea is looking to hire workers for its forthcoming Roblox virtual outpost online. It pays real money, not Robux-as long as you're 18.
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI
Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth-and a sharp sense of its limits-in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online.
Marc Andreessen Once Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for Kids
Investor Marc Andreessen called tech ethics and safety teams the enemy" in his Techno-Optimist Manifesto" last year. Today he clarified he's in favor of online guardrails for his 9-year-old son.
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