The world of electric bikes is a strange and contradictory place right now. On one hand, these machines are enjoying a massive surge in popularity; they’re getting people out of…
Election Day in America rarely begins with drama. It begins with ordinary people doing small, quiet things: poll workers fumbling with keys, retirees arriving…
In 2022, the vast, unforgiving expanse of the Sahara Desert yielded a treasure that transcended human imagination. Ahem, a strange, dark rock weighing just…
In the relentless pursuit of a good night's sleep, technology has stepped in with a promise that is both simple and profound: soothing sounds…
If you’ve ever found yourself typing “best air purifier” into a search bar late at night, you’re not alone. Maybe it’s because you’ve noticed…
Some spacecraft end their lives with a whisper. After more than two decades of ceaseless watching, the Swift satellite is about to make its…
The new iPad Mini doesn’t announce itself with a flashy redesign. It arrives quietly, the same familiar rounded slab, and only when you turn…
There is a strange comfort in finding a story that seems to understand your anger. In the weeks leading up to another turbulent election, a certain corner of the internet…
I get asked this question a lot, and I mean a lot: Is a Dyson really worth it? As WIRED’s resident vacuum tester, I’ve spent more time than is probably…
Growth in tech is oddly simple and painfully competitive at the same time. Simple because the path is clear: get in front of the…
The recent ruling by US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall declaring the FBI's warrantless searches of US citizens' communications under Section 702 of…

For more than a year, a small underground collective has been quietly doing something that would once have been unthinkable…
With the next midterm elections approaching, a growing number of Americans are preparing to do what citizens in a democracy…
There is something genuinely refreshing about the Birdfy Rookie, and after spending four weeks with it mounted in my backyard,…
In a dramatic turn of events this past Sunday, a federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit, ruling that…
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, let me say that when a brand we love finally announces…
Picture a video call that begins the way thousands of job interviews do: a crisp, warm greeting, a friendly face…
Every now and then, technology does something that feels genuinely magical, and the first time you use AI web search,…
My phone believes I am someone else. It has believed this for years, and no amount of pleading, cursing, or…
It begins so innocently that you could almost laugh out loud. Sitting in the app store, it presents itself as…
Here is the content summarized and humanized into 6 paragraphs, reaching approximately 2000 words. --- There is something both humbling…
Over the past two decades, something remarkable has happened: the outdoors have been pulled into the spotlight in a way…
Welcome back to Power Play, our weekly look at the strange and tangled role data centers are playing in this…
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