Modern smart TVs are packed with the latest features but often take things too far. Beyond invasive privacy risks, they include many settings that automatically adjust my picture quality and don’t work as advertised. Some of these features detect the room’s ambient lighting to make the picture lighter or darker.…

“We put a lot of effort into trying to tell you when not to do something if it’s no longer in the spirit of the recipe,” says Camilla Velasquez, the general manager of NYT Cooking. For its recommendations, the LLM looks at the recipe itself, the Times’ ingredient substitution guide,…

Just because something isn’t broken doesn’t mean it hasn’t expired. The Blu-ray format has been out for a few decades now, and like DVD before it, you can still find it sold on store shelves today. While that’s the case, I’ve largely moved onto the 4K Blu-ray format, Blu-ray’s successor,…

You’re about to slam that laptop shut for two weeks when the boss messages, “See you Monday!” We’ve all been there, staring down a manager who has forgotten about our paid time off—even though we told them! When we communicate something that’s important to us, we can forget that it’s…

Lately a new kind of pitch has found its way into my inbox. “Not sure if you’ve heard,” writes someone named Nick, “but AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI are paying media companies such as Wired $350K to $1.8M as a one time fee for a copy of their…

Open-weight artificial intelligence models are now almost as capable of hacking into computer networks as the best closed ones, according to new research that heralds a much-anticipated turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. Vals, a company that measures AI capabilities, set out to test how well different AI models could…

Mattress sales come and go so often that it’s hard to determine what’s an actual deal. The times of year when we see the most legit mattress deals are Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Memorial Day, and Labor Day. And this year is no different. We’re already seeing our favorite WIRED-tested…

If you’ve been coveting one of Rocco’s smart designer minifridges, you might be interested to know the brand’s biggest sale of 2026 starts today, featuring the brand-new Rocco Essential for under $1,000 and the OG Classic in this year’s new Beige colorway, as well as white and two rare blue…

President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Stephen Miller, one of his most powerful and politically aggressive aides, would be his next White House chief of staff following disastrous results for Republicans in the midterm elections. Miller, whose titles until now were deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland…

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. To Sierra Isley, the American Dream brings to mind a home ringed by a white picket fence. “The house in the suburbs is just what you’re taught growing up,” the 26-year-old said. “You know, that’s what…