The snow is melting, the days are getting longer, and I can almost smell the springtime ahead. Soon, we’ll be cruising around town on ebikes and electric scooters instead of burning fossil fuels. For now, the weather hasn’t quite caught up, which is great for markdowns. Many of the best…
18 Best Wireless Chargers, All Tested and Reviewed (2026)
Other Wireless Chargers We Tested There are a lot of wireless chargers. Here are a few more we like, but for one reason or another don’t warrant a place above. Photograph: Simon Hill Krafted Couch Wireless Charger for $52: I thought this wireless charger that’s designed to be draped over…
This Ruroc Helmet Ruined My Ski Holiday
“I don’t like talking to you wearing that. It’s intimidating.” A friend said this to me—and he’s not joking. His name is Stuart. Stuart is about as affable a person as you could wish to meet, and we have skied together three or four times. Now, however, he doesn’t want…
EveryPlate’s Meal Kit Offers Affordable Vegetarian Options
Each week, there are 36 meals to choose from, including about 10 weekly vegetarian options (I skipped my veganism for the week since EveryPlate’s vegetarian choices rely heavily on butter and cheese). You can look through the next three future weeks of selections, and each meal is labeled with things…
Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums
Congressional Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee released a report this week pinpointing more than $20.9 billion in consumer losses stemming from identity theft that came out of four major breaches of data broker firms. US senator Maggie Hassan launched the investigation in August after an investigation by The Markup…
Review: Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Leitzphone Pack Leica Magic Into a Flagship Phone
A big screen, powerful camera system, and top-notch performance can eat right into your battery life, but Xiaomi has managed to pack a 6,000-mAh battery into the 17 Ultra (up from 5,410 mAh last year). The jump gives it serious stamina, and this phone can go a couple of days…
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran
Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a “major combat operation” against Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning, disinformation about the attack and Tehran’s response flooded X. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X, some of which have racked up millions…
4 reasons I prefer a streaming stick over a box
Streaming sticks and streaming boxes continue to grow in popularity, and many companies have gotten in on the action. Whether it’s Apple, Google, Roku, or Onn, there’s something out there for you. If you’re like me, you want a streaming device like this because you’re sick of how slow your…
The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom
It takes a lot of computing power to run an AI product — and as the tech industry races to tap the power of AI models, there’s a parallel race underway to build the infrastructure that will power them. On a recent earnings call, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimated that…
The trap Anthropic built for itself
Friday afternoon, just as this interview was getting underway, a news alert flashed across my computer screen: the Trump administration was severing ties with Anthropic, the San Francisco AI company founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei and other former OpenAI researchers who left over safety concerns. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…