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Bugatti’s $4 Million Hybrid Hypercar Has the Craziest Steering Wheel We’ve Ever Seen
Furiously complicated and astoundingly fast, the 250-mph, 1,800-hp, electrically enhanced, blood-curdling Tourbillon signals the start of Rimac’s influence on the century-old automaker.
Jason Barlow
Quell the Heat With Our Favorite Window Air Conditioners
These WIRED-tested AC units have been lodged into our windows and cooling our homes for months, if not years.
Julian Chokkattu and Lisa Wood Shapiro
17 Awesome Management Games for Armchair Tycoons
These building- and resource-based simulations are perfect for single-player fun and relaxation.
Simon Hill
The Best TV Streaming Devices for Cord Cutters
We've tested dozens of ways to watch stuff on 4K or HD TVs. These are our favorites.
Medea Giordano
The Best Toasters for Bakery-Style Bliss at Home
Enjoy bagels, bread, hot waffles, and more with our pick of the best toasters.
Emily Peck
Acer's Chromebook Plus Spin 714 Is a Premium Laptop at a Reasonable Price
This Chromebook punches above its weight for a premium feel without the premium laptop price.
Daniel Thorp-Lancaster
Evergoods Civic Panel Loader 24L Backpack Review
An excellent, well-designed backpack engineered for travel or as the perfect everyday carry.
Scott Gilbertson
Review: LG Gram Pro 17
LG’s 17-inch Windows laptop is amazingly thin and lightweight but runs amazingly hot too.
Christopher Null
Factor Meals Aren’t for Foodies
Factor’s prepared meals taste good, but they’re hard to eat.
Louryn Strampe
My Favorite Affordable Sheets Are Discounted Right Now
Quince makes some of our favorite cheap-yet-fantastic sheets to sleep on. They’re already a great price—and now they’re on sale.
Nena Farrell
How to Shop Like a Pro During Amazon Prime Day
We’ve got tips to help you cut through the clutter to find real Amazon Prime Day deals.
Louryn Strampe
Our Favorite Cameras, Lenses, and Photo Accessories Are on Sale Now at Moment
Moment’s Warehouse Sale has deals on Wandrd camera bags, mobile lenses, and Instax cameras.
Scott Gilbertson
Time Out! The Apple Watch Series 9 and Google Pixel Watch 2 Are on Sale
In the market for a smartwatch? Maybe you’re looking for a Father’s Day gift—now’s an excellent time to save on our favorites.
Louryn Strampe
How to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Webcam
Upgrade your Zoom meetings with that snazzy camera in your pocket.
Julian Chokkattu
20 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using
Your membership gets you more than free two-day shipping. Here’s what you may be missing ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2024.
Louryn Strampe
Analog Photography: The Beginner’s Guide to Film Cameras
Which film camera should you get? Which films are the best? We demystify the world of analog photography to help you get started.
Scott Gilbertson
Reduce AI Hallucinations With This Neat Software Trick
A buzzy process called retrieval augmented generation, or RAG, is taking hold in Silicon Valley and improving the outputs from large language models. How does it work?
Reece Rogers
Sonos Wants to Get Off Your Shelf and Own Audio Everywhere
CEO Patrick Spence sits down with WIRED to explain just how the company will reach beyond speakers to rule every part of your aural existence.
Parker Hall
Touch Controls on Stoves Suck. Knobs Are Way Better
Annoying, mistake-prone touch controls have become standard on induction stoves, but good old-fashioned knobs are far superior in the busy, messy kitchen. It’s high time we bring back the knob.
Joe Ray
Apple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’
An Apple Photos glitch, now fixed, is a reminder that digital bits of your life will live on forever.
Lauren Goode
Translation Tech Is Amazing, Except When It’s Not
We can hold surprisingly deep conversations across languages using simple apps on our phones. But even as these apps get a fresh boost from AI, they can still lead to some awkward moments.
Blake Snow
Fisker Is Dead
Henrik Fisker’s car company filed for bankruptcy late Monday, just three months after pausing production on its all-electric SUV.
Jeremy White
Sorry, VR: The Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarers Are the Best Face Computer
Finally! An AI-enabled face computer that’s comfortable, useful, attractive, and not completely humiliating to wear.
Adrienne So
Apple Intelligence Won’t Work on Hundreds of Millions of iPhones—but Maybe It Could
Older iPhones might well be able to cope with Apple’s AI, so why won’t your $900 year-old model run it? Here’s why.
Andrew Williams
Artifact’s DNA Lives on in Yahoo’s Revamped AI-Powered News App
Artifact, the news app startup from Instagram’s cofounders, was purchased by Yahoo earlier this year. The web giant then used some of Artifact’s AI smarts to supercharge its own mobile news app.
Boone Ashworth
Good Search Borrows, Great Search … Steals?
This week on Gadget Lab, we talk about how content on the open web is being used to train AI-powered search tools, and how content publishers are fighting to reverse this trend.
Lauren Goode and Kate Knibbs
Thinking Different About Apple AI
This week, we discuss how Apple’s approach to artificial intelligence differs from those of its rivals. Hint: It goes deeper than Genmoji.
Lauren Goode and Michael Calore
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.
Michael Calore and Lauren Goode
Everyone's Pumped About Heat Pumps
This week on Gadget Lab, we talk about the surging popularity of heat pumps, the ultra-energy-efficient heating and cooling appliances we’ve called “climate superheroes.”
Lauren Goode and Michael Calore
Product Review
The Barnes and Noble Nook 9-Inch Lenovo Tablet Is Startlingly Affordable
Medea Giordano