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David Nield 2023-12-03 07:00:00 www.wired.com And you don’t need anything special to create a QR code. The tools are widely available and straightforward to use, and putting together a QR code of your own isn’t much …

Boone Ashworth, David Nield, Matt Burgess 2023-11-26 09:00:00 www.wired.com When it comes to looking something up on the web, most of us default to Googling it—the search engine has become so dominant that it’s now a …

Medea Giordano, Gear Team 2023-11-25 07:00:00 www.wired.com Black Friday used to be a one-day sales event the Friday after Thanksgiving. That was wild enough, with people sometimes literally fighting over the last TV in Walmart, hours …

Brenda Stolyar 2023-11-25 00:12:09 www.wired.com i gave up on curling my hair in middle school. No matter how hard I tried, I could never replicate the corkscrew curls I’d see on my friends or the popular …

Rhett Allain 2023-11-24 09:00:00 www.wired.com Not only do I get the “shape” of the acceleration curve for the colliding cart, but I also get a maximum acceleration of –6.67 meters per second squared. With that acceleration …

Simon Hill 2023-11-21 09:00:00 www.wired.com There are some premium apps for MacOS that offer more of an iTunes-like experience, but nothing that we vouch for. Backing Up to Your Chromebook Here is how to back up …

Simon Hill 2023-11-20 08:00:00 www.wired.com It is still early days for Wi-Fi 7, with only a handful of devices supporting the new standard, but there is already a steady stream of routers and mesh systems designed …

David Nield, Reece Rogers 2023-11-19 09:00:00 www.wired.com It’s been a year since Apple launched “Emergency SOS via satellite” on the iPhone—and reports suggest that the feature is already saving lives. For example, after a car with …

Joe Ray 2023-11-19 08:00:00 www.wired.com I love watching movies. Sometime during the past year, I realized with pleasure that the “hangout movie” is a thing. Plot is not paramount, but hanging out with your onscreen pals …

Eric Ravenscraft 2023-11-18 08:00:00 www.wired.com Since the Nintendo Switch dropped in 2017, the gaming industry has chased the dream of bringing as many games as possible into a handheld form factor. The Steam Deck (and its …

Eric Ravenscraft 2023-11-16 07:00:00 www.wired.com Photograph: Anker Anker pitches this station as being ideal for the center of conference room tables or shared workspaces. The product’s page has plenty of pictures of people who are way …

Matt Kamen 2023-11-15 09:00:00 www.wired.com Still, the voice controls that are included work pretty well, and at least expand beyond just commanding the glasses to capture media. You can start a phone call, connect with people …

Eric Ravenscraft 2023-11-15 07:00:00 www.wired.com Sony’s approach to handheld gaming can be somewhat baffling. The PlayStation Vita was a decent device that didn’t catch on the way its predecessor, the PlayStation Portable had, yet fans still …

Rebecca Boyle 2023-11-12 08:00:00 www.wired.com To make maps of these structures, astronomers turn to individual stars. Each star’s composition records its birthplace, age, and natal ingredients, so studying starlight enables a form of galactic cartography—as well …

Adrienne So 2023-11-10 08:00:00 www.wired.com Think how cute the mint-green ones would be nestled in a pencil case or a pocket in your Borealis backpack as you’re making a #packingmybag TikTok. I love grabbing these on …

Brenda Stolyar 2023-11-10 07:00:00 www.wired.com when the 24-inch iMac first debuted in 2020, it felt like the sun finally breaking through the clouds on an overcast day. The candy-colored lineup was a sweet respite from Apple’s …

Scott Gilbertson 2023-11-09 08:00:00 www.wired.com After years of searching for the perfect laptop—and making this search part of my full-time job here at WIRED—I’ve given up. I am sorry to say there is no such thing …

Matt Jancer 2023-11-08 08:00:00 www.wired.com REI Co-op—the house brand for outdoor retailer REI—consistently strikes an impressive balance between quality and price. The latest example is the 650 Down Jacket, which is lightweight, made of recycled materials, …

Joe Ray 2023-11-06 08:00:00 www.wired.com The total dissolved solids (TDS), often referred to as “the amount of coffee” in your coffee, was a little high, but as Reyna noted, we could fix it by adjusting the …

Jaina Grey 2023-11-06 08:00:00 www.wired.com I was skeptical about the new Wacom One 13 Touch. I’ve been a fully wireless digital artist for years now. My iPad Pro and I are inseparable. It’s my sketchbook, my …

David Nield 2023-11-05 07:00:00 www.wired.com Despite plenty of misgivings, artificial intelligence—and in particular, generative AI that produces text and images from prompts—continues to be pushed into the hardware and software we use every day. Microsoft has …

Matt Simon 2023-11-02 07:00:00 www.wired.com Five stories off the ground at Colorado State University, a highly unlikely garden grows under a long row of rooftop solar panels. It’s late October at 9 am, when the temperature …

Henri Robbins 2023-10-28 08:00:00 www.wired.com Razer’s “By Gamers, for gamers” tagline has always held true in its keyboard offerings, which have focused almost entirely on bright RGB lighting and maxed-out spec sheets. It’s why I’ve always …

Alistair Charlton 2023-10-23 10:51:34 www.wired.com What if, instead of seeking out a charger and plugging in for half an hour, you could swap out your depleted EV battery for a new one in just five minutes? …