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Simon Hill 2023-01-30 09:00:00 www.wired.com If you have an Eero mesh system, you can extend your Wi-Fi network with select Echo devices. Amazon acquired Eero in 2019, and the company has continued to turn out some of …

Simon Hill 2023-01-29 08:00:00 www.wired.com Do you know precisely how much electricity your gadgets and appliances sip when you’re away from home? Or how frequently energy costs fluctuate? These factors are increasingly important to consider as …

Elliot Richards 2023-01-22 09:00:00 www.wired.com Muji has made vehicles before: The Muji Car 1000 from 2001 was the product of a collaboration with Nissan. The limited release of 1,000 badgeless Nissan Marches was spartanly equipped, offered …

Parker Hall 2023-01-22 07:00:00 www.wired.com While people’s feelings about their own gear and what it does can often affect the way they play psychologically, that doesn’t mean the gear is doing exactly what they think it’s …

Matt Simon 2023-01-12 16:21:53 www.wired.com Asia had its second-warmest year on record. On April 30, temperatures reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit in Jacobabad, Pakistan—unseasonably early for the region. When summer came around, heat waves may have killed 50,000 …

David Nield 2023-01-08 09:00:00 www.wired.com Maybe you want to save an image or a video clip from the web through your browser because it’ll make a great wallpaper or you want to include it in a …

Alistair Charlton 2023-01-07 09:00:00 www.wired.com Proof, if it were needed, of just how much of CES has become an auto show landed at the 2023 opening keynote, which was hosted by BMW and featured its color-changing …

Matt Reynolds 2023-01-05 07:00:00 www.wired.com But attribution science can do a lot more than tell us how climate change influences the weather. Otto wants to use her attribution reports to hold polluters to account for extreme …

Grant Stoner 2023-01-04 21:30:00 www.wired.com “Our aim for Project Leonardo is that it enables many more players to enjoy the remarkable games that PlayStation Studios and our development community are creating for PS5,” Ryan says. “Millions …

WIRED Staff 2022-12-27 06:00:00 www.wired.com A.I. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALVARO DOMINGUEZ + OPEN AI/DALL-E 2 WIRED Issue: 28.09 PHOTOGRAPH: JESSICA PETTWAY Jessica Pettway, Photographer“The visual archive DALL-E is pulling from feels like one of the worst archives …

David Nield 2022-12-25 09:00:00 www.wired.com Over on Apple Music, the 2022 year-in-review feature is called Apple Music Replay. The best place to get to your highlights is on the web: Sign in using your Apple ID …

Amelia Tait 2022-12-24 07:00:00 www.wired.com The problem with Amazon’s own-brand mince pies is that they’re delicious. For years, the ecommerce giant has stuck its fingers into every pie going—Amazon wind farms and an Amazon airline are no …

Julian Chokkattu 2022-12-18 07:00:00 www.wired.com I don’t feel cool riding an electric scooter. I love these things, but standing bolt upright like a meerkat as you cruise across town just doesn’t look great. Evolv’s Terra scooter …

Mark J. Walton 2022-12-17 09:00:00 www.wired.com Cross-breeds are all the rage in the dog world right now. There’s the cockapoo, springador, puggle and labsky; the morkie, chiweenie and whoodle. The idea of these “designer dogs” is …

Scott Gilbertson 2022-12-16 08:00:00 www.wired.com When GoPro announced the new Hero 11 Black earlier this year, it also announced a brand new camera as well: the GoPro Hero 11 Mini. Its release was slightly delayed but …

Julian Chokkattu 2022-12-15 09:00:00 www.wired.com One of my favorite phone features in recent years is Apple’s MagSafe technology, which debuted in 2020. With a ring of magnets embedded in the back of the iPhone 12, iPhone …

Brenda Stolyar 2022-12-13 14:21:52 www.wired.com If you’ve been using iOS 16, iPadOS 16, or macOS Ventura, you’ve probably noticed that Apple wants you to collaborate on everything with your friends and family. You can now have …

Simon Lucas 2022-12-13 11:03:33 www.wired.com How exciting it must be to confidently declare your company’s latest product to be a “world’s first.” How enticing for your prospective customers, the promise of “endless playtime.” Let’s face it: …

Parker Hall 2022-12-13 09:00:00 www.wired.com Some sounds never die. Whether it’s classic rock guitarists coveting decades-old guitars and amps or Mac DeMarco messing with ’80s Casio keyboards, there’s something about vintage sounds that goes beyond nostalgia. …

Kevin Hartnett 2022-12-11 08:00:00 www.wired.com A mouse is running on a treadmill embedded in a virtual reality corridor. In its mind’s eye, it sees itself scurrying down a tunnel with a distinctive pattern of lights ahead. …

David Nield 2022-12-11 09:00:00 www.wired.com You can have the key shortcut or the onscreen button or both, so pick whatever options you’re most comfortable using. If you tap More options next to the accessibility button checkbox, …

Parker Hall 2022-12-08 08:00:00 www.wired.com Vintage guitars are expensive because most people who play guitar grew up hearing them, seeing them on TV, and dreaming of owning a real one someday. This fact has bolstered many …

Simon Hill 2022-12-06 09:00:00 www.wired.com Heating your home can be expensive. With gas prices soaring, systems like Tado’s Smart Thermostat V3+, which offer finer control and insight into your heating, look increasingly attractive. Throw in a …

Medea Giordano 2022-12-04 08:00:00 www.wired.com Importantly, it’s a solid feeder, holding 50 ounces of seeds, with a nice perch big enough for a few birds (if they don’t mind the crowding) and a roof to keep …

Haley Sprankle 2022-12-03 08:00:00 www.wired.com Subwoofers seemed elusive to me for many years—only rich people, car people, or audiophiles really dealt with them, and my family fell into none of those categories. After a lifetime of …

Simon Lucas 2022-12-02 13:00:00 www.wired.com For all that Mania seems a slightly un-Devialet product as far as looks and specification are concerned, though, the company’s ethos comes strongly back into focus when the speaker starts doing …

Julian Chokkattu 2022-12-02 07:00:00 www.wired.com I love spinning records on my turntable, but my setup doesn’t leave me much time to actually use it. My system and records currently sit in my living room next to …

David Nield 2022-11-27 07:00:00 www.wired.com By default, Google’s Gboard keyboard will try and learn the words and phrases you use to make better predictions over time. You can turn this off by opening Settings and choosing …

Medea Giordano, Gear Team 2022-11-26 07:00:00 www.wired.com Black Friday used to be a one-day sales event the Friday after Thanksgiving. People got up early to stand in line and sometimes literally fight over the last TV …

Adrienne So 2022-11-22 08:00:00 www.wired.com The FX+ 2 has a 250-watt Hydrive rear hub motor, which is the European standard. That might seem slightly underpowered to Americans looking to power up huge hills, but the bike …

Adam Speight 2022-11-22 08:00:00 www.wired.com The excellent Dell XPS 13 range has had the same look for several years now. A shakeup was most definitely in order. To align with Intel’s new 12th generation P and …

David Nield 2022-11-20 10:00:00 www.wired.com If you still want easy access to apps but find that you just have too many icons on your home screens, folders can help. To create a folder, drag an icon …

Haley Sprankle 2022-11-19 07:00:00 www.wired.com Like many finicky sleepers, I have a particular nighttime conundrum. I sleep hot—like, wake-up-sweating-in-the-middle-of-the-night hot—but I also need to snuggle down deep into my bed in order to actually fall asleep. I …