Cecilia D'Anastasio 2021-01-16 07:00:00 www.wired.com Courtesy of RealBreakingNateIf you didn’t own Pokémon Snap, you could play a short demo of it on the Pokémon Snap Station and print out photos of some minor Pokémon celebrities. Once Pokémon Stadium came…
Rhett Allain 2021-01-16 08:00:00 www.wired.com This data looks nice and linear. That means that the inner and outer planets orbit at a constant rotational rate (which is expected). The angular velocity is defined as the change in angular position…
David Nield 2021-01-13 08:00:00 www.wired.com If you have Amazon devices as part of your smart home, there's a new service on the block you should be aware of—and as usual, there are both potential benefits and potential privacy implications…
Viviane Callier 2021-01-10 09:00:00 www.wired.com Maybe the question isn’t why the aggregates form in disease, but why they don’t form in healthy cells. “One of the things I often ask in group meetings is: Why is the cell not…
David Nield 2021-01-10 07:00:00 www.wired.com Try to count how many subscriptions you have. Not just streaming services—everything you pay for on a regular basis. We're willing to bet you might miss one or two on the first try. The…
Rhett Allain 2021-01-09 07:00:00 www.wired.com This acceleration is for any change in velocity. It doesn't matter if the object is increasing or decreasing in speed—it's still an acceleration. If you know the acceleration for something, you can find the…
Parker Hall 2020-12-27 09:00:00 www.wired.com As others have noted, I did find the peak brightness of this TV to be darker than that of more expensive OLEDs as well, at least in the factory “calibrated” mode. This problem is…
David Nield 2020-12-20 07:00:00 www.wired.com When it comes to minimizing distractions during the day, we usually think of smartphone notifications: Those pings and buzzes that pull us out of whatever we were doing and demand we turn our attention…
Whitson Gordon 2020-12-19 08:00:00 www.wired.com Once you figure out what kind of port your laptop has, the rest is easy: fire up Amazon and search for a ____-to-HDMI cable or _____-to-HDMI adapter, filling in your laptop's port type. For…
Eric Ravenscraft 2020-12-15 07:00:00 www.wired.com The Jackbox Party Packs are, collectively, a great collection of mini games that can liven up any party. Individually, though, they can often be a bit of a mess. Some of the packs have…
Eric Niiler 2020-12-14 06:00:00 www.wired.com There are some special places on Earth that scientists are pretty sure will yield new species when they manage to get there. The deepest parts of the ocean, for example, or remote islands that…
Christopher Null 2020-12-14 07:00:00 www.wired.com Wireless mobile device charging is a cool idea and all, but there’s one big problem with it: You still have to have something on your desk or table to actually provide the charging power.Wireless…
Jesse Klein 2020-12-11 08:00:00 www.wired.com The Dolan Fire ended up consuming 124,924 acres of Los Padres National Forest and killed 11 condors, 10 percent of the Big Sur flock. (Ultimately, the Ventana team released 17 condors this year in…
Reece Rogers 2020-12-10 08:00:00 www.wired.com In the immortal words of Arthur the Aardvark, “Havin’ fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!”But how much fun can you really have with a library card? Turns out, more than I…
Joe Ray 2020-12-09 09:00:00 www.wired.com I'm not terribly monogamous when it comes to following recipes. I might get inspired to roast a chicken reading Edna Lewis or Julia Child, then borrow a technique from Cook's Illustrated and Judy Rogers,…
George Yang 2020-12-08 18:16:42 www.wired.com 2020 has been one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, but at least, in a few days, the most anticipated game of the year will come out. That game, Cyberpunk 2077, has…
Rhett Allain 2020-12-07 09:00:00 www.wired.com The torque in this case depends on three variables: the magnitude of the force (F), the distance between the force and the point about which you want to calculate the torque (often called the…
David Nield 2020-12-06 07:00:00 www.wired.com (Chrome, Edge)Google is fine, up to a point, but Wolfram|Alpha beats it in all kinds of areas—from mathematical equations and algebra to cultural history and entertainment. It does conversions and calculations, physics queries, and…
Joe Ray 2020-12-03 09:00:00 www.wired.com I remember my first-ever use of an immersion blender. I put its spinning blades directly into a pot full of cooked potatoes, onions, and leeks and removed it moments later, leaving behind a silky…
Matt Simon 2020-12-02 14:00:00 www.wired.com Duncan and Davies actually cobbled together two generations of electronic bottles. Their first generation of devices, the ones that sailed along the Ganges, had plenty of cell towers to ping along the way, so…
Will Knight 2020-12-02 07:00:00 www.wired.com In September 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued its first-ever warning for an attack on a commercial artificial intelligence algorithm.Security researchers had devised a way to attack a Proofpoint product that…
Christopher Null 2020-12-02 08:00:00 www.wired.com Research has long shown that using multiple computer monitors can considerably improve your productivity, but the world’s inexorable shift toward mobility has complicated that calculus. For most, a multi-monitor setup usually means being tethered…
Whitson Gordon 2020-12-01 09:00:00 www.wired.com Console gaming is starting to look more and more like Netflix: Instead of buying a disc at the store and popping it in at home, subscription services from Sony and Microsoft allow you to…
David Nield 2020-12-01 08:00:00 www.wired.com Apple is very keen that you should use its photo storage service—and its music service, and its mapping service, and its messaging service—rather than anyone else's, and there aren't really any options to get…
Louryn Strampe, Gear Team 2020-11-30 16:39:00 www.wired.com Specs: Intel Core i7 CPU, GeForce GPU, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSDThe 15-inch XPS isn't as svelte and portable as the 13-inch, but along with the larger, heavier form factor comes…
Matt Simon 2020-11-30 08:00:00 www.wired.com Normally, the shrubs and grasses of the tundra trap snow in the winter, and keep it from blowing around the landscape. But as temperatures rise, taller shrub species are becoming more abundant, trapping thicker…
Scott Gilbertson, Gear Team 2020-11-29 19:00:00 www.wired.com Specs: Intel Core i5 CPU, GTX 1050 GPU, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSDWith a 10th-generation Core i5 processor and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1050 (3 GB) graphics card, this laptop will handle…
Julian Chokkattu, Gear Team 2020-11-29 15:00:47 www.wired.com There are better phones, even at this discounted price (like the Google Pixel 4A 5G), but if you want to stick with Samsung, the A71 5G is solid. It runs well, delivers…
Parker Hall, Gear Team 2020-11-28 06:54:00 www.wired.com The Bose Home Speaker 500 is a fantastic Alexa-powered speaker, but it's more spendy than our other favorite smart speakers. That said, it's a pretty great deal right now, and looks really…
Adrienne So, Gear Team 2020-11-28 08:00:00 www.wired.com Enjoying our parks and public lands is how thousands of Americans, including myself, are introduced to wilderness and grow to love it. The Parks Project sells merchandise, works with artists, and raises…
Scott Gilbertson, Gear Team 2020-11-28 04:15:00 www.wired.com With a 10th-generation Core i5 processor and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1050 (3 GB) graphics card, this laptop will handle popular games without breaking a sweat.Dell G3 15-Inch for $850 ($110 off)Dell StoreSpecs:…
Matt Jancer, Gear Team 2020-11-27 22:43:00 www.wired.com Solo Stoves are more efficient wood-burners than traditional campfires, emitting less smoke and leaving less ash behind. We reviewed a similar version recently if you want to learn more, but the Bonfire…
Julian Chokkattu, Gear Team 2020-11-27 18:59:00 www.wired.com Want a stylus with your phone? Samsung makes the best one (nearly the only one). The massive Note 20 Ultra (8/10, WIRED Recommends) has a sprawling 6.9-inch screen, and the S Pen…