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Save on Smartwatches, Smart Rings, and Wearables Before Prime Day Ends
Some of our favorite wearables are at their lowest prices yet. Here are the Prime Day deals worth grabbing.
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Your Cat Doesn’t Know Prime Day Ends Tonight. You Do
Make the most of the final hours with deals on pet tech I’ve tested and would recommend for your home.
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My 5 Favorite Laptops Are Deeply Discounted for Prime Day
My favorite MacBook, gaming PC, and budget laptop are all on sale for Prime Day, some at the lowest prices I’ve seen in months.
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You Probably Aren’t Going to Get the Plague
The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.
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Jaguar Finally Reveals Its Biggest Gamble: the Type 01
Following a viral rebrand and two years without selling a new vehicle, the British marque takes the covers off the most divisive electric car yet seen.
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OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again
“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.
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The Best Prime Day Upgrade for Your Family Is a Digital Wall Calendar
Digital wall calendars can organize multiple family calendars, meal plans, chores, and to-do lists, and even double as a digital photo frame. And best of all, they’re on sale.
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My 5 Favorite Laptops Are Deeply Discounted for Prime Day
My favorite MacBook, gaming PC, and budget laptop are all on sale for Prime Day, some at the lowest prices I’ve seen in months.
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‘Mike Rogers Is Watching You’: New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance Support
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle.
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We’re Vetting October Prime Day Deals Live—Follow Along Here
Follow along as WIRED’s reviewers track the best Amazon Prime Day deals in real time.
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I’ve Tested Countless Smart Home Gadgets. These Are the Prime Day Deals I’d Go For
The right gadgets can make your house feel smarter. After extensive testing and price checks, these are the Prime Day smart home deals worth bagging.
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These Excellent Yeti Prime Day Deals Will Sell Out Fast
Snag some new Yeti gear in your choice of eye-popping colors while supplies last (which won't won't be long).
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I’m Tracking the Best Prime Day Mattress and Bedding Deals
From Birch’s organic mattress to my favorite cooling sheets, these are the Amazon Prime Day discounts worth a look.
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There’s a Great Sale on the Indoor Garden That Gives Me Fresh Herbs Through the Winter
This countertop garden lets you start herbs from seed, with no proprietary pods required.
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Save on Smartwatches, Smart Rings, and Wearables With These Prime Day Deals
Some of our favorite wearables are at their lowest prices yet. Here are the Prime Day deals worth grabbing.
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‘Artificial’ Roasts AI’s Creators—and Sends a Dark Warning About Its Dangers
From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessness.
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Everybody’s Favorite Art TV Is Nearly Half Off Right Now
Samsung’s The Frame is the leading art TV for a reason. The matte display makes paintings look like museum pieces, not a glossy screensaver.
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The Ultra-Slim GamerCard Isn’t Ready to Play
This pocket-size Raspberry Pi handheld has a fantastic retro-ready screen, but awful controls and awkward software deal it a losing hand.
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Prime Day Is Here—These Are the Deals Worth Buying
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days are here and we’ve tracked down the best discounts on all the gear our team recommends.
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A New Neurotech Startup Launches to Rival Sam Altman’s Merge Labs
Bridge Neurotech is planning to build a wearable brain-computer interface that uses ultrasound.
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Our Go-To Over-Ear Headphones Are at Their Lowest Price for Prime Day
The Nothing Headphone (1) is one of my favorites for its stylish design, tactile on-ear controls, and fun sound. It’s over $100 off for Prime Day.
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Apple AirPods Max 2 Are $120 Off Right Now
They’re the best over-ear headphones for Apple loyalists, and over 20 percent off at multiple retailers right now.
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Kevin Roose Didn’t Use AI to Write His Book About AI
The author of “The AGI Chronicles” says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”
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The Best Prime Day Soundbars Deals to Instantly Upgrade Your Audio
A soundbar is the easiest way to upgrade your home entertainment setup. Grab one of our favorites on sale during October Prime Day.
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My Favorite Portable Power Station Is at Its Lowest Price Ever
The Bluetti Elite 300, my favorite portable power station, is on sale, and it’s perfect if you want to go off-grid or have a backup at home.
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Bose Wants to Be the Headphone King Again. Does This New Release Take the Crown?
Bose’s sequel to the QuietComfort Headphones is incredibly comfortable and has excellent noise-canceling, but those traits are no longer enough to beat the competition.
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Your Cat Won’t Appreciate These Prime Day Deals, but You Will
My favorite pet tech can handle feeding, help with litter duty, and let you check in while you’re away.
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I Enjoyed Driving a Ridiculous-Looking Solar-Powered Scooter, and You Can Too
Otherlab’s Lightfoot looks like a box on wheels, but this head-turning urban scooter is designed to go farther thanks to the power of the sun.
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Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China
With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.
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The Internet Runs on Cats and Porn. It’s About to Get Cattier and Pornier
Soon, hundreds of new top-level domains, including .meow and .fart, could be added to the internet. WIRED goes inside the backroom shenanigans of ICANN, the organization at the helm.
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The MacBook Air Is $200 Off During Prime Day, the Cheapest It’s Been Since June
At $1,099, the MacBook Air is $200 off its retail price for Prime Day, its lowest price in months.
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Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever
Under 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are formed.
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Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary
Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long “Musk” paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.
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Here’s Why Staples Should Be Your Go-To for Holiday Photos and Last-Minute Gifts
Staples’s printing service offers fast pickup and in-store experts who can help you get your family photos, novelty gifts, and business documents looking exactly how you want.
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Omega Has New Bond Watches Even if There Isn’t a New James Bond
With no new 007 actor named and no film in the near future, Omega has had to get creative to keep its lucrative spy-watch train running.
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A Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!
As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”
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I Look Forward to Stepping on This Smart Scale Every Week
After months of testing, Withings’ BodyScan 2 has made me rethink how much a bathroom weigh-in can tell me.
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Cheap Gifts, Good Taste: WIRED-Tested Picks Under $25
We found genuinely good presents for home cooks, teens, coffee lovers, and the person who already has everything.
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Meta’s New Gen 3 Smart Glasses Are Mostly Familiar
Meta and Ray-Ban’s new smart glasses have slightly better batteries and mics. And yes, they still have cameras.
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Elusive ‘Geoneutrinos’ Are Building a New Map of Earth’s Volatile Interior
A global network of detectors are reporting some of the most substantial measurements yet of neutrinos created deep underground by the radioactive elements that power our planet’s tectonic activity.
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Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.
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Keurig’s New Alta System Could Signal the End for the Disposable K-Cup
Keurig is ready to ditch the K-Cup with a compostable and plastic- and aluminum-free coffee pod, but the price is steep.
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The Nvidia Shield TV Is 7 Years Old. It Just Got a $100 Price Hike
The price of anything with memory is skyrocketing thanks to AI. Aging streaming devices are no exception.
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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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How to Collect CDs
Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have.
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The Mosquito-Fighting Gear Worth Trying—and What to Skip
I tested portable repellents, yard-wide systems, traps, and more. Some kept mosquitoes away; others mostly caught moths.
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A Decade-Long Experiment Is Unlocking the Mysteries of the Ocean’s ‘Deep Reefs’
Scientists left structures up to 100 meters under the surface. Here’s what they found when they retrieved them 10 years later.
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Top Klook Promo Code: 25% Off October
Maximize your travel budget with our expert guide to finding Klook coupons, app-exclusive deals, and payment discounts on tours, hotels, and transport.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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This Shoe Company’s Instagram Ad With a Frat Is Pissing People Off
A collaborative Instagram post between footwear line HEYDUDE and a University of Florida frat is sparking backlash due to sexual cyberharassment allegations against two former members.