Sony Days of Play Sale: Consoles, Games, and More

From games to consoles to accessories, Sony PlayStation gear is heavily discounted through June 12.

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Sony Days of Play Sale: Consoles, Games, and More

From games to consoles to accessories, Sony PlayStation gear is heavily discounted through June 12.

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Google's AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That's How AI Works

Google rushed out fixes after its AI search feature made errors that went viral. Fundamental limitations of generative AI mean that it will still screw up sometimes.

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It's the AI Election Year

With over 60 countries holding elections in 2024, deepfakes and robocalls are being used to manipulate voters across the world. WIRED is tracking every instance of AI interference during this critical election year.

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Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought

Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable die to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.

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You Can Buy a Used Tesla for Cheap. Just Be Careful If You Do

As rental companies flood the market with used Teslas, look out for these telltale signs of a lemon.

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‘Largest Botnet Ever’ Tied to Billions in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds

The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes.

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I Spent an Hour in Marvel’s Apple Vision Pro 'What If...?' Experience. I’m Still Not Sure Why

The new What If…? experience for Vision Pro is a win-win for Marvel and Apple. But it’s not built for—or accessible to—everyone.

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A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own

Two ex-Facebook employees founded the nonprofit Integrity Institute to clean up tech platforms. Now it’s reeling amid fights on Slack and one founder’s resignation after an external HR investigation.

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Phil Wizard, Champion Breaker and Olympic Contender, Isn’t Convinced ‘Breakdancing’ Is a Sport

Phil Wizard, the current favorite for Olympic Gold, says it’s an art and culture first. But if you’re gonna hate, he’d like you to at least learn the proper terminology.

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'Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door' Sets the Standard for Classic Game Remakes

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door proves that using new tech to bring old visions to life (and cut down on pain points) is way more effective than a simple cash grab.

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The 27 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (June 2024)

Constellation, For All Mankind, and a Steve Martin documentary are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.

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Logitech Mevo Core Review: Dead Simple Multi-Cam Streaming

They’re expensive, but you can wirelessly connect these cube-shaped cameras into one stream and control them via Logitech’s intuitive app.

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How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.

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Anduril Is Building Out the Pentagon’s Dream of Deadly Drone Swarms

The US military aims to maintain its dominance by building autonomous attack drones that collaborate with humans and overwhelm defenses in swarms.

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Cops Are Just Trolling Cybercriminals Now

Police are using subtle psychological operations against ransomware gangs to sow distrust in their ranks—and trick them into emerging from the shadows.

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WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?!

Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into pink pineapples so you don’t have to.

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The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum

Increasing solar activity over the next year could bring more opportunities to see fantastic displays of the northern lights.

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How Many Charging Stations Would We Need to Totally Replace Gas Stations?

The United States could fully transition to electric vehicles in about 20 years. When that happens, we’re going to need a lot of chargers.

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Shockbuster Season: Why the Death of the Summer Movie Is a Good Thing

It’s been nearly 50 years since Jaws and Star Wars turned summer moviegoing into an endless parade of family-friendly fandom flicks. This year promises something blessedly more bleak.

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US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape

This year has seen wind farm costs rise and many projects canceled as developers struggle with opaque regulations and determined opposition—but the industry is far from dead.

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The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town

Las Barrancas, in the state of Veracruz, has struggled for 10 years against the rising Gulf of Mexico waters. Its best hope may lie in mangrove trees.

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Mexico Is So Hot, Monkeys Are Falling to Their Death From Trees

Authorities and conservation groups are investigating the deaths of dozens of howler monkeys in Tabasco, where extreme heat and land-use change appear to be threatening the vulnerable species.

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The 18 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (May 2024)

The Idea of You, Road House, and Bottoms are just a few of the movies you should be watching Amazon Prime Video this week.

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Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly

“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws.

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Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen

The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual.

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The 30 Best Movies on Hulu This Week (May 2024)

The Contestant, Rushmore, and Sideways are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

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Biden's New Import Rules Will Hit Ebike Batteries Too

The tariffs’ effects on the bike industry are still up in the air.

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Drivers Are Rising Up Against Uber’s ‘Opaque’ Pay System

In London, Uber drivers are protesting a new payment system that they say makes it impossible to understand the algorithms that decide how much they get paid.

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Kia EV3 Electric SUV: Range, Price, Specs, Release Date

The electric five-passenger SUV not only has an impressive maximum range, it also comes with Kia’s new generative AI voice assistant.

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Kia EV3 Electric SUV: Range, Price, Specs, Release Date

The electric five-passenger SUV not only has an impressive maximum range, it also comes with Kia’s new generative AI voice assistant.

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15 Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online (2024)

We've spent months and years testing dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, and certified organic mattresses.

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/e/OS Review: This Operating System Is Better Than Android. You Should Try It

Even if you aren’t technically inclined, this privacy-first mobile operating system helps you escape surveillance capitalism.

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A Far-Right Indian News Site Posts Racist Conspiracies. US Tech Companies Keep Platforming It

OpIndia claims “Islamophobia does not exist.” A new report shared exclusively with WIRED finds Google’s programmatic ads are running next to its content.

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The 36 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now

Black Twitter: A People’s History, Shōgun, and Under the Bridge are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.

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I Make AI Models to Sell Real People Clothes

Working at an AI modeling agency means teaching pixels to smize—and filtering out the people with three heads.

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10 Best Deals From the Discover Samsung Sale: TVs, Smartphones, Headphones

During Samsung’s seasonal sale event, you can save on Galaxy smartphones and smartwatches, Frame TVs, and more.

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10 Best Deals From the Discover Samsung Sale: TVs, Smartphones, Headphones

During Samsung’s seasonal sale event, you can save on Galaxy smartphones and smartwatches, Frame TVs, and more.

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Craig Wright Lied About Creating Bitcoin And Faked Evidence, Judge Rules

A UK judge has determined that Craig Wright forged evidence in a campaign to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, in a move that prevents him from bringing further lawsuits in the UK.

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How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google’s Search Results

Maybe you don’t want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here’s how to make them vanish.

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How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google’s Search Results

Maybe you don’t want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here’s how to make them vanish.

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Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve

India’s elections are a glimpse of the AI-driven future of democracy. Politicians are using audio and video deepfakes of themselves to reach voters—who may have no idea they’ve been talking to a clone.

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Freewrite Alpha Review: For People Who Just Want to Get Stuff Done

We mischievously asked our reviewer to use nothing but this distraction-free keyboard computer with virtually no display for a whole week. Annoyingly, he loved it.

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Freewrite Alpha Review: For People Who Just Want to Get Stuff Done

We mischievously asked our reviewer to use nothing but this distraction-free keyboard computer with virtually no display for a whole week. Annoyingly, he loved it.

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The Complex Social Lives of Viruses

New research has uncovered a social world full of cheating, cooperation, and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community.

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Logitech Pro X 60 Keyboard Review: Best, Brightest, and Now Smaller

This is a 60 percent keyboard with most of the perks of larger, more spacious boards.

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Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

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The 46 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (May 2024)

Dead Boy Detectives, Chicken Nugget, and Ripley are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.

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How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections

WIRED talked to political streamer Hasan Piker about Joe Biden, the youth vote, and his advocacy for Gaza.

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The 35 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now

Hacks, The Jinx, and Conan O’Brien Must Go are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.

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Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is Approved

After anti-Tesla activists clashed with police in Germany last week, local councillors today backed Elon Musk’s plan to make Tesla’s only European gigafactory even bigger

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Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia's Prime Minister

A seemingly coordinated campaign playing out across X, Telegram, and state-run media, blames Ukraine for the attempted assassination of Robert Fico—something for which there is no evidence.

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11 Best All-Clad Cookware Deals Right Now (Spring 2024)

All-Clad makes some of the best—and priciest—cookware you can buy. These discounts will help you invest for less.

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Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots

The emotional mimicry of OpenAI’s new version of ChatGPT could lead AI assistants in some strange—even dangerous—directions.

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Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2024

New iPads are here. We break down Apple’s current lineup to help you figure out which one of Apple's tablets is best for you.

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Astra Is Google's ‘Multimodal’ Answer to the New ChatGPT

Google's new voice-operated AI assistant, called Astra, can make sense of what your phone’s camera sees. It was announced one day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT.

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With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past

Google’s new upgrades to Gemini and Circle to Search offer a look at how the operating system might change and revolve around artificial intelligence.

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The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died

The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.

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Top Features in Apple’s iOS 17 and iPadOS 17: Compatible Devices, Updates

Apple just rolled out iOS 17.5 to iPhones and iPads. Here are the latest features, including the addition of alerts for third-party Bluetooth trackers.

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OpenAI's GPT-4o Model Gives ChatGPT a Snappy, Flirty Upgrade

Prepare for ChatGPT to get more emotional. OpenAI demonstrated upgrades that make the chatbot capable of snappier conversations, and showed the AI helper picking up on and expressing emotional cues

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Generative AI Doesn’t Make Hardware Less Hard

Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT.

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Welcome to the Laser Wars

Amid a rising tide of adversary drones and missile attacks, laser weapons are finally poised to enter the battlefield.

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These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.

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The Best Sheets (2024): Linen, Percale, and Budget Bedding

Which material should you buy? Percale or linen? We tested dozens of sheets to find our favorites and break it all down.

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An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by Mercedes

Compared to the usual EV power plants, axial-flux motors are smaller and lighter, and have more torque. But they're hard to make at scale. Now Mercedes is bringing them to the masses.

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An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by Mercedes

Compared to the usual EV power plants, axial-flux motors are smaller and lighter, and have more torque. But they're hard to make at scale. Now Mercedes is bringing them to the masses.

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NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun

The outer layers of the sun’s atmosphere are a blistering million degrees hotter than its surface. NASA sent a probe to find out why—by getting closer to the star than ever before.

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What to Expect at Google I/O 2024, and How to Watch It

The annual developer conference kicks off with a keynote address on Tuesday. Look out for updates on Android, Search, and Assistant, plus a whole lot of AI news.

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The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm

Three bursts of charged particles ejected from the sun have merged into a wave that could lead to brilliant auroras being visible from Moscow to Oklahoma City.

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‘Hades 2’: Our 8 Best Tips to Get You Started

Our beginner’s guide to Hades II, currently in early access, includes advice to help you out during the opening hours of Supergiant’s sequel.

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‘Hades 2’: Our 8 Best Tips to Get You Started

Our beginner’s guide to Hades II, currently in early access, includes advice to help you out during the opening hours of Supergiant’s sequel.

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Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery Just Reinvented Cable

The two companies have announced a bundle that combines, Disney+, Hulu, and Max. This is maybe not the response to #DontStreamOnMax that fans wanted.

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Elon Musk's Neuralink Had a Brain Implant Setback. It May Come Down to Design

Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more prone to failure.

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The 60 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now

Let It Be, Poor Things, and Taylor Swift: The Era’s Tour (Taylor’s Version) are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

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City Trees Save Lives

Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.

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How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning at the same time. Just how rare is each condition?

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OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn

OpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.

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Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil

An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.

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FCC Closes ‘Fast Lane’ Loophole in Final Net Neutrality Order

The agency released a final order clarifying that pay-to-play internet "fast lanes" for consumers violate its net neutrality rules. It also guarantees the new rules won't preempt state broadband affordability programs.

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OpenAI Offers an Olive Branch to Artists Wary of Feeding AI Algorithms

ChatGPT developer OpenAI says that artists and other content owners will be able to request that their work be excluded from use in AI development. Many details of the scheme remain unclear.

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Met Gala Deepfakes Are Flooding Social Media

AI-generated images of Katy Perry, Rihanna, and more celebrities in Met Gala refinement took over X and other platforms Monday night.

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How to Watch the Boeing Starliner Launch

Boeing’s first ever human-crewed spacecraft is launching tonight. You can watch it live right here.

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How to Watch the Boeing Starliner Launch

Boeing’s first ever human-crewed spacecraft is launching tonight. You can watch it live right here.

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Boeing's Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space

Seven years behind schedule, on Monday Starliner will send two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do.

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Ethereum’s Cofounder Says SEC Is ‘Gaslighting’ Everyone About Crypto

Joe Lubin cofounded Ethereum. Now his company is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission, and he says the future of the internet is at stake.

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Vodafone Pro II Ultra Hub Review: Wi-Fi 6E With 4G Backup

ISP-supplied routers are improving as Vodafone offers the Wi-Fi 6E Ultra Hub with backup mobile network service in the UK.

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Vodafone Pro II Ultra Hub Review: Wi-Fi 6E With 4G Backup

ISP-supplied routers are improving as Vodafone offers the Wi-Fi 6E Ultra Hub with backup mobile network service in the UK.

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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.

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An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits

Mathematicians think abstract tools from a field called symplectic geometry might help with planning missions to far-off moons and planets.

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25 Great Gifts for Mom: Ideas for the Mother in Your Life (2024)

There are many kinds of mothers, but these are our favorite picks for the WIRED mom in your life.

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What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?

On Star Wars Day, we use some basic physics to measure the power of the Force. It’s strong!

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Rabbit R1 Review: Skip This AI-Powered Hardware Assistant

You probably shouldn't follow this rabbit down the rabbit hole.

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Automakers Want AM Radios Out of Cars. Congress Is About to Require Them

A popular bill will force car companies to put AM radios in vehicles at no extra charge, despite decreasing interest from drivers and potential electromagnetic interference.

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Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?

A US judge who will decide Google’s fate in a historic antitrust trial suggested it was “odd” for the company to say it has the best search engine but also pay Apple billions to lock out rivals.

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Want to Buy a Decommissioned Supercomputer? Here’s Your Chance

There’s still time left to bid for a 145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer that was once the 20th most powerful computer in the world.

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Want to Buy a Decommissioned Supercomputer? Here’s Your Chance

There’s still time left to bid for a 145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer that was once the 20th most powerful computer in the world.

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The 21 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (May 2024)

Argylle, Mad Max: Fury Road, Napoleon, and a documentary about Billie Eilish are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.

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Inside Ukraine’s Killer-Drone Startup Industry

Ukraine needs small drones to combat Russian forces—and is bootstrapping its own industry at home.

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As Questions Swirl Around Tesla’s Superchargers, the Race Is On to Fill the Power Gap

The company's decision to eliminate the team building its charging infrastructure comes at a delicate time for the EV industry. Other players are eager to pick up where Tesla left off.

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As Questions Swirl Around Tesla's Superchargers, the Race Is On to Fill the Power Gap

The company's decision to eliminate the team building its charging infrastructure comes at a delicate time for the EV industry. Other players are eager to pick up where Tesla left off.

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How Sidechat Fanned the Flames of University Campus Protests

Amidst tensions about free speech on university campuses and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, anonymous social media app Sidechat has become a hotbed of vile rhetoric.

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