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A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech

Pole vaulting is a spectacular, dangerous sport. Modern poles could be drastically improved to make them more reliable, with healable tech being developed that could also be used in surfing and cycling.

The Best Cheap Phones for Almost Every Budget

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $150 to $500—stood up to WIRED’s testing.

Take Cannondale's Brawny Electric Mountain Bike up Some Big-Ass Mountains

This lightweight, full-power electric mountain bike was born to take on long uphills and wide open spaces.

The New Beats Pill Is a Serious Contender in a Crowded Field

Beats’ resurrected Pill speaker is bolder, brawnier, and better than ever.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Isn’t an Apple Watch Ultra Dupe … Yet

Samsung’s premium outdoor fitness watch has basic navigation features and measures your metabolism.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold6 and Flip6 Are Impressive as Ever, but Competition Is Fierce

Six years on, these super-refined folding phones feel like they’re losing their edge.

Coupon Code: 15 Percent off SHED RAIN Umbrellas

WIRED has teamed up with umbrella-maker SHED RAIN for an exclusive 15 percent off discount code.

Samsung Coupon and Promo Codes (July 2024)

WIRED has the best deals to save on your favorite Samsung products.

Missed Out on Prime Day? These 155 Deals Are Still Going Strong

You can still snag many of the same Prime Day deals on security cameras, hair straighteners, and iPads—though these discounts are quickly disappearing.

There's Still Time to Shop The 313 Absolute Best Prime Day Deals

We've been watching, and these deals are going fast. From laptops and tablets to Airpods and Echo dots, grab the best Prime Day deals before it's too late.

Connect Wireless Headphones to Your TV to Watch Movies and Shows in Peace

You don’t have to stop watching when everyone else does.

How to Watch the 2024 Summer Olympics

This time around, it will be much easier to watch the games you want, live or on-demand.

You Can Actually Use a Chromebook Offline. Here’s How

The always-online laptop doesn’t really have to always be online.

How to Buy a Sleep Mask

Sleep masks offer a range of benefits, including deeper and more restful sleep, but there are many styles on the market. We'll help you navigate the options.

Sonos Admits Its Recent App Update Was a Colossal Mistake

Owners of the company’s wireless speakers will have to endure the pain of broken software for several more months.

The Time Is Right for a Folding iPhone

If Apple really does come out with a foldable smartphone, it’ll be late to the party—but will somehow arrive just as the real fun is starting.

Why Paris 2024 Olympic Athletes Are Sleeping on Cardboard Beds

The competitors’ bedroom furniture is simply stiff paper, along with coffee tables made from badminton shuttlecocks and ottomans made from parachute fabric. And as for durability, this gear can go the distance.

What Climber Jesse Grupper Is Bringing to the Olympics

If you want to climb like a champ, this is the forearm massager, climbing shoes, and ice vest (hello, climate change) that you need.

The Hugely Important Ocean Current You’ve Never Heard Of

This week, we learn about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and how the failure of this critical ocean current could throw the world’s climate even further into crisis.

The Blurred Reality of AI’s ‘Human-Washing’

This week, we examine the trend among generative AI chatbots to flirt, stammer, and try to make us believe they’re human—a development that some researchers say crosses an ethical line.

Semaglutide for the People

This week, we learn how easy it is to buy cloned Ozempic on the internet, and we explore what the latest research is revealing about how GLP-1 drugs affect our bodies.

The Future of Vaping After the Fall of Juul

This week, we talk to the hosts of the new podcast Backfired about how the e-cigarette industry got to where it is today and where it can go from here.