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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.
Boone Ashworth
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.
Julian Chokkattu
The Best Folding Phones
Ready to move on from the traditional glass slab? Introduce a hinge into your life with these folding smartphones.
Julian Chokkattu
Give Your Back a Break With Our Favorite Office Chairs
Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats.
Julian Chokkattu
The Best Zojirushi Rice Cookers
The popular brand of rice cooker offers a large lineup of options—we help you choose which one is right for your kitchen.
Joe Ray
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.
Stephanie Pearson
The New Beats Pill Is a Serious Contender in a Crowded Field
Beats’ resurrected Pill speaker is bolder, brawnier, and better than ever.
Ryan Waniata
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.
Adrienne So
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.
Julian Chokkattu
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.
Molly Higgins
Samsung Coupon and Promo Codes (July 2024)
WIRED has the best deals to save on your favorite Samsung products.
Molly Higgins
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.
Julian Chokkattu
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.
Scott Gilbertson and Gear Team
Connect Wireless Headphones to Your TV to Watch Movies and Shows in Peace
You don’t have to stop watching when everyone else does.
David Nield
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.
Michael Calore and Boone Ashworth
You Can Actually Use a Chromebook Offline. Here’s How
The always-online laptop doesn’t really have to always be online.
David Nield
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.
Nicole Kinning
Cars Are Now Rolling Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates? Automakers Can’t Say
Phones are supported well beyond their average ownership lifetime. In stark contrast, automakers are struggling to work out how long their “smartphones on wheels” can be kept on the road.
Aarian Marshall
Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Everywhere. This Company Thinks It Has the Secret to Making Them High-End
Now that it’s possible to grow affordable gems in the time it takes to watch a movie, the race is on to save the value of the most precious stone.
Chris Hall
The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV
This summer’s Games are going to look bigger and better and louder than ever, thanks to key innovations in the broadcast booth and in the cloud.
Boone Ashworth
The Sensations of Slime Are Serious Business
Slime and ASMR have a symbiotic relationship, and the twin phenomena are fueling a cottage industry of slime, slime content, slime products, and slime experiences.
Nicole Gull McElroy
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.
Adrienne So
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.
Julian Chokkattu
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.
Riccardo Piccolo
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.
Adrienne So
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.
Lauren Goode and Michael Calore
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.
WIRED Staff
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.
Michael Calore
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.
Michael Calore and Lauren Goode
Product Review
Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7x Dishes Out Good Performance for a Reasonable Price
Christopher Null
Product Review
The ROG Ally X Wins Most Improved Player, but Windows Still Gets in the Way
Eric Ravenscraft
price is right
Prison Phone Call Fees Are Out of Control. The FCC Can Finally Rein Them In
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica