Buying Guide
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
Express Yourself With the Best AirPods Cases
From a can of Spam to a mini suitcase, these are our favorite ways to disguise (and protect) Apple’s wireless earbuds and over-the-ear headphones.
Brenda Stolyar and Adrienne So
The Best Sex Machines for Solo, Couple, or Long-Distance Playtime
If you’re going to invest in toys to enhance your sex life, why not go big?
Eric Ravenscraft
The Best Barefoot Shoes for Walking or Running
Our favorite zero-drop, minimalist footwear will let you feel the ground beneath your feet.
Scott Gilbertson
The Best Laptop Stands to Save Your Achin’ Neck
Raising your computer screen is a simple fix for healthier posture. These stands, lap desks, mats, and risers may help.
Medea Giordano
Coros’s Solar-Powered GPS Bike Computer Can Run Forever and a Day
Coros’ debut cycling gadget has a battery life that beats all comers.
Stephanie Pearson
The Elgato Prompter Finally Solved My Script-Reading Problem
Elgato has built the simplest way to read from scripts while recording for YouTube.
Eric Ravenscraft
Samsung’s Copilot+ PC Wins in Power and Has the Battery to Back It Up
Slick, svelte, and sharp. This is the best-performing Copilot+ PC we’ve tested to date.
Christopher Null
Lenovo’s Latest Yoga 9i Doesn’t Change Much, but That’s a Good Thing
This 2-in-1 machine is lightweight, has a screen that flips, and packs excellent speakers.
Christopher Null
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
How to Create Your Own Browser Extension
This DIY coding project can add useful utility to Chrome, Firefox, or your daily web browser.
David Nield
The Top New Features Coming to Apple’s iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
Apple Intelligence has arrived in the iOS 18.1 developer beta, bringing features like the updated Siri and Writing Tools. Here’s how to access it, plus the top new features in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.
Julian Chokkattu
How to Buy an Air Purifier: A Step-by-Step Guide
Know thy room—you're fitting your space with an air purifier, not the other way around.
Lisa Wood Shapiro
You’re Probably Using Your Air Purifier Wrong
Placement, filter maintenance, and learning about your air purifier’s settings are all part of good air hygiene.
Lisa Wood Shapiro
Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates?
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
Nothing’s New AI Widget Is Trying to Make Its CFO a News Star
The company has bafflingly turned to its head of finance to be the unlikely voice of its irreverent news app—now available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus.
Julian Chokkattu
Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn’t help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.
Boone Ashworth
Lime’s New Rideshare Ebikes Are More Approachable—Throttle and All
The LimeGlider and LimeBike, currently in pilot programs, have smaller frames and wheels and are equipped with throttles.
Julian Chokkattu
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 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
HP’s New Elitebook Laptop Has the Best Battery of All Copilot+ PCs We’ve Tested
Christopher Null