Is sleeping on your side good for you? If you’ve ever tried to consciously change your sleeping position (maybe because of a medical procedure or odd bed) you probably know it’s tough to fight your natural inclinations. The good news for side sleepers is the broad consensus among experts is that it’s at least as… Continue reading The Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers in 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Author: Wired Magazine
Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Review: Cybertruck AirPods
I used to love Samsung’s wireless earbuds. They came in all types of magical shapes and sizes, with designs that genuinely seemed to embrace the new frontier that totally portable listening devices offered. Why on earth the brand shifted course and began imitating Apple (badly) for its third generation of wireless buds, I honestly can’t… Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Review: Cybertruck AirPods
Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets
The fallout from CrowdStrike’s deleterious software update came into full view this week as system administrators and IT staffers scrambled to get digital systems back online and return operations to normal. Elsewhere, the Olympics began this week, and Paris is ready with a controversial new surveillance system that hints at a future of ubiquitous CCTV… Continue reading Stop X’s Grok AI From Training on Your Tweets
Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing
Many of yesterday’s talks were littered with the acronyms you’d expect from this assemblage of high-minded panelists: YC, FTC, AI, LLMs. But threaded throughout the conversations—foundational to them, you might say—was boosterism for open source AI. It was a stark left turn (or return, if you’re a Linux head) from the app-obsessed 2010s, when developers… Continue reading Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing
Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men
Drew Afualo is never at a loss for words. On the topic of idiot men who get a rise out of shaming women online—nitpicking them over their weight, their dress, or their body count (when it comes to sexual partners)—she, in fact, won’t shut up. It is why her fans, and detractors, keep coming back.… Continue reading Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men
2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech
The Swiss company CompPair focuses on composites with the goal of making products more repairable. Its hallmark composites rely on what CompPair calls HealTech technology to create a healable surface. The way it works is that when something gets scratched or dinged, heating up the resins that hold fibers together could soften them and let… Continue reading 2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech
Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It’s Calling Again
Steve Jobs is 28 years old, and seems a little nervous as he starts his speech to a group of designers gathered under a large tent in Aspen, Colorado. He fiddles with his bow tie and soon removes his suit jacket, dropping it to the floor when he finds no other place to set it… Continue reading Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It’s Calling Again
Teenage Engineering TX-6 Review: A Pocket-Sized Audio Mixer
At this point there’s little to say about Teenage Engineering that hasn’t been said. Every review of the sleek Swedish audio brand’s gadgets commences with a hot take that ultimately underscores the same points: While their gear is quirky and astonishingly expensive, it’s tough to hate what they’re doing when they do it so well.… Continue reading Teenage Engineering TX-6 Review: A Pocket-Sized Audio Mixer
Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
Actors in the video game industry are going on strike. On Thursday, the union representing voice and motion-capture performers announced they would be walking off the job after talks with major video game companies broke down over concerns regarding AI protections. The work stoppage is set to begin Friday. “We’re not going to consent to… Continue reading Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee
Angry T-Mobile customers have filed a class action lawsuit over the carrier’s decision to raise prices on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price guarantee. “Based upon T-Mobile’s representations that the rates offered with respect to certain plans were guaranteed to last for life or as long as the customer wanted to remain… Continue reading Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee