Author: Wired Magazine

Best Bed Frames (2023): Easy Assembly, Fabric, Wood, and Metal

There comes a pivotal time in every adult’s life when they finally upgrade from hand-me-downs. A bed frame might seem like something you can go without, but not only can they upgrade the look of your room, but they can also help your mattress last longer. We’ve put a few frames through their paces over… Continue reading Best Bed Frames (2023): Easy Assembly, Fabric, Wood, and Metal

8 Best Sunrise Alarm Clocks (2023): Homelabs, Philips, Casper

Alarms clocks and I have a damaged relationship. Friends notice me wince every time I’m watching a movie and a character’s alarm blares them awake with all of the subtlety and gentleness of an aircraft carrier slamming into the sun. And don’t get me started about how, when I was a kid, my dad would… Continue reading 8 Best Sunrise Alarm Clocks (2023): Homelabs, Philips, Casper

Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan

WIRED broke the news on Wednesday that SoundThinking, the company behind the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is acquiring some assets—including patents, customers, and employees—from the firm Geolitica, which developed the notorious predictive policing software PredPol. WIRED also exclusively reported this week that the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center is calling on the US Justice Department to… Continue reading Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan

House of Marley Stir It Up Lux Review (2023): Made for Beginners

I’ve NEver set up a turntable before. Sure, I’ve used some, but they were all-in-ones that had speakers and preamps built in, and I had friends who set up the arm balance. A fully fledged turntable setup has always sounded intimidating to me. A touch of fear didn’t stop me from trying, though. The House… Continue reading House of Marley Stir It Up Lux Review (2023): Made for Beginners

Lego Is a Company Haunted by Its Own Plastic

“In the future, they should not make these kinds of announcements until they actually do it,” says Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics. Global plastic production has been projected to double in the next 20 years, according to the World Economic Forum, and yet in the US, for example, advocates claim that the vast majority… Continue reading Lego Is a Company Haunted by Its Own Plastic

New York Needs to Get Spongier—or Get Used to More Floods

Two years after the remnants of Hurricane Ian dumped up to 10 inches of rain on New York City in just two hours, the metropolis is once again inundated today by extreme rainfall. It is one of the many cities worldwide grappling with a counterintuitive effect of climate change: Sometimes, it will get wetter, not… Continue reading New York Needs to Get Spongier—or Get Used to More Floods

New York City Is Drowning

New York and the surrounding areas are under a flash flood warning, and the city and state have issued emergency declarations. Parts of Brooklyn received more than 5 inches of rain this morning; Central Park and Midtown Manhattan had around 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Trains were stalled or suspended. Students were… Continue reading New York City Is Drowning

The Animated TV Show You Never See

Animated comedies told from a Black perspective have an uncomfortable relationship with TV. The Boondocks relied on sharp observational humor as proof of its genius. The PJs portrayed The Black Struggle as a clownish depiction of daily life in a housing project. A character like Tolkien Black on South Park (first introduced into the series… Continue reading The Animated TV Show You Never See

X Fires Its Election Team Before a Huge Election Year

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has fired its head of threat intelligence, Aaron Rodericks, and four other members of the team responsible for combating disinformation and misinformation, just months before the US Republican primaries mark the beginning of the 2024 American election cycle—and a year in which more than 50 countries around the… Continue reading X Fires Its Election Team Before a Huge Election Year