If you’re not tapped out from Amazon Prime Day, then we’ve got some new deals that might interest you. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is happening right now through August 6, and we’ve scanned dozens of webpages to find the very best deals on WIRED-tested gear, such as Dyson hair tools, Le Creuset cookware, and a… Continue reading 8 Best Deals From the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale (2023): Dyson Hair Tools, Fellow Grinder, Strollers
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Why Scientists Are Clashing Over the Atlantic’s Critical Currents
So much on this planet depends on a simple matter of density. In the Atlantic Ocean, a conveyor belt of warm water heads north from the tropics, reaching the Arctic and chilling. That makes it denser, so it sinks and heads back south, finishing the loop. This system of currents, known as the Atlantic Meridional… Continue reading Why Scientists Are Clashing Over the Atlantic’s Critical Currents
11 Best Couches You Can Buy Online (2023): Armchairs, Sectionals, Sofas, and More
Maybe you have a hand-me-down couch or a thrifted floral confection that isn’t cutting it. Or maybe your seat cushions are sunken in and worse for wear. If you need a new sofa, you’ve come to the right place. A few of us here on the WIRED Gear team have spent several months testing a… Continue reading 11 Best Couches You Can Buy Online (2023): Armchairs, Sectionals, Sofas, and More
Social Media Has Run Out of Fresh Ideas
Social media is having its quarter-life crisis, if a quarter-life crisis is a thing, if we can even put a lifespan on social media, which might in fact play a role in our society from now until the end of time. After 25 years of status updates, news feeds, clever tweets, performative photos, and endless… Continue reading Social Media Has Run Out of Fresh Ideas
X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter
The last time Elon Musk flipped the bird at his users, it was to switch Twitter’s logo to a grinning Shiba Inu—a hilarious inside joke that pumped the value of the dogecoin cryptocurrency, in which Musk was an investor, by 30 percent. A class action is still pending. Over the weekend, the former richest man… Continue reading X Isn’t a Super App. It’s Just Twitter
Sony WF-1000XM5 Review: Smaller, Lighter, but Not Better
Wireless connectivity is via Bluetooth 5.3, with SBC, AAC, and high-resolution LDAC codec compatibility and multi-point connectivity. Lower-resolution content can be breathed on by Sony’s DSEE Extreme algorithm, which claims to be able to upscale lossy audio files in real time. Feature Frenzy The WF-1000XM5 are compatible with Sony’s Dolby Atmos—bothering “360 reality audio,” and… Continue reading Sony WF-1000XM5 Review: Smaller, Lighter, but Not Better
‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’
Meanwhile, Hanna’s team in Israel was growing mouse embryo models in a similar way, as they described in a paper in Cell that was published shortly before the paper from Zernicka-Goetz’s group. Hanna’s models too were made solely from embryonic stem cells, some of which had been genetically coaxed to become TSCs and XEN cells.… Continue reading ‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’
China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems
Microsoft wrote last week that its “investigations have not detected any other use of this pattern by other actors and Microsoft has taken steps to block related abuse.” But if the stolen signing key could have been used to breach other services, even if it wasn’t used this way in the recent incident, the finding… Continue reading China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems
‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote
Seeking his counsel, Arjuna asks Krishna to reveal his universal form. Krishna obliges, and in verse 12 of the Gita he manifests as a sublime, terrifying being of many mouths and eyes. It is this moment that entered Oppenheimer’s mind in July 1945. “If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once… Continue reading ‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote
7 Best Trackers (2023): GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Cellular
“Systems!” My friends and Marie Kondo’s internet shout. “All you need is a system. As long as you always put your things down in the same place, you’ll never lose anything again,” they say, as I stagger in the door carrying children’s backpacks, a bag of dirty laundry, my waist pack, and a sack of… Continue reading 7 Best Trackers (2023): GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Cellular