Author: Wired Magazine

6 Best Cordless Vacuums (2023): For Carpet, Hardwood, and Hard-to-Reach Areas

A cordless vacuum might not change your life, but it can make the housework easier. Not being tethered to the wall is freedom you didn’t know you needed, letting you move from room to room without having to unplug and find a closer outlet. They’re also generally lighter and take up less space than upright… Continue reading 6 Best Cordless Vacuums (2023): For Carpet, Hardwood, and Hard-to-Reach Areas

Garmin Vivomove Trend Review: Wireless Charging!

One of the biggest pain points with fitness trackers is how each one has its own proprietary charger. It’s a serious inconvenience—if you forget a Lightning connector or a USB-C charger, you can always borrow one from a friend or find one in a store. But a proprietary Fitbit connector? Sorry! Guess you won’t be… Continue reading Garmin Vivomove Trend Review: Wireless Charging!

The LastPass Hack Somehow Gets Worse

Chinese hackers proved themselves to be as prolific and invasive as ever this week with new findings revealing that in February 2022, Beijing-backed hackers compromised the email server of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an intergovernmental body of 10 Southeast Asian countries. The security alert, first reported by WIRED, comes as China has escalated… Continue reading The LastPass Hack Somehow Gets Worse

Jonathan Majors Is Enjoying His Villain Era

Is your acting a tribute to them in some way? Everything I do is connected to my family, my child, and my ancestors. Without a doubt. We represent. It’s no joke when someone says represent—that’s a real thing. I take that quite seriously. My name is on something. My face is on something. I represent… Continue reading Jonathan Majors Is Enjoying His Villain Era

A Native Son of Palo Alto Thinks His Hometown Will Kill Us All

I meet Malcolm Harris, voice of millennials and anti-capitalist crusader, at a Brooklyn coffee shop, suggested by his publicist for a book-tour interview. He goes for a guava croissant along with his $3.75 drip. He hints this is not an endorsement of a bourgeoisie micro-luxury, but an ironic jab at the media tycoons of Condé Nast… Continue reading A Native Son of Palo Alto Thinks His Hometown Will Kill Us All

Netflix’s New Chris Rock Special Revives an Old Idea: Live TV

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. This week, like Dr. Frankenstein before it, Netflix ran around frantically screaming “It’s aliiiiive!”  Well, it wasn’t exactly like that. But the streamer did start airing commercials, touting its upcoming Chris Rock… Continue reading Netflix’s New Chris Rock Special Revives an Old Idea: Live TV

The Mystery Vehicle at the Heart of Tesla’s New Master Plan

Nearly four hours into Tesla’s marathon Investor Day, someone in the audience tried again to bring Elon Musk, the Tesla (and Twitter and SpaceX) CEO back to the present day. From a stage at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, Musk had announced an ambitious “Master Plan 3” to save the world. For $10 trillion in… Continue reading The Mystery Vehicle at the Heart of Tesla’s New Master Plan

US Technological Dominance Is Not What It Used to Be

With everyone so mesmerized by silver-tongued AI chatbots, it’s easy to forget that most flashy breakthroughs in science and technology depend on much less glamorous advances in the fundamentals of computing—new algorithms, different computer architectures, and novel silicon chips.  The US has largely dominated these areas of innovation since the early days of computing. But academics… Continue reading US Technological Dominance Is Not What It Used to Be