Gozney Tread Pizza Oven Review: Gorgeous and Compact

Billed as the “world’s most portable pizza oven,” the Gozney Tread is an adventure-ready, ruggedized gas-powered beauty. It is the smallest of the hugely impressive Gozney range, and the second most affordable behind the original Roccbox. It joins an ever-evolving selection of home pizza ovens that have transformed our ability to cook proper pizza—we’re talking… Continue reading Gozney Tread Pizza Oven Review: Gorgeous and Compact

5 Best Rugs to Upgrade Any Room, Tested by WIRED (2025)

Finding the right rug size requires factoring in your room’s shape, size, and the layout of your furniture. According to West Elm, your living room rug should be large enough to fit at least the front legs of your sofa and main chairs. Leave at least a 1-foot gap between the rug and the walls.… Continue reading 5 Best Rugs to Upgrade Any Room, Tested by WIRED (2025)

The 13 Best TVs We’ve Reviewed, Plus Buying Advice (2025)

Saving up for a new screen? Whether you’re a videophile or new to 4K, the best TVs you can buy are bigger, brighter, and cheaper than ever. To help you navigate the dozens of models from Samsung, LG, TCL, Hisense, Sony, Panasonic, and others, we’ve done intensive testing and watched hundreds of hours of content… Continue reading The 13 Best TVs We’ve Reviewed, Plus Buying Advice (2025)

Hungryroot Meal Kit Review (2025): AI-Guided Menu

My colleague Molly Higgins, who is vegan, simultaneously tested out her own very different goals and preferences on Hungryroot. These involved no chicken at all. Ostensibly, when you sign up, a Hungryroot dinner will cost you $13 a serving, while lunch costs $12 and breakfast is a mere $4.50. But in practice, the number of… Continue reading Hungryroot Meal Kit Review (2025): AI-Guided Menu

Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time

Last year, we reported on an exciting hint of new physics in the first data analysis results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)—namely that the dark energy, rather than being constant, might vary over time. Granted, those hints were still below the necessary threshold to claim discovery and hence fell under the rubric of… Continue reading Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time

The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain

According to a memo circulating among State Department staff and reviewed by WIRED, the Trump administration plans to rename the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as US International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA), and to bring it directly under the secretary of state. The document, on which Politico first reported, states that as part of… Continue reading The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain

Ford Bronco Electric Bike Review: Car Makers Now Make Electric Bikes

The first thing most cyclists do before riding a new bike is to correctly size the frame, adjusting to make sure the standover clearance, seat tube length, and reach are all the right fit. The Bronco has a one-size-fits-all frame advertised to fit heights from 5′ 4” to 6′ 5”. My 5′ 9” self was… Continue reading Ford Bronco Electric Bike Review: Car Makers Now Make Electric Bikes

DOGE’s Dodgy Numbers Employ a Tesla Technique

Elon Musk has pledged that the work of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, would be “maximally transparent.” DOGE’s website is proof of that, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, and now White House adviser, has repeatedly said. There, the group maintains a list of slashed grants and budgets, a running tally of its… Continue reading DOGE’s Dodgy Numbers Employ a Tesla Technique

Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data

Nvidia has acquired synthetic data firm Gretel for nine figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal. The acquisition price exceeds Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, the sources say, though the exact terms of the purchase remain unknown. Gretel and its team of approximately 80 employees will be folded into… Continue reading Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data

Roku Tests Showing Ads Before the Home Screen Loads

Owners of smart TVs and streaming sticks running Roku OS are already subject to video advertisements on the home screen. Now, Roku is testing what it might look like if it took things a step further and forced people to watch a video ad play before getting to the Roku OS home screen. Reports of… Continue reading Roku Tests Showing Ads Before the Home Screen Loads