Dyson has announced its second pair of over-the-ear headphones—and its first that doesn’t look like a high-tech gimp mask. Dyson calls the new cans OnTrac. which is not to be confused with the shipping company of the same name and spelling. Unlike the Dyson Zone headphones before them, the OnTrac headphones are not connected to… Continue reading Dyson Has New Headphones That Don’t Cover Your Mouth This Time
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Don’t Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams
The security firm CrowdStrike inadvertently caused mayhem around the world on Friday after deploying a faulty software update to the company’s Falcon monitoring platform that bricked Windows computers running the product. Fallout from the incident will take days to resolve, and the company is warning that, as system administrators and IT staff work on remediation,… Continue reading Don’t Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams
The Global CrowdStrike Outage Triggered a Surprise Return to Cash
On Friday, when a CrowdStrike update caused millions of Microsoft systems to crash around the world, many businesses were faced with a choice: Go cash-only or close until systems came back online. This quickly caused chaos in Australia, whose government has explicitly encouraged businesses to go cashless. Pictures posted on social media showed card-only self-checkout… Continue reading The Global CrowdStrike Outage Triggered a Surprise Return to Cash
The Global IT Outage Sends Hospitals Reeling
It was half past midnight Eastern Time when Andrew Rosenberg, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor who works as chief information officer at Michigan Medicine, suddenly noticed that a substantial number of computers across the health care center had ceased to function. In the hospital’s parlance, it counted as a “catastrophic major incident.” “We do… Continue reading The Global IT Outage Sends Hospitals Reeling
The Inevitability of Big Tech Backing Trump
It is true just about everywhere, but especially in America: Real power is having control over the flow of resources. Property. Money. Information. If you command the levers of production—who gets what, when, and how—you dictate what the future holds, and who gets a say in it. Or in this case, you get to decide… Continue reading The Inevitability of Big Tech Backing Trump
Live and Direct: The Best Prime Day Deals of 2024
As the proverb goes, give someone a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach them to fish, and they’ll never have to leave a ball in the drink again (or something like that). This Callaway ball retriever reminds me of my high school golf days when my friends and I would spend hours… Continue reading Live and Direct: The Best Prime Day Deals of 2024
The 5 Best Prime Day 2024 TV Deals Curated By WIRED’s A/V Experts
Summer has arrived in full force and you know what that means: rad deals on some of the best TVs you can buy, of course! We’re seeing Amazon Prime Day deals on TV models across the full spectrum of sets, including major price dives on last year’s best and brightest. Amazon’s two-day sales event ups… Continue reading The 5 Best Prime Day 2024 TV Deals Curated By WIRED’s A/V Experts
The Top 5 Prime Day Kindle Deals—Plus More Amazon Devices (2024)
It’s that time again. Amazon Prime Day is back. Among thousands of discounted items, from the necessary to the wacky, are the steep discounts on Amazon’s own broad lineup of hardware, including Prime Day Kindle deals you won’t see surpassed the rest of the year. Savvy shoppers know Amazon Prime Day is usually the best… Continue reading The Top 5 Prime Day Kindle Deals—Plus More Amazon Devices (2024)
Lab-Grown Meat for Pets Was Just Approved in the UK
In a laboratory in west London, Helder Cruz reaches into a fridge and takes out a small plastic tub. The container holds 280 grams of an off-white paste with the consistency of pâté. These are real chicken cells, taken from a fertilized chicken egg and painstakingly grown in the bioreactors opposite. The paste does not… Continue reading Lab-Grown Meat for Pets Was Just Approved in the UK
Best Amazon Prime Day Apple Watch Deals (2024)
if you completed a workout but didn’t track it with a wearable, does it still count? Yes, it does. But if you’re trying to optimize your exercise routine and up the ante on your progress, then a smartwatch is an excellent gadget to use. If you’re an iPhone user, the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple… Continue reading Best Amazon Prime Day Apple Watch Deals (2024)