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I bought a new-build home this year. It seemed like every property that I had looked at in my budget had a massive (and massively expensive) repair issue. Sometimes it was as simple as outdated electrical wiring or older pipes, but one seller was upfront that the entire property floods …

Planning your lighting for a photo or video shoot can be complicated, and the terminology used to measure light in lighting equipment can make things even more confusing. When shopping online, most lights list “lumens” or “lux” among their technical specs, though sometimes “lumens” is written as “luminous flux.” You …

Apple executives used the keynote address of this week's annual WWDC developers conference to debut all of the artificial intelligence capabilities that are coming to iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The team showed off how generative tools will help users write emails, clean up iPhone photos, illustrate presentations, and make custom …

Alpine doesn’t release new cars very often. Its last, and until now only new model, the A110, was first launched in 2017. But a lot has changed since then, not least the continuing electrification of the automotive world. Enter the A290, Alpine’s first new car in seven years, and the …

Today Yahoo is debuting a revamped version of its news app. This new Yahoo News app, which is available as a free download now, is powered by the underlying code of the well-received yet short-lived app Artifact. And of course, the new app is infused with AI capabilities to surface …

The first thing to know about buying a digital camera in 2024 is that it's virtually impossible to buy a bad one. You probably have a great camera in your hand right now. For many people, a smartphone will be camera enough, but if you want a camera separate from …

Less than three months after the launch of the Snoopy MoonSwatch, Swatch has this morning dropped not one but three new models, this time all based on our home planet. The new watches, according to Swatch, have been inspired by the fact that “all throughout history, people have wondered what …

The photography fanatics over at Moment are having what they call a warehouse sale right now. There are some good deals on camera gear, Moment's signature mobile lenses, bags, slings, organizers, and more. We've sifted through the deals to find the best prices on all the WIRED-tested gear on sale. …

Apple’s new AI strategy might also play a key role in its upgrade-your-iPhone strategy. The company used its annual developer conference today as a platform to announce Apple Intelligence, a decidedly non-generative nomenclature for a suite of new AI features that, like other generative AI tools, are trained on massive …

Apple executives always describe new hardware and software as the “best” or “biggest” ever, but the delivery doesn’t usually live up to the hype (see the recent iPads). However, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 might be deserving of a few of those adjectives. The new operating systems, which are now …