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When Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta in 2021, he estimated the metaverse could reach a billion people over a decade. Not long after, Bill Gates predicted that within two or three years “most virtual meetings will move from 2D camera image grids—which I call the Hollywood Squares model, although …

The PlayStation 5 was arguably one of Sony’s most controversial designs. After a few years, I have to admit it’s growing on me. The only downside is its gargantuan size, which made the PS5 Slim a welcome redesign. The upcoming PS5 Pro further iterates on the design, adding some welcome …

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In one of the largest-ever breaches of a US telecom giant, AT&T revealed this week that “nearly all” its customer phone and text records were stolen after hackers accessed its account on a third-party cloud service. That cloud service, Snowflake, has been linked to several recent breaches, including those of …

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Hurricane Beryl laid waste to communities—even whole islands—as it barreled through the Caribbean over the past week. Never has such a powerful Atlantic hurricane arrived this early in the year: The ocean is usually too cool. Smaller islands …

On its earnings call at the end of April, Newell Brands, which owns the 70-year-old Elmer's Glue business, reported historically positive numbers for the first quarter of 2024. It was Elmer’s first cash-flow-positive Q1 in four years, and only its second positive quarter since 2016. This growth is mostly thanks …

Surprise, surprise. Tesla is in the news again. Yes, partly because Tesla has delayed its promised robotaxi program. And yes, the company’s stock price has continued to plummet as its share of the US EV market drops below 50 percent. And yeah, the Cybertruck looks very silly. But forget all …

We launched our branded merch store in September 2023 to mark WIRED's 30th birthday. The response has been amazing—which we fully expected, since our readers have been asking us to sell WIRED shirts, tote bags, and the like for almost as long as we've been around. Now, we've given SHOP.WIRED …