No, it's not Amazon Prime Day or Black Friday, but Target is back with yet another Circle Week deals event running through Saturday, April 13. Amazon had a spring sale two weeks ago, so it seems natural that Target would follow suit. The good news? Some of our favorite tablets, …
Read More »Tesla Is Going All In on Robotaxis—Buckle Up
Mark your calendars: Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested this afternoon that his electric automaker is going all-in on autonomous vehicle tech—and that Tesla’s robotaxi will be unveiled on August 8. The announcement, posted by Musk on X Friday afternoon, capped off a weird day of reports and counter-reports that sent …
Read More »Our Favorite Hair Tools Are on Sale at Sephora Right Now
A few times a year, Sephora discounts nearly its entire stock, and that includes some of our favorite hair straighteners, blow dryers, and hot brushes. The caveat? You need to be a Sephora Beauty Insider, which is free to join, and the percentage off the sale price is based on …
Read More »It’s Time for Nothing to Do Something
“Everyone is so passionless about technology,” said Nothing cofounder Carl Pei when WIRED spoke to him about his upstart brand, known for its striking clear plastic designs, two years ago. “On hardware, it’s basically more and more of the same. Less and less differentiation, and consumers aren’t as excited anymore. …
Read More »10 Great Deals on Our Favorite Work-From-Home Gear
Many of us on the WIRED Gear team have been working from home for years. We've got an expansive guide to the Best Work-From-Home Gear, but there's good news! Plenty of our recommendations are on sale right now. If your home office could use an upgrade, these tried-and-tested office chairs, …
Read More »How Social Media Turned Into a Shopping Mall
Hey, did you see the ad for that Bluetooth-enabled shiatsu foot massager? How about the one for the organic mushroom supplement powder? They’re probably not even the most interesting things you can buy on TikTok or Instagram. Just as the apps have thrived on a steady stream of feel-good content, …
Read More »I’m a New Homeowner. An App Called Thumbtack Has Become a Lifesaver for Me
Never in my life did I think I'd own a home, but I was fortunate enough to close on my first house last fall. Yet as I moved into my new space—after nearly a decade of renting in New York City—I was overwhelmed with anxiety. Anything and everything that went …
Read More »Science Has Discovered How to Make Perfect Gin
In an Edinburgh laboratory in the second half of 2023, four chemists armed with a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer took on the unregulated Wild West of the gin industry. A total of 16 samples of gin endured the spectrometer’s powerful magnetic field to create a “fingerprint”—in the form of …
Read More »How an iPhone Powered by Google’s Gemini AI Might Work
Apple and Google are reportedly in cahoots to integrate features from Google's Gemini generative AI service into iOS. Bloomberg broke the news, which was later corroborated by The New York Times. If the deal pans out, it will be a huge collaboration between two tech giants who have long duked …
Read More »How to Resist the Temptation of AI When Writing
Whether you're a student, a journalist, or a business professional, knowing how to do high-quality research and writing using trustworthy data and sources, without giving in to the temptation of AI or ChatGPT, is a skill worth developing. As I detail in my book Writing That Gets Noticed, locating credible …
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