Hi again! It’s me, Reece. Back for another day of chatbot exploration. We’re at the halfway point of the newsletter, and I thought it’d be a good idea to take a step back for a moment. 📧 Keep up with the latest—sign up now to get an all-new season of …
Read More »‘AI Unlocked’: How to Brainstorm Better Ideas With Chatbots💡
Hello, hello! Welcome to the first edition of AI Unlocked. I’m so excited to share some tips and tricks I’ve learned as a reporter covering chatbots, like ChatGPT and Gemini, at WIRED. 📧 Keep up with the latest—sign up now to get an all-new season of AI Unlocked delivered right …
Read More »Welcome to ‘AI Unlocked’!
My name is Reece Rogers, and I’m the service writer here at WIRED. In 2023, I created a five-part newsletter series all about how to use AI chatbots in your daily life. You can find the syllabus below, and use the menu above to read all five of the original …
Read More »Apple Changes Everything (Again)
It's September, which means Apple has announced yet another round of new iPhones. During a typically bombastic media event at the company’s headquarters on Tuesday, September 12, Apple showed off regular and Pro versions of the iPhone 15, as well as a couple of new Apple Watch models and a …
Read More »Xbox Live Gold Is Now Game Pass Core. Here's What to Know
Microsoft just launched Xbox Game Pass Core, its newest subscription taking the place of Xbox Live Gold. This means the Xbox Live service many console owners used throughout their childhood for online play no longer exists. (Be right back, pouring out an ice-cold Monster energy drink.) Curious how this switch …
Read More »Which iPhone 15 Model Should You Buy?
The iPhone 15 is here, and it comes with quite a few drastic changes. The 11-year-old Lightning charging port has been replaced by USB-C, the notorious notch at the top of the screen has disappeared to make way for the Dynamic Island, and on the iPhone 15 Pro models the …
Read More »Apple’s $60 iCloud Service Is the Future of Apple
Just as Apple was wrapping up its annual presentation of a brand-new iPhone today—a whole suite of them, plus a watch—the company’s senior vice president of marketing, Greg Joswiak, let slip that two new iCloud plans would launch on September 18. Somewhat remarkably, the in-person crowd of more than 300 …
Read More »Like WIRED? Like Merch? Guess What: WIRED Now Has Merch
We're turning 30 this year—we know, we don't look a day over 23.714; we have good genes—and we're celebrating this milestone by launching our very own merchandise store. Readers and fans have been emailing, tweeting, tooting, and DMing us for years asking where they can buy WIRED-branded shirts, water bottles, …
Read More »The Apple Watch Now Lets You Answer Phone Calls by Tapping Your Fingers
For almost a decade, Apple has released an Apple Watch every fall. Each release is greeted like the turning of the leaves: welcome, but not necessarily mind-blowing. In 2022, the rugged Apple Watch Ultra (8/10, WIRED Recommends) was one of the biggest launches we’d seen in years. The Series 8 …
Read More »Everything Apple Announced Today
Apple showed off an assortment of devices and software today during a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. The new devices are the ones that typically show up in the fall: phones and watches. For the most part, we saw what we were expecting, though a couple features …
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