14h ago
Fan deals August 2026: three WIRED picks listed at lower prices
WIRED listed discounts on Diveblues, Dreo and Levoit fans, but CDC and EPA guidance sets firm limits on using fans in he...
By June Castellano/section
Internet/
14h ago
Werewolf VFLEX USB-C adapter brings old barrel-jack gear along
Hands-on tests show VFLEX can run legacy DC devices from USB-C, provided users match voltage, polarity, connector and po...
By Dana Voss
14h ago
NYC PIT Crews launch with subscription complaint portal as first job
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new in-house tech teams will start with a portal for hard-to-cancel subscriptions, separate from...
By Dana Voss
15h ago
Inouye solar telescope vortices reveal a hidden solar shear process
New images and simulations identify tiny swirls at magnetic boundaries as Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, with larger so...
By Dana Voss
16h ago
Trump wind power court rulings force Pentagon to restart reviews
A federal judge ordered the Pentagon to resume onshore wind reviews, adding to court setbacks for Trump’s broader wind-p...
By June Castellano
16h ago
Internet protocols are the rules that let networks exchange data
Internet protocols define how data is formatted, addressed, routed and handled. IP, TCP and UDP each have separate jobs.
By Riley Okafor
16h ago
Meta ordered to fund $567 million remedy in New Mexico child-safety case
A New Mexico judge found Meta a public nuisance, adding a five-year $567 million abatement fund to earlier civil penalti...
By Riley Okafor
17h ago
WIRED’s best cheap gaming laptops 2026 picks start at $999
WIRED’s August update names Lenovo, MSI and Alienware models, but the cited $999 to $1,300 listings are not like-for-lik...
By Dana Voss
17h ago
Best smart glasses 2026: WIRED and Forbes pick Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2
Two review roundups favor Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 overall, while Viture, Xreal and Oakley fill distinct display and sports ro...
By June Castellano
17h ago
Apple Telegram ban: what Apple said, and what it has not explained about X
Apple briefly removed Telegram over child sexual abuse material, then restored it. Apple has not publicly explained X's...
By Dana Voss
18h ago
One Night Only sex ban rules: what the movie establishes and leaves vague
Spoilers: One Night Only explains its annual sex-ban exception with biosensors, then leaves key enforcement rules unreso...
By June Castellano
19h ago
Ratio vs. Simply Good coffee maker: plastic-free claims and the $319 choice
Simply Good is the stricter plastic-contact pick at $479.99, while Ratio Eight costs about $319 more for a reviewer-pref...
By Dana Voss