1mo ago
RGB backlights are the new TV pitch, with OLED still hard to beat
WIRED testing found mini RGB TVs brighter and more vivid than standard LCD sets, but pricing and settings still complica...
By Dana Voss/section
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1mo ago
Jellyfin can replace Plex at home, but remote TV still bites
WIRED’s testing found Jellyfin strong for local media streaming, while Plex still wins on easy remote access and live TV...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Factor discounts cut first meal box by 50% for new subscribers
WIRED reports new Factor customers can get 50% off a first subscription box, with other discounts available across meal...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
FCC clears Reflect Orbital prototype to redirect sunlight after dark
The California startup may launch one low Earth orbit mirror satellite, Eärendil-1, despite astronomy concerns.
By Riley Okafor
1mo ago
SpaceX plans Starship test with working Starlink satellites aboard
The 13th full-scale Starship flight is slated for Thursday and will carry 20 Starlink V3 satellites for deployment and l...
By Riley Okafor
1mo ago
FCC clears Reflect Orbital to test a sunlight-reflecting satellite
The Eärendil-1 test craft would use an 18-meter mirror to send brief patches of sunlight to Earth at night, despite obje...
By Riley Okafor
1mo ago
MIT archive code reframes ELIZA, the chatbot that trained users to confess
A new MIT Press book says recovered ELIZA source code complicates the origin story of chatbots and their strange pull on...
By Dana Voss
1mo ago
WIRED’s July streaming list runs from space survival to cult bloodbaths
Matt Kamen’s July 2026 movie picks span Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max and Starz, with sci-fi doing most o...
By Riley Okafor
1mo ago
A Brooklyn trash puppet puts Big Tech on trial
Gowanus, the anonymous face of Summer of Ludd, says the modern Luddite project targets Big Tech dependency rather than t...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Sotheby’s T. rex sale puts private fossil market back under scrutiny
The auction house expects the 67-million-year-old T. rex called Gus to sell for up to $30 million, worrying paleontologi...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
US warns Russian state hackers are hijacking routers as proxies
CISA says FSB-linked groups are exploiting poorly configured networking gear to mask attacks on sensitive public and pri...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging theft of hardware trade secrets
The complaint targets OpenAI, hardware chief Tang Tan, io Products and an engineer accused of taking Apple files and par...
By Dana Voss