How to Use Running Apps to Hit the Road
I love running for the sole reason you can do it anywhere. I've run in foreign cities, using the time...
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How to turn Online Friends Into IRL Ones
In a 2018 study on friendship, Jeffrey Hall, an associate professor in communication studies at the University of Kansas, discovered...
How to Cut Your Hair at Home
So your hair is getting long. Most salons reopened when vaccines became available, but with a new variant spreading around,...
How to Build a Solar Oven
Ever heard that old phrase “It's hot enough to cook an egg on a sidewalk”? It seems like hyperbole (and...
Are Virtual Surround Gaming Headsets Worth It?
This can also vary from game to game. Just look at the painstakingly crafted sound design of Overwatch, where every...
How to Make the Air in Your Home More Breathable
Our homes are our sanctuaries—a fact that became clear to a lot of people this past year when they suddenly...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Meditation App
Diana Winston, director of mindfulness education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), notes that there is a lot of...
How to Share Your Wi-Fi Password
A good host always shares Wi-Fi with visitors, but explaining which network to join and spelling out the password (if...
Hit the Road With These Travel-Planning Apps and Tricks
When it comes to loading up step-by-step directions, any places that are in one of your saved lists will appear...
How to Upgrade Your Home Audio for Music or Movies
Sounds are like smells—you might get used to bad ones, but you never regret upgrading. Maybe you've recently found a...
The Best Sites, Apps, and YouTube Channels to Learn Music
Two decades ago, my drum teacher Marty told me how jealous he was of the millennial generation. When sweaty, teenage...
How to Watch the 2021 Summer Olympics
It’s going to be a weird Summer Olympics. The 2020 Tokyo games are still called the 2020 Tokyo games because...
Please Stop Wearing Your Bike Helmet the Wrong Way
Many of us at WIRED ride bikes as a part of our daily commute or for sport. So do a...
How to Watch the 2021 Olympics
It’s going to be a weird Summer Olympics. The 2020 Tokyo games are still called the 2020 Tokyo games because...
The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Smart Home
These logos ensure a basic level of support. It means you can connect it to the respective ecosystem and control...
How to Stay Under Your 15 GB of Free Storage From Google
Sign up for a Google account, and you get 15GB of cloud storage space for free, split across three main...
How to Factory-Reset Your Phone Before You Sell It
Whether you’re looking to buy a new iPhone or you’ve got your eye on one of the best Android phones,...
How to Smarten Up Your Home With Alexa Routines
Alexa. Alexa. Alexa. It can be tiring calling on Amazon's virtual assistant for every command to turn on a variety...
