Love Them or Hate Them, Folding Phones Are Sticking Around
They're bulky and fragile. They're expensive. They come in peculiar shapes. They may not run all the apps you want....
Gear / Trends
Buy a PlayStation 4 If You Want. Seriously, It’s Fine
It's been more than a year since the PlayStation 5 came out, and it's still one of the hardest gadgets...
Grab a Snack—and Combat Food Waste—With This App
For the past several weeks, my fiancée and I have made it a habit to glance at an app during...
This Recyclable Boat Is Made From Wool
Ask someone for a fact about New Zealand and chances are they’ll likely say, “There are more sheep than people.”...
Ultra-Long Battery Life Is Coming … Eventually
One company that’s aiming to improve lithium-ion batteries by as much as 50 percent is Sila Nano, which WIRED profiled...
Omega’s New Speedmaster Is the Latest to Cash In on Vintage Vogue
It’s inevitable that the past casts a long shadow over something as inherently retro as the watch industry, whose very...
Distance Wireless Charging Made a Minor Comeback at CES 2022
It’s a similar story with Energous, which has announced an impressive range of partnerships and demonstrated its WattUp technology many...
The US Needs to Do Better for Bikes
If you’ve read any of my electric bike reviews here on WIRED (which are almost universally raves) then it will...
The Best of CES 2022
After watching countless Zoom briefings, sitting through dozens of livestreamed press conferences, and even attending a handful of in-person demos,...
Yup, CES Is Happening. Here’s What to Expect
Ever since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, fresh irony has been injected into the “What to...
The 18 Best EVs Coming in 2022
Despite a pandemic, global chip shortages, and months of stop-start Covid restrictions, the interest in electric cars continues to grow....
You Should Listen to CDs
CDs are dead. In 2020, revenue from sales of compact discs in the US added up to $483 million, a...
Move Over Amazon. Other Retailers Are Catching Up
The big takeaway from this whole session is that retail apps—Amazon not withstanding, of course—make shopping from any retailer easier...
Your Very First Fisher-Price Phone Now Works With Bluetooth
I hate answering the phone. If you tried to call me a few months ago, I probably wouldn't have answered...
3G Service Is Going Away Next Year. Here’s What That Means
Many devices within the internet of things—home alarm systems, wearable medical equipment, fire alarms, even ankle monitors—still operate on 3G...
Facebook Reaches for More Realistic VR With Haptic Gloves
Long before Facebook officially renamed itself Meta—a signal to the world that it was getting more serious about virtual and...
How a VR Company Became the Airbnb for NFTs
Then, in January of 2021, something else happened. A Parisian artist named Yacine Aït Kaci had been tasked with building...
The Fashion Industry Could Reduce Emissions—if It Wanted To
The fashion industry is in the mood to commit lately.In 2019, some of the largest fashion brands in the world...
