What’s left of Magic Leap?
In 2016, Magic Leap looked like it would change the world. The company had raised over $2 billion by promising incredible hardware that would open up a new artistic medium…
Everything you need to know about the coronavirus
Public health experts around the globe are scrambling to understand, track, and contain a new virus that appeared in Wuhan, China, at the beginning of December 2019. The World Health…
You Can Now Buy Spot the Robot Dog—If You’ve Got $74,500
Spot, Boston Dynamics’ famous robot dog, dutifully follows my every command. The machine traipses forward, then automatically scrambles over a raised bed of rocks. I make it side-step. I command…
Composers Are Ditching Hollywood—to Make Videogame Music
Video game composers know that players will respond to games as they do to cinema. “The thing about film scores and scores for linear media that we have to understand…
Ripple20 Bugs Put Hundreds of Millions of IoT Devices at Risk
Security experts have warned for years that the drive to connect every device imaginable to the internet would offer a bonanza for hackers. Now researchers have found that one chunk…
The Best Smart Plugs (2020): Plugs, Power Strips, and More
Medea Giordano turned her shopping problem into a career as a product reviewer for WIRED. She covers a little bit of everything but loves health and beauty tech. Before coming…
The Auto Industry Is Wrecked—Let’s Rebuild It With Electric
In the first quarter of 2020, domestic automakers saw their sales fall by nearly one-half from a year ago. This was due mainly to the Covid-19 crisis, which shuttered factories…
Philips Hue’s family of smart lights and accessories adds its brightest bulb yet
The Hue White A21 is one of three new additions to the lineup
HTC’s back with 2 new phones, teases wider launch in the future
The Desire 20 Pro and U20 5G will launch outside Taiwan in the future
The best cheap Kindle deals for June 2020: Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Oasis
If you like to read, Kindle e-readers are the best way to have your books on hand at all times.