Nintendo Switch Online is ready to rival PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – sort of
Audio player loading… Nintendo hasn’t had the best track record when it comes to its online services, but with Nintendo Switch Online – particularly the new Expansion Pack tier –…
Microsoft is still trying desperately to get you to use Bing
Audio player loading… If you haven’t used Bing lately, an upcoming update to Microsoft Edge will bring the software giant’s search engine front and center in a brand new Sidebar…
Microtransactions are more complicated in the metaverse
This is how buying a Fortnite battle pass kicked off an existential crisis about cosmetic microtransactions.
Axiom-1 to depart from ISS today after extra days in space
Four crew members of the first fully private space tourism mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom-1, are set to head home today.
Apps are turning people into snitches, experts say
A new smartphone app will allow members of the public to submit evidence of speeding drivers to police forces.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Intel Core i9-12900K: Benchmarks, specs, pricing
The Intel Core i9-12900K and AMD Ryzen 5800X3D are two of the most exciting CPUs of 2022 so far, but which is best for gaming and productivity? Let’s find out.
Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? Not really, says a law professor
In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this case the land was virtual. It…
The Glorious Utility of the Mid-Range Phone
We’re big fans of cheap phones here at WIRED. If you can do without all the beefed-up chips, six-pack cameras, and lidars of the $1,000 handsets, mid-range options get the…
A Tesla vehicle using ‘Smart Summon’ appears to crash into a $3.5 million private jet
A video was posted on Reddit Thursday that appears to show a Tesla vehicle slowly crashing into a $3.5 million private jet after being “summoned” by its owner using the…
Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation
The EU has agreed on another ambitious piece of legislation to police the online world. Early Saturday morning after hours of negotiations, the bloc agreed on the broad terms of…