25 Jan Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026) Responsibly dispose of your food scraps with one of these indoor, (mostly) odor-free, WIRED-tested devices.
25 Jan ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
25 Jan The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
24 Jan This Mega Snowstorm Will Be a Test for the US Supply Chain Shipping experts say the big winter storm across a wide swath of the country should be business as usual—if their safeguards hold.
24 Jan ‘Uncanny Valley’: Donald Trump’s Davos Drama, AI Midterms, and ChatGPT’s Last Resort On this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts unpack the news from Davos, where Trump and major AI companies shared the stage at the World Economic Forum.
24 Jan Clearly Filtered Discount: Pitcher, Water Bottle, Under-Sink Clearly Filtered water pitchers, bottles, and under-sink filters are 10 to 19 percent off. I tested three filters to see how they performed.
23 Jan Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos Humanoid robots, space travel, the science of aging—Musk weighed in on all of it at this week’s World Economic Forum. But his predictions rarely work out the way he says they will.
23 Jan Legislators Push to Make Companies Tell Customers When Their Products Will Die A pair of bills in Massachusetts would require manufacturers to tell consumers when their connected gadgets are going dark. It should be a boon for cybersecurity as connected devices grow obsolete.
23 Jan Sorry MAGA, Turns Out People Still Like ‘Woke’ Art From Black vampires gobbling up Oscar nominations to gay pro hockey players dominating the culture, diverse stories broke through in an environment that’s increasingly hostile to them.
22 Jan What Type of Mattress Is Right for You? (2026) Here’s how to pick the best mattress for your sleep needs, straight from a professional mattress tester.
