Category: Technology

In January 2021, after former US president Donald Trump tweeted in support of an insurrection on the Capitol, his account was frozen and he was locked out. But across the world, leaders have tweeted in support of genocide and threatened violence, yet none of them have been banned from the platform. Less than six months […]

Gaming mechanical keyboards are known for being more precise, long-wearing, and may be more comfortable to use over long periods as they require less pressure from your fingers to spring. When it comes to gaming, precision and speed are everything — so it’s no wonder many gamers opt to go mechanical if they can.  The […]

Pros 12th-gen Core i5 CPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 option All-day battery life Competitive price Cons 300 nits screen 720p webcam Disappointing speakers Honor is known primarily as a smartphone manufacturer, but the Chinese company’s portfolio extends to tablets such as the excellent Honor Pad 8, wearables (bands, watches and earbuds) and the MagicBook range […]

Picture the world 4.4°C hotter than preindustrial levels by the end of this century. That was one of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report predictions for scenarios with either unabated emissions rise or immediate climate action. But unless you’ve pored over climate models and understand the intricacy of tipping points to a tee, it’s unlikely that […]

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. The predictions are in. As of this writing, Avatar: The Way of Water is expected to bring in between $150 million and $175 million in North America this weekend. Those are hefty sums, […]

When WIRED asked me to cover this week’s newsletter, my first instinct was to ask ChatGPT—OpenAI’s viral chatbot—to see what it came up with. It’s what I’ve been doing with emails, recipes, and LinkedIn posts all week. Productivity is way down, but sassy limericks about Elon Musk are up 1000 percent. I asked the bot […]

Once it is folded up, it’s not comfortable to carry; the wheels don’t stay closed together (unlike the Montague M-E1) and the grab handle is tiny, so my knuckles bang against the metal frame. Yowch. It’s great that I can fold this ebike up and store it in my living room, but I just wish […]

There are a lot of umbrellas out there, and we’re always testing more. Here are a few others we like that didn’t quite make our list of top picks. Blunt Metro for $89: The Metro is the more compact and slightly lighter-weight version of the Blunt Coupe up above. It automatically opens (and manually closes) […]

Northern Square was not the only account reviving the lo-fi, nostalgic aesthetic from China’s more hopeful and democratic past. Pages like @beijing_silvermine, and @beijing_in_springtime all became popular in the Chinese Instagram community during the early pandemic. It was my first time seeing these gentle, yet refreshing images from a time that was collectively hushed due to complex […]

Image: Ivan Pantic/Getty Images Facebook parent Meta has announced a raft of new security support initiatives, including Instagram’s new account support service that helps users who’ve had their accounts compromised.   Instagram has rolled out the page — instagram.com/hacked — where users can go if they can’t log in to their account. Whatever the cause, be it […]