Play Time
The 18 Best PlayStation Plus Games
What should you play next on your PS5 or PS4? From Fallout 4 to Ghost of Tsushima, Sony’s subscription service has a ton of great video games.
Reece Rogers
It's Always Sunny
The Best Sunglasses for Everyday, Outdoor Adventures, and More
Jaina Grey, Medea Giordano, and Louryn Strampe
Give Your Back a Break With Our Favorite Office Chairs
Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats.
Julian Chokkattu and Gear Team
The Best Gaming Headsets for Every System
Lend depth and drama to your gameplay, no matter what device you have.
Eric Ravenscraft and Jaina Grey
Which Google Pixel Phone Should You Buy?
Here’s a guide to all the models—plus case recommendations and hidden software tricks to try.
Julian Chokkattu
The 9 Best Coolers for Every Kind of Outdoor Adventure
We chugged chilled beverages to bring you our favorite coolers for every situation.
Scott Gilbertson and Adrienne So
The Freewrite Alpha Promises Typing Nirvana. It Delivers
We mischievously asked our reviewer to use nothing but this distraction-free keyboard computer with virtually no display for a whole week. Annoyingly, he loved it.
Max Freeman-Mills
Razer’s High-End Gaming Chair Might Just Save My Back
I’ve spent years struggling to find a chair that conforms to my back, rather than the other way around. My search might be over.
Eric Ravenscraft
Logitech’s Casa Pop-Up Desk Is a Hybrid Worker’s Dream
This adorable laptop stand, keyboard, and trackpad folds into a little book for you to carry it around.
Medea Giordano
Our Favorite Mechanical Keyboard Got a Much Smaller Cousin
This is a 60 percent keyboard with most of the perks of larger, more spacious boards.
Eric Ravenscraft
The 25 Best Outdoor Summer Deals From REI’s Anniversary Sale
It’s the best time of the year to pick up all the tents, stoves, sleeping bags, and gear that you’ll need for summer fun.
Scott Gilbertson and Adrienne So
The 11 Best Early Memorial Day Mattress Deals
Sleep starting to feel less like a luxury? It might be time for a new mattress, and they’re often discounted.
Medea Giordano
Amazon Is Hosting a Massive Book Sale
Ebooks, paperbacks, and hardcover editions are deeply discounted through May 20.
Louryn Strampe
The All-Clad Cookware Seconds Sale Is Back
All-Clad makes some of the best—and priciest—cookware you can buy. These discounts will help you invest for less.
Louryn Strampe
How to Remove Annoying News Widgets From Windows 11
Good news! Microsoft has finally made it possible to use the Widget Board on Windows 11 without being subjected to an onslaught of clickbait news articles.
Justin Pot
How to Use ‘Circle to Search’ on an Android Phone
There’s a new, AI-powered way to search on Android. All it takes is a swish of your finger.
David Nield
Google’s AI Overviews Are Here, Whether You Want Them or Not
Google’s new Gemini-powered search experience is rolling out to users in the US. Here’s some advice on how to navigate it. And if you want to turn AI Overviews off, too bad.
Reece Rogers
The 15 Top New Android 15 Features
Android 15 is creeping closer to its release date. Here are the notable features and upgrades Google has in store.
Simon Hill
Translation Tech Is Amazing, Except When It’s Not
We can hold surprisingly deep conversations across languages using simple apps on our phones. But even as these apps get a fresh boost from AI, they can still lead to some awkward moments.
Blake Snow
Everything You Need to Know About Hybrid Cars
What’s the difference between a hybrid, a mild hybrid, and a plug-in hybrid? This is the WIRED guide for the electric-curious.
Aarian Marshall
The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot
Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.
Carlton Reid
Sony TVs Are Getting Brighter in 2024
OLED takes a step back as the brand embraces the brightness wars with some powerful new weapons.
Ryan Waniata
Apple Makes It Easier to Stare at Your Phone in the Car
Plus: Sony Music tries to keep its catalog out of the clutches of AI, there’s a towering new Lord of the Rings Lego set, and Google’s new AI features march onto the web.
Boone Ashworth
All the New Features Coming to Android Phones, Watches, and TVs This Year
At I/O, Google showed off new features in Android 15, the latest version of Wear OS, improvements to Google TV, and more.
Julian Chokkattu
Everything Google Announced at I/O 2024
It was AI all day at Google’s developer keynote. The company showed off new AI-powered chatbot tools, new search capabilities, and a bunch of machine intelligence upgrades for Android.
Boone Ashworth
Biden Is Trying to Buy EVs Time With New Tariffs on China. It Might Not Work
America now has 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, but with US automakers struggling to compete and its reliance on China’s materials, will this help? Mercedes, BMW and VW think not.
Aarian Marshall
Google Search Is Growing Up
This week, we unpack all the news from Google I/O, where we got a glimpse of how the world’s dominant search engine will evolve in the AI era.
Michael Calore and Lauren Goode
A Peek Inside Hulu’s New Black Twitter Docuseries
This week, the writer, director, and executive producers of the new documentary series Black Twitter: A People’s History tell us how they brought the community’s vibrancy to the small screen.
Michael Calore and Lauren Goode
Thinking About Buying a Hybrid Car? Listen Up
This week we talk through everything there is to know about hybrids: how the different technologies work, how to keep one charged, and which cars best fit different lifestyles.
Lauren Goode and Michael Calore
Test Your Knowledge of Internet Acronyms
This week, we probe each other’s knowledge of common acronyms from the early internet, the mobile era, and the AI boom. So fire up your LLM, send an RCS, and tell your BBS pals the game is afoot.
Lauren Goode and Michael Calore
AI Download
With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past
Julian Chokkattu
Bathroom Break
This UFO-Looking Litter Box Cleans Itself—and Your Cat Will Probably Love It Too
Medea Giordano
Product Review
Apple’s New iPad Pro Is Thin and Powerful, but Its True Potential Is Still Unknown
Brenda Stolyar