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“A year after launching a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide and partner Uber can finally call that service driverless,” reports TechCrunch. A company official hailed it as “a historic transportation milestone, as the first driverless AV deployment outside of the U.S. or China.” But TechCrunch notes that’s just the beginning:Uber has...
Hulu and HBO Max and Disney are all offering terrific Black Friday streaming deals in 2025. Time to make a burner email?
The Balsam Hill Vermont White Spruce is so pretty, but pretty spendy—but you can get a great deal this Black Friday.
Finance bros love efficiency almost as much as they love gains. Yet most of the tools clogging corporate tech stacks cost more than they deliver. Free software alternatives that actually work for finance bros are finally hitting a level where they outperform overpriced subscriptions. Timing trades, tracking work cycles, or stress testing deal models even […]
Gear up for next year with these great deals on tents, packs, sleeping bags, and merino wool.
Digital Trends reports:A wave of shortages now threatens to ripple across RAM, SSDs, and even hard drives, affecting not only performance-hungry rigs but also everyday systems. — CyberPowerPC has publicly confirmed it will raise prices on all systems starting December 7th due to RAM costs spiking by 500% and SSD prices doubling since October. — Memory suppliers warn of a global DRAM and...
You don’t need to spend a lot to save on WIRED-approved gear.
Some of the best MacBooks, Chromebooks, and gaming laptops I’ve reviewed this year have steep discounts for Black Friday.
Hyperloop One ceased operations in December 2023, notes CNN. “Yet nearly two years on, in other parts of the world, hyperloop projects are ongoing.” For example, Rotterdam-based Hardt Hyperloop has a cool web site — and the company’s managing director tells CNN that hyperloops are the only “actionable, sustainable solution to replace short-haul air travel” over distances greater than 300...
From AirPods to over-ears, we’ve tested hundreds of pairs of headphones. Here are the best we’ve found this shopping holiday.
An EDM song by the British group Haven ran into trouble in October after it shared clips of upcoming song “I Run” on TikTok. The song “was an overnight viral sensation online,” writes Digital Music News — racking up millions of plays “even before it hit streaming services.” (Although the Washington Post notes that “Record labels and TikTok users began questioning whether ‘I Run’ used an AI...
Here are the best deals on screens from Hisense, TCL, Samsung, Sony, and more this shopping holiday.
Our Reviews team has scoured the entire internet to find the best Black Friday deals on gear we’ve tested and approved.
Branch is offering up to 25 percent off sitewide now through December 3. Snag our top office chair or standing desk recommendations at a bargain.
Avoid expensive trips to the vet with up to half off at-home pet DNA testing kits.
Aura Services has made getting help from emergency responders in South Africa and several other countries as easy as tapping a button on a smartphone app.
Unique properties of fungi have led to groundbreaking innovations in recent years, from nappies to electronics
From the outside, it looks like any ordinary nappy – one of the tens of billions that end up in landfill each year. But the Hiro diaper comes with an unusual companion: a sachet of freeze-dried fungi to sprinkle over a baby’s gloopy excretions.
The idea is to kickstart a catalytic...
Most Black Friday Deals are still going this weekend. The WIRED Reviews team will be tracking trends and discounts live for a bit today as we enjoy the afterglow of the biggest and best shopping day of the year.
Bolstered by Apple’s iPadOS 26 update, this discounted tablet is more versatile than ever before.
OpenAI’s data centre partners are on course to amass almost $100 billion in borrowing tied to the lossmaking start-up, as the ChatGPT maker benefits from a debt-fuelled spending spree without taking on financial risks itself. Financial Times: SoftBank, Oracle and CoreWeave have borrowed at least $30 billion to invest in the start-up or help build its data centres, according to FT analysis....
Whoop’s subscription plans are discounted, and accessories are up to 70 percent off.