13 Best MagSafe Power Banks for iPhones (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Keep your iPhone or Qi2 Android phone topped up with one of these WIRED-tested Qi2 or MagSafe portable chargers.
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These 5 Posture Corrector Picks Will Straighten You Out (2025)
You’re hunched over your desk and phone for hours. We rounded up gadgets, a DIY trick, and even some yoga advice to help you straighten up.
Uber price problem in South Africa
Uber risks losing out on rides in South Africa as its prices for some routes are substantially higher than those of its rivals.
Best Indoor TV Antenna (2025): Mohu, Clearstream, One for All
Plug into free HD TV with these convenient and affordable indoor antennas.
40 Techy Gifts Under $100 That We Tested and Love
Score a great gift for everyone on your list without breaking the bank. Every one of these gifts comes WIRED-recommended.
The Best Chef’s Knives of 2025. We Tested Nearly Two Dozen to Find Our Favorites
The chef’s knife is the workhorse of the kitchen. We sliced, diced, and minced to find the best for every home chef.
Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
A California judge has shut down a decade-long surveillance program in which Sacramento’s utility provider shared granular smart-meter data on 650,000 residents with police to hunt for cannabis grows. The EFF reports: The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and police violated a state privacy statute, which...
The Ninja Slushi Early Black Friday Deal Is the Lowest We’ve Seen
The Black Friday sale on this popular slushie machine is the lowest price it’s been since its release.
The 44 Best Shows on Netflix, WIRED’s Picks (December 2025)
The Witcher, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, and Splinter Cell: Deathwatch are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
The 44 Best Movies on Netflix, WIRED’s Picks (December 2025)
Frankenstein, The Twits, and A House of Dynamite are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
17 Best French Presses (2025): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel
The humble French press is affordable, effective, and hard to mess up. Here are our favorites to make your morning cup of coffee.
US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers
Plus: The SEC lets SolarWinds off the hook, Microsoft stops a historic DDoS attack, and FBI documents reveal the agency spied on an immigration activist Signal group in New York City.
New Walmart App in South Africa with lower prices than Checkers Sixty60 and Pick n Pay Asap
Walmart’s new 60-minute grocery delivery service offers better prices than its main competitors, Checkers Sixty60 and Pick n Pay Asap!.
Gear News of the Week: Matter 1.5 Adds Smart Home Camera Support, and Gemini Comes to Android Auto
Plus: Omega debuts a new Seamaster Planet Ocean, and DJI has a new action camera.
55 Best Early Black Friday Deals on WIRED-Tested Gear (2025)
We found early Black Friday deals on WIRED-tested smart bird feeders, smartwatches, vacuums, and more.
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from 404 Media: The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru. The Kremlin once called its Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles “invincible.” Joe Biden said the missile was “almost impossible to stop.” Now Ukrainian electronic warfare...
Valve Says Steam Machine Isn’t a Console—but It Is
Consoles are good, actually.
Good news for DStv Premium users in South Africa
Until the end of 2025, up to six people can watch DStv Premium channels on the same subscription at the same time.
Magician Forgets Password To His Own Hand After RFID Chip Implant
A magician who implanted an RFID chip in his hand lost access to it after forgetting the password, leaving him effectively locked out of the tech embedded in his own body. The Register reports: “It turns out,” said [said magician Zi Teng Wang], “that pressing someone else’s phone to my hand repeatedly, trying to figure out where their phone’s RFID reader is, really doesn’t come off super...
Two UK clinical trials to assess impact of puberty blockers in young people
Multi-year studies announced after Cass review found ‘insufficient evidence’ about effects on children with gender dysphoria
Two studies to investigate the impact of puberty blockers in young people with gender incongruence have been announced by researchers in the UK after an expert view said gender medicine was “built on shaky foundations”.
Puberty blockers were originally used to treat early...