Brenda Stolyar is a product writer and reviewer at WIRED, where she specializes in a wide range of consumer tech products including laptops, tablets, desktop PCs, smart home devices, beauty gadgets, and more. Prior to joining the Gear Team, she reviewed consumer electronics at Mashable, PCMag, and Digital Trends. She… Read more
You Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family
AI voice cloning and deepfakes are supercharging scams. One method to protect your loved ones and yourself is to create secret code words to verify someone’s identity in real time.
How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank
One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”
The 24 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now
Fly Me to the Moon, Blitz, and The Last of the Sea Women are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
The 25 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now
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The 33 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now
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The Best Mesh Wi-Fi Routers
Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested multiroom mesh systems will get you online in no time.
Revisiting the 3 Biggest Hardware Flops of 2024
The hyped-up Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin, and Apple Vision Pro have continued receiving updates since their lackluster launches. How are things progressing? I tried them again to find out.
The 25 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now
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Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political
The incoming Trump administration has signaled its hostility toward EVs. Will the red-state/blue-state divide come for public charging?
This Was the Year Elon Musk Took Over Politics
The American public elected Donald Trump to run the federal government. His erratic patron seems to think the job is also his.
The World’s First Crispr Drug Gets a Slow Start
The first medical treatment to use Crispr gene editing has been on the market for a year. Its complexity means few patients in the US have received it yet.
Drug Dealers Have Moved on to Social Media
The marketing of illegal drugs on open platforms is “gaining prominence,” authorities note, while the number of drug transactions on the dark web has decreased in recent years.