Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce? The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time.

The pasta-sauce company has partnered with the nonprofit StoryCorps on a device designed to record family conversations around the table and save them for all time. www.wired.com/story/prego-...

They Built the ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Now, Anthropic Wants In Schematik is a program that aims to help people vibe code for physical devices. Hopefully, it won’t blow anything up.

Schematik is a program that aims to help people vibe code for physical devices. Hopefully, it won’t blow anything up. www.wired.com/story/schema...

Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not Once a $4 billion apparel juggernaut, Allbirds will rebrand as NewBird AI, a “GPU-as-a-Service" company. Hey, if you can't beat ‘em, join ’em.

Our shoe company did not work out but our GPU-as-a-Service company is for sure going to!

Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstar—and What It Means for Your iPhone Amazon is paying more than $11 billion for a small satellite company.

Starlink might have an actual competitor now. If only that competition was as nice for the sky as it was for consumers
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Microsoft Surface PCs Are Getting Big Price Hikes, and the Cheaper Models Are Going Away The price increases range from $200 to $300, and Microsoft doesn’t sell a sub-$1,000 Surface anymore. The rising cost of consumer tech is a common theme in 2026.

The price increases range from $200 to $300, and Microsoft doesn't sell a sub-$1,000 Surface anymore. The rising cost of consumer tech is a common theme in 2026. www.wired.com/story/micros...

I Watched 18 Hours of Coachella’s Vertical Livestream and All I Got Was This Lousy FOMO Coachella—and everyone else—is making a big vertical video play. So I watched an entire weekend’s worth of sets only on my phone.

"Coachella put out a similar vertical feed last year, which got rave reviews like, 'it’s too vertical,' and 'so glad this video is squished up and limiting my view of the stage.'" @boone.bsky.social really took one for the team with this one. www.wired.com/story/i-watc...

sometimes when people ask why you'd even want to do such a thing it's ok to say there ain't no rule that says I can't

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

New from me: across federal agencies, workers say religion—specifically Christianity—is showing up their workplace.

“The vibes are bad and people don’t like it.” @wired.com

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oh this is incredible, gotta get more bees
They better let you pet the bees too

Extremely valid question, and something I hope they address in an upcoming patch, please sign my petition

Crimson Desert guy holding a kitten wearing the same dumb helmet

this is my new baby and his name is Bonk

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

NEW: A large swath of civil society is warning Meta against rolling out a face recognition service that will predictably be used by sexual predators.

‘Crimson Desert’ Is a Cat Dad Simulator Step into the shoes of the strongest, goodest boy in a game that is beautiful, baffling, and impossible to put down.

look if your game lets me hold two (2) cats at the same time that's an 11/10 from me
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is this anything i dunno

I got 99 million but a wrench ain't one
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“We're not asking for the moon here, despite what management keeps trying to tell us.

We need a fair and transparent disciplinary system that we can trust so that we can keep speaking truth to power, whether in the Oval Office or inside our newsroom.”

— Jeff Ernsthausen, senior data reporter

dude I'm gonna ask you to fix so much stuff at my desk now

see, Reece knows his shit

The iPhone Gets a D– for Repairability It’s a better rating than the company has gotten from repairability experts before, at least. Samsung is second worst with a D.

Before I was a journalist, I repaired smartphones for a living! It’s so true that Apple makes phones that are quite difficult to fix. Great @boone.bsky.social piece for @wired.com:

www.wired.com/story/the-ip...

What other software stunts do you think I should attempt for @wired.com? Do you have a tip about an under-covered trend or community? I want to hear from you! My email is reece_rogers@wired.com

Reece is this because I keep calling to ask if your refrigerator is running

My Blissful, Unbothered Life as a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Maximalist I turned off my phone notifications for an entire week. It made me a less disturbed person, but the people closest to me got annoyed.

For one week, I proudly joined the growing tribe of Do Not Disturb maximalists who have their notifications silenced 24/7. My experience as part of the DND crew felt transcendent, albeit a bit annoying for everyone trying to get in touch with me.

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The iPhone Gets a D- for Repairability It’s a better rating than the company has gotten from repairability experts before, at least. Samsung is second worst with a D.

I mean it's not the worst possible score
www.wired.com/story/the-ip...

let him keep it

hell yeah dude

The Ridiculously Nerdy Intel Bet That Could Rake in Billions Advanced chip packaging is suddenly at the center of the AI boom. Intel is going all in.

Advanced chip packaging is suddenly at the center of the AI boom. I took a deep dive into Intel's approach, how it's going all in on packaging, and how the co (along with the PM of Malaysia) has been signaling that it's ramping up packaging www.wired.com/story/why-ch...

The current top bid for street name is that someone bid $111,200 to name the street 23 1/2

this is the mvp for me so far

The Paint a Street gang are funding this with an auction to change the name of the street. Whoever bids highest gets to name it. The bids got to over $100k in an hour
paintastreet.com/auction

I Took RFK Jr.’s Advice and Ate Nothing but High-Protein Foods for a Week From forcing down chewy, bacon-flavored Man Cereal to vomiting at the office, buying into the MAHA protein craze was a challenging endeavor.

According to new dietary guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services under RFK Jr., I need 138 grams of protein a day. So I slammed all the trendy new protein products for a week, from protein Pop-Tarts to protein water to protein slop bowls from Chipotle and Jack in the Box.

Tech Companies Are Trying to Neuter Colorado’s Landmark Right-to-Repair Law A bill in Colorado is a glimpse into the future of how corporations are working to limit the freedom people have to make their own fixes and upgrades.

Manufacturers are coming for state right-to-repair laws
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