This Smart Litter Box Gives You the Scoop on Your Cat's Health
Smart Pear's self-cleaning Leo's Loo Too also helps you keep your cat well for all nine lives.
https://www.wired.com/review/smarty-pear-leos-loo-too
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This Smart Litter Box Gives You the Scoop on Your Cat's Health
Smart Pear's self-cleaning Leo's Loo Too also helps you keep your cat well for all nine lives.
https://www.wired.com/review/smarty-pear-leos-loo-too
How to Learn Chess Online—and Sharpen Your Game
You don't even need an IRL board to play this classic game of wits and war.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-learn-chess-online-sharpen-game
Biden Invokes the Defense Production Act to Fix the Lithium Shortage
The administration will use its security-related powers to encourage mining raw materials for batteries. But a sustainable fix will take yea
https://www.wired.com/story/biden-plays-a-national-security-card-to-fix-the-lithium-shortage
The Farthest Star Sheds New Light on the Early Universe
A cosmic fluke helped Hubble spy Earendel, a giant star at the edge of the known universe that could tell us more about what happened after
https://www.wired.com/story/earendel-farthest-star-nasa-hubble
The OnePlus 10 Pro's Cameras Drag It Down From the Top Spot
This sparkly flagship Android smartphone shines bright, but it plays third fiddle to the top dogs.
https://www.wired.com/review/oneplus-10-pro
The Last Cell Tower in Mariupol
For weeks, a lone mobile base station allowed thousands in the besieged Ukrainian city to stay connected—until Russian troops arrived.
https://www.wired.com/story/mariupol-ukraine-war
Wear Your Lights as You Bike in the Nutcase Vio Helmet
Forgot your bike lights? This 360-degree illuminated helmet has you covered.
https://www.wired.com/review/nutcase-vio
A Wave of Startups Is Tackling Cow Burps and Other Climate Issues
The demand for tech to save the planet is driving a new boom in companies trying to cash in.
https://www.wired.com/story/startups-green-tech-y-combinator
As Covid Restrictions End, Offices Have a Sick-Pay Problem
Countries aren’t just lifting pandemic restrictions, they’re cutting resources—forcing workers to choose between working sick and losing pay.
https://www.wired.com/story/sick-pay-covid-restrictions
7 Browser Extensions to Help Translate Different Languages
Whether you're learning a new language entirely or just need a quick translation, these aids and interactive video captions can boost your s
https://www.wired.com/story/browser-extensions-for-language-learning
Researchers Used a Decommissioned Satellite to Broadcast Hacker TV
What happens when an old satellite is no longer in use but can still broadcast? Hacker shenanigans, that's what.
https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-hacking-anit-f1r-shadytel
It’s Easy to Blame Mental Health Issues on Tech. But Is It Fair?
A popular narrative says devices make us depressed. Research with remote Amazonians adds more depth to the story.
https://www.wired.com/story/depression-social-media-tsimane-mental-health
A Sinister Way to Beat Multifactor Authentication Is on the Rise
Lapsus$ and the group behind the SolarWinds hack have utilized prompt bombing to defeat weaker MFA protections in recent months.
https://www.wired.com/story/multifactor-authentication-prompt-bombing-on-the-rise
Finally, a Down-to-Earth Space Odyssey
Rebecca Scherm’s 'A House Between Earth and the Moon' is set amongst the stars, but is psychologically grounded.
https://www.wired.com/story/house-between-earth-and-the-moon-essay
How many ports do you need? What does 4K UHD even mean? Here's everything you need to know.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-buy-the-right-tv
7 Great TV Deals to Intercept Before March Madness Ends
Upgrade your screen with the help of these steep discounts.
https://www.wired.com/story/march-tv-deals-2022
How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology
Awareness and a bit of habit hacking can keep you out of a technology tailspin.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-psychology-social-media-fomo
The Bizarre Dyson Zone Pollution Mask Doubles as Headphones
After 6 years and 500 prototypes, will Dyson’s radical clean-air blowing ANC headphones change the way people live or look like a joke?
https://www.wired.com/story/the-bizarre-dyson-zone-pollution-mask-doubles-as-headphones
The First Drug-Releasing Contact Lens Is Here
The FDA has approved daily disposables that release anti-allergy medication. Experts hope lenses could one day help treat cataracts and glau
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-drug-releasing-contact-lens-is-here
Body Parts Aren't Gendered. So Why Are Sex Toys?
It's way past time for sex toy manufacturers to realize that trans, gender-fluid, and nonbinary people also have sex.
https://www.wired.com/story/sex-toy-gender-rant
32 Awesome Outdoor Gear Deals From Winter Clearance Sales
The cold weather may be fading, but these deals on jackets and layers are white-hot.
https://www.wired.com/story/outdoor-gear-deals-2022
A Killer Parasite Is Wiping Out Hordes of Ants—in a Good Way
A microsporidian pathogen is annihilating tawny crazy ants, an invasive menace of the highest order.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-killer-parasite-is-wiping-out-hordes-of-ants-in-a-good-way
Russians Need VPNs. The Kremlin Hates Them
VPNs are divided between trying to help Russians stay connected to the global web and steering clear of Putin’s messy politics.
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-vpns-internet-challenge
Forcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to Fail
Europe’s Digital Markets Act requires interoperability between popular messaging apps. But experts warn encryption could be compromised.
https://www.wired.com/story/dma-interoperability-messaging-imessage-whatsapp
Lotus' All-Electric Eletre SUV Has a Grill That 'Breathes'
This 600-horsepower, 373-mile EV boasts a light show worthy of Knight Rider's KITT and is the first production car with retractable lidar fo
https://www.wired.com/story/lotus-eletre-debut
4 Women Photographers on the Hardest Photo They Ever Took
In honor of Women's History Month, we talked about the stories behind these artists' most challenging images—from the personal to the politi
https://www.wired.com/story/womens-history-month-photographers
Tracking apps hijack your psyche. Here's how to regain control.
https://www.wired.com/story/stop-tracking-your-loved-ones
New York Taxi Drivers Hated Uber. Now They’re Going to Help It
After almost a decade of animosity and lawsuits, cabbies might help Uber weather a labor shortage—and take a bite out of the competition.
https://www.wired.com/story/uber-new-york-taxi
For Refugees in Detention Camps, Smartphones Are a Lifeline
Smartphones can plot travel routes, contact loved ones, and collect evidence of abuse. As one refugee put it, “this sim card is our life.”
https://www.wired.com/story/refugees-migration-technology
Russia’s Lies About Bioweapons in Ukraine Make the World Less Safe
Ukraine’s research labs are vital to global health. Disinformation aimed at their work puts everyone in danger.
https://www.wired.com/story/russias-lies-about-bioweapons-in-ukraine-make-the-world-less-safe
Companies May Soon Have to Reveal a Hidden Risk: Carbon Emissions
Big businesses set splashy climate targets but don’t always reveal their data. The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to change that—t
https://www.wired.com/story/companies-may-soon-have-to-reveal-a-hidden-risk-carbon-emissions
Leaked Details of the Lapsus$ Hack Make Okta’s Slow Response Look More Bizarre
Documents shed some light on how Okta and its subprocessor Sitel reacted to a breach, but they don’t explain the apparent lack of urgency.
https://www.wired.com/story/lapsus-okta-hack-sitel-leak
The Future of Digital Cash Is Not on the Blockchain
If you want the privacy of paper money, you need something that leaves no paper trail.
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-cash-ecash-act
The Pandemic Revolutionized Disease Surveillance. Now What?
Covid forced the world to develop some of the best epidemiological surveys ever done. Now they’re being cut back, even as the threat of the
https://www.wired.com/story/disease-surveillance-revolution
A Bold Idea to Stall the Climate Crisis—by Building Better Trees
Changing the genetic makeup of trees could supercharge their ability to suck up carbon dioxide. But are forests of frankentrees really a goo
https://www.wired.com/story/trees-carbon-capture-genes
The Ghost of the Soviet Union Still Haunts the Internet
The empire collapsed 30 years ago, but its .su domain lives on—and is now attracting people who oppose an independent Ukraine.
https://www.wired.com/story/soviet-union-domain-ukraine
The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse
A seemingly endless supply chain crunch has fueled interest in tech that promises to track problems or predict where new ones might occur.
https://www.wired.com/story/supply-chain-crisis-data
TikTok’s Black Box Obscures Its Role in Russia’s War
Outside researchers can’t easily monitor how truth or lies circulate on the social media platform—raising concerns about its role in spreadi
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-algorithm-russia-war
Apple TV+ Just Won Best Picture at the Oscars. Everything Is Different Now
Hollywood has been waiting for years to see if a streaming service could nab the Oscars’ highest honor. This year, they got a historic answe
https://www.wired.com/story/oscars-streaming-services
How to Unlock Your iPhone With Face ID—While Wearing a Mask
Better late than never.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-unlock-iphone-with-face-id-and-face-mask
How to Use Windows 11’s Built-In Video Editor
Clipchamp isn’t the most powerful app, but it’s already baked into your device—and it may be all you really need.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-clipchamp-windows-11-video-editor
Why Is the Internet So Exhausting? Blame Your Crowdsourced Bosses
No, you’re not always “the product” on social media; sometimes you’re the raw material. Or the employee. Welcome to “sousveillance capitalis..
https://www.wired.com/story/labor-surveillance-internet-culture
Math’s ‘Oldest Problem Ever’ Gets a New Answer
A new proof significantly strengthens a decades-old result about the ubiquity of ways to represent whole numbers as sums of fractions.
https://www.wired.com/story/maths-oldest-problem-ever-gets-a-new-answer
What Is Google One, and Should You Subscribe?
If you use the company's apps, it's worth looking at this all-inclusive service. We break down what you get and how much it costs.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-google-one
Video Games Offered My Son a Haven From Bullying
For lots of kids, the IRL world can be lonely. 'Lego Star Wars' and 'Super Paper Mario' helped my son focus and find a community.
https://www.wired.com/story/video-games-beat-bullying
A History of 'Hup,' the Jump Sound in Every Video Game
You can hear it in your head: the grunt your character makes when hopping a fence or leaping into battle. Its sonic roots trace all the way
https://www.wired.com/story/hup-history-jump-sound-video-games
A Global Boom in Fences Is Harming Wildlife
Barriers are going up rapidly as border projects and livestock farming increase, but they impede wildlife migrations and genetically isolate
https://www.wired.com/story/a-global-boom-in-fences-is-harming-wildlife
15 Best Deals on Bags, Binoculars, and Beauty Tech
This weekend, save on some of our favorite products to get yourself out of the house in style.
https://www.wired.com/story/weekend-deals-march-26-2022
How Boa Constrictors Can Breathe Even as They Crush Their Prey
New research shows the snakes activate different sections of their rib cage, using their lungs as bellows to pull in air.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-boa-constrictors-breathe-when-they-crush-prey
How to Set Healthy Boundaries Around What You Share Online
The pull between wanting to protect privacy and still engage with others meaningfully is real. Here's how to choose and stick to your guns.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-set-healthy-boundaries-share-online