Jun 5, 2008 9:00 PM

In Japan, Cellphones Have Become Too Complex to Use

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The Best Cheap Phones for Almost Every Budget

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $100 to $800—stood up to WIRED’s testing.

Julian Chokkattu

9 WIRED-Approved Gifts for the Techie in Your Life

Don’t buy a loved one something you wouldn’t want for yourself. These are the must-haves that tech enthusiasts have on their wish lists this year.

Luke Larsen

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Becomes ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe

The automaker has been criticized for misleading drivers with the feature’s name. Now it’s renaming it for European regulators.

Aarian Marshall

I Worked for a Whole Day Using Only the iPhone Duo. Here’s How It Went

A portable keyboard and kickstand make it a viable emergency workstation—even if iOS still gets in the way.

Julian Chokkattu

These Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Out

Three engineers put GPT, Claude, and Grok in charge of a real car. Only one of them was successful.

Will Knight

Liquid Glass Finally Makes Sense on the iPhone Duo

Liquid Glass was a divisive redesign. But with a radically different iPhone, the pieces are finally falling into place.

Craig Grannell

The Nvidia Shield TV Is 7 Years Old. It Just Got a $100 Price Hike

The price of anything with memory is skyrocketing thanks to AI. Aging streaming devices are no exception.

Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica

Sony Wants You to Forget About Discs With Its Gorgeous Transparent Controllers

Sony has new, spiffy see-through controllers and covers for its PlayStation 5 that let you see the hardware guts inside.

Boone Ashworth

The New Alexa Tablets Feel Like a Blueprint for an Amazon Phone

Amazon is rumored to be making a smartphone, and the Alexa-powered experiences on its new tablets give us a taste of what might come if that happens.

Julian Chokkattu

America’s Hybrid Hype Has Hit the Used Market

Demand is so high that some used cars are selling for more than new ones.

Aarian Marshall

The Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers Safe

With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.

Lama Rabah

Your Driverless Cab Is Spying on You

Self-driving cars from Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla are studded with cameras and sensors. Some of them are pointing at riders.

Aarian Marshall

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