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Attitude Adjustment

These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost

The Kickstarter-funded glasses from L'Atitude 52°N have AI features bundled for 1 year, but the company doesn't know yet how much it will charge for access after that.

Boone Ashworth

Swap In Swap Out

Framework Has a Better, More Take-Apartable Laptop

Boone Ashworth and Luke Larsen

High Fidelity

OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model

Reece Rogers

News and Events

TAG Heuer Has Dropped New Polylight-Powered F1s

The five new Formula 1 watches are driven by light—and we have a definite favorite.

Jeremy White

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

The CEO of Magical Adventures Balloon Rides tells WIRED how the pilot made a safe landing after they got stranded over a neighborhood.

Brian Barrett

Hyundai's New Ioniq 3 Has Hot-Hatch Looks, but Can It Beat BYD?

The brand’s new 300-mile urban EV has great interior space and driving smarts, but a lot of competition. And, yes, there's a chance it is US-bound.

Jeremy White

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.

Boone Ashworth

Trends

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.

Reece Rogers

How American Camouflage Conquered the World

The world-famous MultiCam pattern was designed for the military by two Brooklyn hipsters. Now everyone—from babies to ICE agents—is suited up for battle.

Avery Trufelman

Can Modular Phone Accessories Finally Evolve Beyond MagSafe?

True modular smartphone hardware never went mainstream. That could change as phone makers look beyond magnets.

Sophie Charara

The 19 Best EVs Coming in 2026

We’re expecting fresh electrics from Rivian, Hyundai, Honda, BMW, and newcomer Slate, among others. Here are the EVs arriving this year that we’re most excited about.

Jeremy White