Category: Gaming

At WIRED, we recommend a bunch of Nomad accessories for a variety of gadgets, such as your smartphone, tablet, earbuds,…

Black Friday is the big day for retailers slashing prices to kick off the holiday shopping season and clear out…

Taking a vacation is fun, once you get your toes in the sand. Though some people enjoy the process of…

Nomad routinely tops many of our accessory buying guides. Its wireless chargers, iPhone cases, and Apple Watch straps are well…

The Meta Quest 3 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is a massive upgrade over its predecessor in almost every category. It has…

I have probably tested close to 100 cheap phones over the last 9 years, and I’ve never really had to…

With an aging population keen to stay in their own homes, elder care is a growing issue in the United…

With various standards and charging technologies at work, it is much harder than it should be to work out what…

The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it, all manner of uncomfortable conversations with relatives who think they know…

REI famously shuns Black Friday, asking potential customers to instead get outside and enjoy the world around you. That’s great…

Aer’s Travel Pack 3 is about as close to a travel-bag Swiss army knife as you can get. It’s a…

Using bad cookware can make even the most competent chefs feel like they’re in an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Chefs…

Traveling can be complicated, especially if you’re planning a last-minute trip. Hotels.com has hotel deals at thousands of hotels around…

Walmart’s early Black Friday deals have arrived, and we’ve found a handful of deals that rival last year’s Black Friday…

Hoka running shoes have been popular with trail and mountain runners (or “skyrunners”, if you prefer) since the company’s inception…

Menopause is weird. If you’re a human woman, you’re born with every egg you’ll ever have in your ovaries. By…

Branch has become one of my favorite home office furniture companies for three main reasons. First, its products are easy…

We all want a cinematic experience at home, but nobody with a sense for aesthetics wants to hang a gigantic…

Moms are people, too. They love their kids but also have plenty of their own hobbies (cooking! running! gaming!), and…

The two most important metrics to look for when shopping for a flashlight are the batteries and the lumens. Batteries:…

The obvious way to keep Jack Frost from nipping at your fingers is to slip on a pair of toasty…

If you’re looking for a TV that maximizes picture performance with a minimal hit to your budget, you may want…

Full-height tempered glass and sculpted mesh panels are practically ubiquitous now, so it’s rare for a case to really catch…

TV sales are as predictable as the changing seasons, with prices steadily dropping on multiple brands and models this time…

Long before we had Amazon or Facebook marketplace, or thousands of other online retailers, we had eBay. And now, we…

This sexual wellness kit from Foria includes Melts with CBD, which are suppositories that deliver 50 milligrams of broad-spectrum CBD…

Out of the dozens of services I’ve tested, Home Chef is my favorite meal kit service for beginner cooks. It’s…

I remember the first time I watched a tutorial on Blender, a 3D computer graphics software, explaining how metal surfaces…

There are associated costs as well. These games are priced more like console games than iPhone games. Death Stranding is…

Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But…

The remote control is also tiny, but not in proportion (or it would be unusable). It has four buttons for…

White elephant parties present a unique challenge: Can you find something either cool or funny enough within a set budget…

If you have a family and you like to be outside, you should have walkie-talkies. In a lot of places…

I’m a big proponent of treating myself. I think everyone should have more little treats, all the time, always. A…

Everyone wants reliable and fast internet, and a good router can help. The trick is to work out how the…

in 2020, Apple’s MacBooks entered a new era. The company announced it was moving away from the Intel chips it…

Some of our favorite Canon cameras are available at significant discounts. Canon’s R series cameras are some of our favorite…

Black Friday used to fall on just one day of the year. Shoppers would camp outside of stores, eagerly awaiting…

In the midst of our reporting on Nike’s turbulent year, we failed to emphasize one fact: Even as Nike’s corporate…

OpenAI just launched its AI search update for ChatGPT. Three months after the company’s initial announcement of a SearchGPT prototype,…

Speaking of the Studio Display, Apple brought over the nano-texture glass option, which reduces glare—helpful if you often work by…

All the best smart speakers can help you frighten guests or create the haunting ambiance you’re after. If you have…

Sometimes, eating makes me feel like Sisyphus. Every day, I must toil up the mountain and the rock to figure…

There’s Shark Week, and then there’s Mac Week. It’s a little less exciting, but Apple first announced a new iMac…

Like other online travel agencies, Booking.com helps you find discount rates for airline tickets, cruises, hotel stays, car rentals, and…

You can also pick between different variations of the M4. If you don’t need all the processing power, the entry-level…

I didn’t consume my first cup of coffee until the ripe age of 24, when I was forced by a…

Don’t doomscroll more depressing news, use that phone to lift your mood instead. The best mobile games will bring a…

Laptops are everything, but they’re terrible for ergonomics … unless you own a laptop stand. Whether you’re working from home,…

Credit where it’s due, former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn—the man who was later smuggled out of Japan in a double…

Listen up, nerds. Newegg has deals on gently used, refurbished, new and hard-to-find electronics, gaming products and more. Remaining one…

I’ve been wearing the Even Realities G1 glasses for four months, and while many people have commented on my new…

Target has set itself apart from big box retailers like Walmart by having trendy clothes, homegoods branded by reality TV…

“Right now, we’re seeing the highest sales of Kindle in more than a decade—20 billion pages are currently read every…

Design Within Reach has some of the best and coolest home decor you can find, from modern couches to fantastic…

The Eero Outdoor 7 comes with fixings and instructional videos for installation onto stucco, vinyl, wood, or fiber cement walls.…

Squarespace helps small businesses and regular Joe Schmoes to get software help to build their own websites (for both personal…

If you’re willing to spend more than $100, great headphones abound. Once Apple breached the wireless earbud dam with its…

Around here, we have a saying: mattresses are always on sale, but they’re not always the same price. The explosion…

Every office is a microcosm of personalities, making the quest for the perfect gifts for coworkers both exciting and baffling.…

It tends to really be used only by developers, but the address bar and search box up at the top…

GoPro has a few tricks here and there worth mentioning, though. As someone who likes to handle color grading in…

I’m here to make friends, bask in the kind, accepting glow of internet comments, and speak the dark truth you’ve…

It’s getting cold outside, and it’s even worse for a person who’s always cold. The first crisp morning of the…

I held Earth in the palm of my hand. Universe Sandbox, a celestial body simulator, isn’t available on the PlayStation…

Unless you’re a keyboard enthusiast or a gamer, with custom builds for specific tasks, it’s highly likely you’re using whatever…

Students, it’s the worst time of your life, you might as well save a little money. Just kidding, life only…

Google just added a new customization tool for the viral AI podcasts in its NotebookLM software. I got early access…

A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel, keeping your data safe from prying eyes. Whether you’re worried…

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. “We are witnessing the beginning of a…

The seventh generation of Apple’s tiniest iPad is finally here, three years since its last refresh. There was no fancy…

Humans have been trying to talk to animals ever since we figured out how to form words. In modern times,…

The site is similar to Wikipedia, where members of the community have access to make their own modifications as they…

No one likes the feeling of insect repellent. I have vivid memories of being sprayed down with the stuff as…

I tore the top of the Strike LS because I was wearing a slightly thicker pair of socks than normal…

If the MSI Vision Elite RS could walk, it would walk into every room like it owned the place. It’s…

I wasn’t always a sunscreen devotee. Like so many millennials, I didn’t understand the risks of turning into a lobster…

Electric cargo bicycles come in two configurations. The first are front-loader bikes, also known as bakfiets or Long Johns, which…

Even after I got the fit right, I noticed a darker, fuzzier sound signature than what I experienced in the…

Note: Xbox Cloud Gaming is not to be confused with Xbox Remote Play, which is free and lets you stream…

Such is the world of luxury products, that customers for McLaren Automotive’s newly announced $2.6 million W1 hypercar can now…

Prime Day is over. We spent weeks prepping for Amazon’s semiannual sale and two full days tracking discounts. Now all…

As Prime Day nears its end for 2024, now is a great time to buy a Kindle. At WIRED, we’re…

amazon’s prime day deals event is coming to a close, but there are still thousands of deals out there. If…

if you’re in the market for a laptop but want to spend money wisely, you’re in luck. Amazon’s Prime Day…

If you’ve ever battled crowds to get a coveted toy you know that early October is actually the perfect time…

The life of a reviewer can be tough. Tennyson once said, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never…

Another Amazon Prime Day event will start tomorrow and run through midnight Wednesday, but you don’t have to wait another…

The company has always had premium prices, but in certain categories the products haven’t always matched the brand’s prestige: 2010s…

And the W1 needs one to do its best work. Even in a world in which the new breed of…

The Voice Mode feature is similarly effective, using Sony’s Voice Zoom 3 to elevate dialog. Like the Sound Field, it’s…

The One RFID Smart Feeder from Petlibro shows just how far automatic cat-feeding technology has come. For this feeder, the…

Condoms are great. They’re a relatively inexpensive method of birth control and can greatly lower the risk of sexually transmitted…

“I think you can envision this playing out pretty well for BYD, actually,” says Ilaria Mazzocco, a senior fellow at…

A cup of coffee in the morning is not just about the caffeine. It’s a ceremony to start your day.…

Although both writing and coding modes give the choice of requesting in-line edits, the bifurcated user interface for canvas is…

Coperni has yet to decide how many RLP Swipe Bags will be put into production, but for Meyer, starting a…

Just a few weeks ago, certain people in a particular corner of the internet decided they had cracked the reason…

Speaking of, regardless of the video call app you use, Chromebook Plus laptops now have a studio-style mic option to…

Smart home gadgets have no limits these days. You can control everything from a garage door to every single light…

A select number of all-electric Tesla Cybertrucks now have the ability to drive on US highways hands-free, after the automaker…

There’s always room to up your game, and there are quite a few additional tools that can help you make…

Instax Mini 90 Camera for $210: Once my favorite Instax, the Mini 90 seems to have been superseded by the…

Basically every major product category has seen massive inflation over the past decade. Every category, that is, except TVs. For…

if you’re bored with your home screen, I have good news for you. With iOS 18, you can finally personalize…

The popular perception of sex machines (thanks mainly to porn) is usually a dildo on the end of a long…

Celebrities partnering with watch brands is nothing new. Sometimes a bona fide watch enthusiast like John Mayer partners with Audemars…

Under Chinese law, only 10 percent of a company’s staff is supposed to be made up of labor dispatch workers.…

The PlayStation 5 was arguably one of Sony’s most controversial designs. After a few years, I have to admit it’s…

Meta has dominated online social connections for the past 20 years, but it missed out on making the smartphones that…

The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are the first real artificial-intelligence wearable success story. In fact, they are actually quite good. They’ve…

Meta Connect, the big developer event and hardware showcase from the company that runs Facebook and Instagram, is kicking off…

The dual-sport Origin has a city range of 90 miles and a combined range of 70 miles. Riding flat out…

Dyson’s vacuums are top-tier for various reasons. They’re powerful, easy to maneuver, bagless, lightweight, and more. But a majority of…

In recent years, Apple started giving the iPhone Pro models a significant chip upgrade to increase the performance gap between…

Slack has been keeping offices and organizations humming along since all the way back in 2013. And while it might…

Pac-Man is a classic arcade game that deserves all the love. Guiding an abstract mouth around a ghost-patrolled maze in…

On Saturday, a YouTube creator called ChromaLock published a video detailing how he modified a Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator…

PRICE: Despite any marketing claims to the contrary meal kits cost more than buying groceries. However, they usually cost less…

There are so many cases. Here are other ones I’ve tried that I don’t like as much as the picks…

That said, the bigger iPhones tend to have the best battery life. The iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 16…

After living in big cities like San Francisco and New York, when I returned to the Midwest and set foot…

Most of the weighted blankets we’ve tested are worth recommending—and there are a lot of them. However, these didn’t stand…

Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about Amazon’s members-only event, Prime Day. The annual “holiday” has outperformed both…

Don’t underestimate the value of updates for your browser and for Windows itself either. A significant number of malware packages…

You can configure the beds in a variety of ways. WIRED editor Martin Cizmar tested this one with a medium-firm…

In addition to these features, Copilot+ PCs have proven more than capable of running general business apps like Microsoft Office…

There’s more to the future of Lotus than big electric SUVs. That’s what the British company once famous for its…

We’ve recommended the Snoo for several years. It’s the only true “smart” bassinet, designed by Dr. Harvey Karp, who is…

I admire Shark’s ambition. With its latest vacuum (most recently presented at IFA), Shark attempts to solve two major problems.…

The shift to remote work has made it easier to stay productive while traveling. We have Slack and Zoom, and…

Synthetic voices have been proliferating for years, and the generative AI boom of the new ’20s has sped that process…

The first thing I noticed when taking the Lowrider out of the storage bag (which is much nicer than Bote’s…

One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry’s…

If Apple wanted to bury the fact it’s leaving its most expensive headphones as the least technically capable in its…

It’s the perfect time to start playing cozy games. And by cozy games, I mean the opposite of what you…

Do you wish your front door could see you coming? I certainly do, since I’m usually either wrangling a toddler…

Apple’s forthcoming iOS 18 is loaded with a slew of artificial-intelligence-powered capabilities. The new mobile OS can rewrite your text…

If you didn’t hear the big news at Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event on Monday, well, the company has plans to…

I am often surrounded by dozens of phone cases, and many of them are perfectly fine! They just don’t stand…

Sony’s PlayStation 5 mid-cycle upgrade, the PS5 Pro, is coming November 7. Lead PlayStation architect Mark Cerny revealed the console…

For lots of smartphone owners, Apple is the conduit to the internet. Since 2022, Apple has made it clear that…

Like every athletic endeavor, running is complicated. We’re not all professional athletes, with every minute dedicated to improving and preserving…

The big draw of 2-in-1 laptops is that they can be used as both a laptop and a tablet. While…

“Besides price, most buyers ask me what makes one bike so much more expensive than another bike,” says Kevin Lau.…

Tap Who can share with you, then enable Everyone and check the Only for 10 minutes box. It means Quick…

It’s not often that something as well-known as the Happy Hacking Keyboard gets reworked from the ground up. And when…

Acer also released a slew of laptops, desktops, and monitors, but the DualPlay concept laptop with a pop-out controller jumped…

Overlanding, off-road touring, four-wheeling—whatever you call it, traveling America’s back roads, the real back roads, the ones that aren’t paved…

“Exploring new places, going the extra mile. He feasts with his friends, enjoys a good drink, and laughs with his…

Is there such a thing as the best notebook? Probably not. Notebooks are not a one-size-fits all commodity. If none…

New parents, here’s a tip: You might not need a baby monitor, since a healthy, hungry baby can shriek in…

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. The 2024 Paris Paralympics have shown the…

Updates usually pop up automatically, but you can always check whether you have the latest version in Settings > System…

When my son was small, my favorite stroller accessory was little add-on called the Rockit. Shaped like a rocket, it…

Intel Core i7-1455U is how a laptop manufacturer’s website might list the type of processor. Now that we know Core…

However, as shooter veterans know, playing with a keyboard and mouse provides a considerable advantage in terms of aiming. So…

The C120 can stream and record video at up to 2K resolution, supports two-way audio (with a slight lag), and…

Reading before bed is a great way to relax. But getting the right balance of light can be tricky. We…

One of my greatest disappointments of adulthood is learning just how much hassle is attached to recreation. Everyone loves lounging…

Photograph: Michael Sawh Rather ambitiously, Shokz promises these sports headphones can deliver clear highs and natural mids and that the…

Autumn is unofficially here, and that means pumpkin spice everything, changing leaves, and a whole bunch of deals on WIRED-approved…

Do you have an iPhone and a desire to play retro video games? I have good news for you. This…

You’re done! This fold isn’t always super neat, but it’s fast and easy, and is a good enough fold to…

I was recently thumbing through a photo book at the library and ran across a double-page spread of a crowd…

On Tuesday, Alphabet’s self-driving vehicle developer Waymo said it would begin operating all-day, curbside pickups and drop-offs at Phoenix Sky…

The all-in-one computer category—nestled fitfully between the laptop and desktop worlds—seemingly gets little respect from anyone: consumers and manufacturers. Why…

It’s about a year late, but the Barbie Phone is finally here. This is not a smartphone, but a clamshell-style…

You can even browse presets directly from KeyLab, filtering them by instrument, sound bank, or style. Native Instruments offers a…

Summer is winding down, which means it’s time for the annual REI Labor Day Sale. This year’s event kicked off…

It’s a great time to double down on stereo sound. Multi-speaker formats like Dolby Atmos get all the headlines, but…

Lately in Overwatch 2, I’ve taken up playing Wrecking Ball. Compared to my usual main, Mercy, it somehow involves even…

The machine comes with the mold for four cubes; you can also separately buy a Collins mold that makes three…

You should be sure to keep your personal information up to date. That includes your emergency contacts (which you can…

Ignore the arguments about which is better, because iPhones and Android phones have far more in common than some folks…

No doubt picking up on the trend of wired 1990s-style earbuds—must-haves for those craving nostalgia tech from an era they…

It’s not until the fourth time I fall into the choppy, rolling waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay,…

Lithium-ion battery fires can be intense and frightening. As someone who used to repair second-hand smartphones, I’ve extinguished my fair…

Most people won’t be listening to the Everboom on their desktop, of course, so I did most of my testing…

I have reviewed every Pixel smartphone since the brand was first introduced in 2016, and something about the Pixel 9…

It’s fairly common to experience some pre-flight jitters, especially if it’s been a while since your last plane trip. What…

A few years back, I ran a head-to-head test between two of the best food processors on the market. The…

If you’re in the process of building your PC, one of the most important components to consider is which power…

Photograph: Birch by Helix; Getty Images Birch Birch is made by the same folks over at Helix, but the Birch…

When you first learn how to build a PC, everything can seem super complicated, but one of the most confusing…

Projectors offer larger screen sizes and a more cinematic viewing experience than their TV counterparts, but that doesn’t mean they’re…

I fell in love with linen bedding years ago. I bought a bright yellow linen duvet I was certain would…

There are so many wonderful TVs now available, there’s a good chance even those that didn’t make our top picks…

The newest version of Sonos’ mobile app is still very bad—so bad, the company is considering ditching the newly redesigned…

Later in the year, Google will imbue Gemini Live with Project Astra, the computer vision tech it teased at its…

If you’re switching from an iPhone, you may want to install the Google Drive app. In the Google Drive app…

At a splashy media event this week at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, Google announced four new Pixel phones.…

Ford created a surprise smash hit when it introduced the Maverick in 2021. This compact pickup, built on architecture shared…

Formula One’s paymaster, Liberty Media, may have thrust the sport deep into its American heartland—there are now three grand prix…

I leave ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on while writing this article as an ambient AI companion. Occasionally, I’ll ask it…

We haven’t tried a vacuum yet that we absolutely hate. These ones below are solid vacuums, and in some cases…

In 2030, about six years from now, American astronauts will return to the surface of the moon. When they land,…