The 10 Best Early Black Friday Headphone Deals (2026)

Escalating hacks affecting blood labs and grocery stores show the very real risks to critical infrastructure that come from basic security lapses involving internet-connected devices.

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Ensuring your cat stays hydrated is one of the best ways to keep your pet healthy. The right pet water fountain can help.

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The apps and platforms that help family caregivers manage their loved ones’ needs are becoming more capable, but the broader issue of caregivers’ well-being remains unsolved.

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The early bird gets the worm. Here are the best Black Friday deals for 2026 you can already get right now.

Owning a home is billed as a way to build wealth, but amid climate-related disasters, for many, it's beginning to feel like a trap.

Tesla’s biggest failure is the second massive EV to get the axe within the last year, while smaller vehicles are proliferating. It could be a huge benefit for the US battery supply chain.

The architect of the Trump administration’s brutal crackdowns on immigration and dissent was already known as “the prime minister.” Now he’ll work as the chief of staff.

The new Essential and certain colors of the original Classic are at their lowest prices of the year.

I’ve already found early deals on our favorite WIRED-tested mattresses and sleep accessories.

An experiment in which AI models were asked to break into simulated networks showed the hacking skills of DeepSeek and GLM to be not far behind OpenAI’s most advanced cyber model, which isn’t public.

Data brokers are collecting all sorts of internal corporate files to help train AI models. Not everyone is thrilled.

The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.

Creators in their sixties, seventies, and eighties have flooded adult platforms as the demand for mature content has skyrocketed, with some turning to online sex work as a retirement lifeline.

After enduring years of smells, strange noises, and waste “tea,” I’ve found the composters and food recyclers I’d actually recommend.

These monthly deliveries get kids reading, coding, and cooking while encouraging them to learn about science and the world.