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This budget-friendly Bluetooth speaker stands tall against speakers twice its price.
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Protracted flooding has engulfed the country’s Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable.
The 26 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (September 2024)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys, and Fallout are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
The Best Smartwatches, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024): Apple Watch, Wear OS, Hybrid Watches, Kids' Watches
These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.
An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic
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A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions
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The Wi-Fi 6E successor has arrived, and it promises to significantly boost the speed and stability of your wireless connections.
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The Best Tested and Reviewed Mesh Wi-Fi Routers of 2024
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The hard disk drives that the music industry relied on to archive a generation of albums are increasingly unreadable.
This Digital Archivist Believes Hollywood’s ‘Competition Era’ Is Over
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The $129 AirPods 4 Have Features the $549 AirPods Max Don’t
Without the H2 chip, Apple’s flagship headphones bizarrely can’t do key things its basic buds now can.
The Bird Flu Outbreak Takes a Mysterious Turn
US health officials say they don’t know how a patient in Missouri contracted bird flu.
‘Terrorgram’ Charges Show US Has Had Tools to Crack Down on Far-Right Terrorism All Along
The federal indictment of two alleged members of the Terrorgram Collective, a far-right cell accused of inspiring “lone wolf” attacks, reveals the US is now using a “forgotten” legal strategy.
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You’ve decided to upgrade to Apple’s new iPhone. Now the question is which model to buy. We break it down.
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An election conspiracy group has announced plans to livestream footage from ballot drop boxes and recruit sheriffs to help. Local officials are concerned about potential voter intimidation.
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This is a high price to pay for distraction-free productivity, but perennial notetakers will find it hard not to love the ReMarkable Paper Pro.