16 Best Laptops (2025), WIRED-Tested and Approved

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Looking for a smart speaker that can do more than just talk back to you? These smart displays can stream your favorite shows, join a video call, and even double as a digital photo frame.

If you can’t upgrade to Windows 11 with a simple software update, these are the best Windows 11 laptops to buy right now.

Whether your chip is running a vintage computer game or the latest DeepSeek model, it’ll reward you for speaking its native language.

If you stayed awake in science class as a kid, the payoff comes when you get a good laugh out of Freya McGhee’s jokes.

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From a religious OnlyFans creator to influencers quibbling over the appropriation of trad wife culture, right-wing personalities are jockeying for a larger stake in the dating zeitgeist.

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research.

Ensuring your cat is drinking enough water is one of the best ways to keep your pet healthy. We tested popular models to find the best water fountains for most cats.

This supercharged, intuitive trail machine can turn any intermediate rider into a World Cup–level legend in their own mind.

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

Xbox users in the US face price increases up to 50 percent on their monthly gaming subscription, making it a great time to check if you’re on the right tier or if you even need to subscribe at all.

Tackle stubborn stains, ground-in grime, and pesky pet hair with one of these WIRED-tested washers.

This Garmin killer is dead on arrival.

No Windows laptop is dethroning the MacBook Pro anytime soon, but the Yoga Pro 9i 16 gets surprisingly close.

Butterfly, The Girlfriend, and The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.

Plus: PlayStation 6 rumors heat up, Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses are hard to fix, and Logitech disables its smart-home buttons.

The first Corvette to use an electrified powertrain has now hit European shores, so we decided to see how this hybrid sports car would cope with the UK’s uniquely crummy road surfaces.