Wireless charging is not almost as cool as it sounds. It’s not exactly wireless – a cable runs from the outlet to the charger – and it won’t charge your smartphone faster than plugging it in with a good old…
The current AI frenzy spread like a shock wave. It started among engineers inspired by a Research work from 2017. Next came venture capitalists eager to profit from the new boom. They were followed by government officials who were running…
CapCut simplifies video editing and creation, making it ideal for social media influencers on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and other platforms. Unfortunately, the US ban on CapCut prevents all American residents from using their favorite video editor. After the bombastic ban…
Hisense didn’t bring many TVs to CES 2025, but what did make the trip could be a sign of the future of display technology. 116-inch RGB LED TV of this brand, called The UX Trichroma TVuses a new type of…
The next Alzheimer’s treatment could come from an unexpected place. In new research published this week, scientists found evidence in mice that xenon could help treat the neurodegenerative condition. Scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Washington…
My WIRED colleague reviewers are some of the smartest people I know. Ask a member of the Gear team any question, whether it’s about zipper quality, hand feel, material durability, or whether a shade of blue is actually greener, and…
But it was not obvious. They would have to analyze a separate set of functions, called type I and type II sums, for each version of their problem, and then show that the sums were equivalent regardless of the constraint…
Intense solar flares – sudden bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun – can release dangerous levels of energy strong enough to reach Earth’s atmosphere. However, predicting solar flares is not as simple as predicting a sunny day. A team…
The US is one of the largest consumers of social media, with over 170 million TikTok accounts. There has been a debate for months about banning TikTok in the US only for the ban to arrive at the doorstep January…
“Even VPNs don’t lead to circumvention” in India, Gosain told WIRED. In the early hours of the US ban, it was unclear exactly how feasible it would be to circumvent the restrictions on US accounts. TikTok appeared to take a…