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May 24, 2026
14 New Tools for Taking on the Great Outdoors Properly
It’s time to prep your kit ahead of the summer season. These tools will do the job.
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May 18, 2026
The Catastrophic Swatch x Audemars Piguet Launch Was Entirely Predictable and Utterly Avoidable
So why didn't Swatch do anything to avoid it?
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May 14, 2026
AI Promised the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Wristwatch. China Will Deliver It
Watch fans spent a week falling in love with colorful Royal Oak wristwatches that didn’t exist—then the real thing arrived. Now, fantasy is becoming a manufacturing opportunity.
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May 13, 2026
Ikea’s New Designer Collection Is Home-Office Heaven
From a twisty lamp to a bendy clock, the Swedish company’s full 2026 PS Collection has dropped. It’s a boon for those looking to refine their homes and workstations.
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May 12, 2026
The Audemars Piguet x Swatch Collaboration Is Here for Real
With Instagram awash with inaccurate AI-generated concepts for its Royal Pop collab, Swatch was forced to reveal the genuine article.
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May 8, 2026
Tesla’s Latest Recall? Wheels May Fall Off Cybertrucks
In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall, certain models of Elon Musk’s embattled pickup could experience a sudden, unexpected wheel separation, thanks to the wrong grease and loose nuts.
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May 8, 2026
We Asked Coffee Pros to Blind Test Coffee Machines. The Results Were Surprising
For our latest WIRED Blind Test, we sat coffee industry professionals down to rank leading do-it-all coffee machines—and the winner wasn't what anyone expected.
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May 6, 2026
Apple Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Siri's AI Features
If you bought an iPhone 15 or 16 in the US, you could be set to pocket up to $95 per device as part of the settlement.
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April 26, 2026
Ikea's New Blow-Up Chair Was Tested by Cats
Part of the new PS 2026 collection, it's taken the Swedish company 26 years to finally nail inflatable furniture.
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April 21, 2026
TAG Heuer Has Dropped New Polylight-Powered F1s
The five new Formula 1 watches are driven by light—and we have a definite favorite.
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April 20, 2026
Hyundai Ioniq 3 2026: Price, Specs, Availability
The brand’s new European 300-mile urban EV hatchback has great interior space and driving smarts, but a lot of competition.
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April 16, 2026
The Star Trek Communicator Is Now a High-End Wristwatch
This luxury Swiss watch brand has gone where no one has gone before. Unfortunately, the price is out of this world too.
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April 14, 2026
The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026
Forget worldly woes for a few minutes and gawk at these spectacular and mind-bogglingly spendy timepieces we saw in Geneva.
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April 13, 2026
BYD's Fastest-Charging Car in the World Is Astonishing—in Good and Bad Ways
WIRED witnessed the game-changing Denza Z9 GT charge its battery in just 9 minutes. But the pricing for BYD's premium brand looks like a huge mistake.
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April 12, 2026
There’s a Secret Ingredient to Making Luxury Ice at Home
Nice ice is big business, but you can get perfectly clear cubes at home without freezing your assets.
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April 2, 2026
Even Artemis II Astronauts Have Microsoft Outlook Problems
The mission commander’s email inbox failed during the journey to the moon. Have they tried turning the computer off and back on again?
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April 2, 2026
15 Design-Forward DIY Tools Worth Upgrading to This Year
Hack your hardware with these top picks for home-improvement heaven.
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March 31, 2026
Aston Martin Valhalla (2026) Review: A $1 Million Plug-In Hybrid
A robot could apparently drive this million-dollar supercar faster than a fleshy human, but the unbelievable experience would be entirely lost on it.
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March 29, 2026
The Deceptively Tricky Art of Designing a Steering Wheel
Veteran designers in the auto industry—and Jony Ive—tell us how hard it is to make a functional yet beautiful steering wheel.
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March 26, 2026
This Groundbreaking Omega Watch’s Accuracy Is Calibrated Using Sound
Thanks to a novel way of testing precision using acoustics, the Constellation Observatory is the first watch with no seconds hand to achieve Master Chronometer status.
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March 18, 2026
BMW i3 2026: Specs, Price, Availability, Range
No longer a cute urban runabout, BMW's latest electrified 3 Series is packed with tech and can go further than the iX3.
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March 5, 2026
The Bargain-Basement MacBook Neo Exposes the Insane Price of Another Key Apple Product
Can it really be the case that the company can now make a laptop $200 cheaper than a watch?
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February 28, 2026
This Ruroc Helmet Ruined My Ski Holiday
Branded intimidating and scary, this full-face Ruroc headgear for the slopes made me a pariah on the piste.
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