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Back Up Your Whole Life With the Best External Hard Drives
If you’re running out of storage space on your laptop or you need to back up your data and store that backlog of videos you’re going to edit one day (I am, I swear), an external hard drive can solve your problem. The trouble is, there are hundreds of drive options ranging from dirt-cheap to…
I’ve Tested More Than 50 Cases for the iPhone 17 Lineup. This Is the Ultimate Case Guide
Other Screen Protectors I’ve Tested ESR Armorite Pro screen protector. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu ESR Armorite Screen Protector and Privacy Protector for $20: This pack is better value than Smartish’s screen protectors, because you get three tempered glass sheets instead of two. All the necessary equipment is here, from an application tool to wet wipes. While…
How Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni used Gen Z methods to raise $8M for Phia | TechCrunch
There’s a new buzzy fashion startup in town. Meet Phia, the shopping app founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates and her Stanford roommate-slash co-founder, Sophia Kianni. Phia searches the web to help users compare the price of fashion items. It’s a mobile app and browser extension that’s essentially “Google flights for fashion,” as the…
The Best E-Readers, Chosen by WIRED’s Resident Book Lovers
Comparing Our Favorite E-Readers Honorable Mentions Below, you’ll find a few more e-readers we like but don’t necessarily love as much as our top picks. Photograph: Nena Farrell Kindle Scribe 2024 for $400: The second-generation Kindle Scribe is a great option if you want an e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook, but also want…
The Top 11 Protein Powders, According to My Stomach
Compare Top 11 Protein Powders More Protein Powders to Consider Photograph: Boutayna Chokrane Naked Casein: With only one ingredient—micellar casein sourced from hormone-free skim milk—it’s about as clean as it gets. No added sugar, no artificial sweeteners, and no unnecessary additives. It’s cold-processed, to avoid any nastiness from chemicals or synthetic fillers, and it’s independently…
Modular Sofas Are the Best. You Can’t Change My Mind
A sofa is one of the biggest investments you can make in home decor, and the last thing you want is to make the wrong choice. A good couch will be with you for a decade, and it should not only be comfortable and look great, it should also have the versatility to adapt to…
The Best Digital Notebooks and Smart Pens, According to Our To-Do List Addict
Comparing Our Favorite Digital Notebooks Our Favorite Smart Pens Neo Smartpen M1+ for $129: Skip the tablet and write directly on paper with a smart pen instead. The Neo Smartpen M1+ is the thinnest and lightest of all the pens I tried, which makes it feel a bit more like your standard pen. Importantly, it’s…
WIRED Found the Best Baby Monitors for Your Nursery
Honorable Mentions CuboAi Smart Baby Monitor for $199: This cute monitor looks like a bird, so it blends nicely with nursery decor. It works similarly to the Nanit Pro, with an option to turn your phone into a monitor and have audio constantly playing, and can alert you when your kid is crying or when…
Which Google Pixel Phone Should You Buy?
If you want a folding phone and you want a Pixel, this is more or less the best option. However, if you just want the best booklike folding phone, there’s strong competition from this year’s Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7. I’ll be putting these two devices head-to-head to find out which is better, so stay tuned….
Gear News of the Week: Veo 3 Comes to Google Photos, and Garmin Adds Satellite Comms to a Watch
Google via Julian Chokkattu A few months ago, Google debuted a feature in Google Photos that lets you convert your existing photos into short videos using generative AI. These videos introduce slight synthetic movements to your stills, so a person may appear to slightly shift around in the frame, or a picture of your sleeping…