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The Best DAW Software Recommended by WIRED’s Resident Musicians

From Ableton and Pro Tools to iPad apps—get the most out of your music with these digital audio workstations, or DAWs.

The Best Smart Bird Feeders for Backyard Birding

These bird feeders come with cameras and connected apps to let you see and learn about the birds in your neighborhood.

The Best Mechanical Keyboard for Beginners Got a Little Better

With softer, quieter keys, and tools to customize the exact pressure of your key presses, the NZXT Function 2 improves on its predecessor.

Strymon’s BigSky MX Is an Expensive, Near-Perfect Reverb Pedal

This expensive big-box reverb strikes a stunning balance between versatility, usability, and experimentation.

The Seriously Fun Electric Mini Cooper Returns—but There’s a Problem

The Mini Cooper SE is a seriously fun compact EV, and can even pretend to sound like the original Mini. Limitations linger, though, including dismal charging speeds.

CMF's Phone 1 Is Better Than Any $199 Smartphone Should Ever Be

I used this $199 smartphone to cover a launch event in Paris and it was nearly flawless.

Missed Out on Prime Day? These 155 Deals Are Still Going Strong

You can still snag many of the same Prime Day deals on security cameras, hair straighteners, and iPads—though these discounts are quickly disappearing.

There's Still Time to Shop The 313 Absolute Best Prime Day Deals

We've been watching, and these deals are going fast. From laptops and tablets to Airpods and Echo dots, grab the best Prime Day deals before it's too late.

There's Still Time to Shop the Best Prime Day TV Deals

Our favorite TV deals and home theater deals from Amazon’s big sales event. Find deals on TCL, Hisense, LG, Samsung, and more.

It's Your Last Chance to Save on These 11 Outdoor Items We Love

Less than 12 hours left to snag the best deals on water bottles, bikes, action cameras, and camping gear before I turn off your phone and make you go outside!

All the Top New Features Coming to MacOS Sequoia

Apple has officially released the public beta for macOS 15 Sequoia. We break down how to install it, all the new features to look forward to, and tell you whether your current Mac will support the new operating system.

How to Shop With Virtual Credit Cards to Protect Your Privacy

Keep your real credit card details to yourself by using virtual card services from Privacy, Revolut, and possibly even your current bank.

How to Use an eSIM for International Travel

Setting up the eSIM feature on your smartphone and buying a cheap data plan is a great way to stay connected while on vacation.

How to Turn Off Google Ads for Sensitive Topics

If you don’t want to see ads related to alcohol, pregnancy, or weight loss, you can block them. Google offers additional controls to adjust all the other ads you see too.

Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win

From gymnast-tracking to pole vault measurements mid-jump, the watch brand’s Swiss Timing division has a whole host of new timing tech for Paris 2024.

Dyson Has New Headphones That Don’t Cover Your Mouth This Time

Plus: Amazon made an ungodly amount of money on Prime Day, there are new Pixel phones (and a foldable) coming soon, and maybe that chatbot you’ve been talking to has been acting a little too human.

Why the Global CrowdStrike Outage Hit Airports So Hard

The aviation industry is optimized within an inch of its life. A bad software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down computers running Microsoft Windows—and a cascade of airports with it.

Prison Phone Call Fees Are Out of Control. The FCC Can Finally Rein Them In

The changes are expected to save incarcerated people and their families at least $500 million a year in exorbitant phone and video call fees.

The Blurred Reality of AI’s ‘Human-Washing’

This week, we examine the trend among generative AI chatbots to flirt, stammer, and try to make us believe they’re human—a development that some researchers say crosses an ethical line.

Semaglutide for the People

This week, we learn how easy it is to buy cloned Ozempic on the internet, and we explore what the latest research is revealing about how GLP-1 drugs affect our bodies.

The Future of Vaping After the Fall of Juul

This week, we talk to the hosts of the new podcast Backfired about how the e-cigarette industry got to where it is today and where it can go from here.

Good Search Borrows, Great Search … Steals?

This week on Gadget Lab, we talk about how content on the open web is being used to train AI-powered search tools, and how content publishers are fighting to reverse this trend.