New-ish Apple WatchesThe Apple Watch got a significant upgrade at this event last year, so you'd do well to keep your wearable expectations pretty low this time. The rumor mill has been surprisingly quiet, so it's possible that Apple just doesn't announce a Series 5 model this year. Hints in early versions of iOS 13…

Voice control is part of the features list as well, as Google Assistant is here to handle your spoken commands and queries. An array of four beam-forming microphones handle both far-field voice recognition and acoustic echo cancellation. All of these wireless connectivity features are available on all three speakers, so you aren't forced to settle…

My initial snobbery was because I hadn't realized that the cans were actually made by Zound, the Swedish company behind Urbanears and Marshall's consumer audio gear. The sound on these particular cans was wonderfully clear, and it's obvious that Zound hasn't simply thrown in lots of bass to disguise bad engineering. Instead, the mids and…

Yet, with great convenience typically comes great security issues. The magnetic strip on the back of credit debit cards opened up an exciting opportunity for criminals. Using devices known as "skimmers," tech thieves could steal data from a card (the number and expiration date) while it is being used at a point-of-sale (POS) machine, including…

Why study physics, you ask? Scroll down, friend. This video of a guy rolling through a 360-degree vertical loop at a skatepark—cool as ice, with no helmet—is answer enough.Clearly, his understanding of acceleration for an object in circular motion enabled him to calculate the precise speed required, for a pipe of this diameter, to keep…

Hello, and welcome to Replay, WIRED’s column devoted to bringing you the biggest gaming headlines of the week in a quick, snappy format. What news do we have for you this Friday? Well, for one, Super Nintendo games are—finally!—coming to the Switch. Also, Steam is getting some (very necessary) updates. Press Start to begin.Super Nintendo…

The AI market is expected to grow to well over $100 billion by 2025. We’re just a stone's throw away from a voice-activated, facially recognized, algorithm-driven life. But, for a rapidly growing segment of the population, AI can be more triggering than innovative. Much of the data being used to train machine learning algorithms, which…

Once upon a time, there was a true unicorn, a startup named Uber. Led by CEO Travis Kalanick, the company broke all the rules of business and truly disrupted the way people move through the world. But with a meteoric rise comes a steep fall. As it turns out, an inherently unstable business model and…

Some YouTube channels always have buttery smooth video, even when the person is walking around. Other YouTubers struggle to keep the camera steady when they're sitting still. The difference between the two lies in a device called a gimbal, a tri-axis device that tilts, pans, and pitches to compensate for shaky hands and body movement.…

The videogames industry is having its #MeToo moment, and the backlash against it has been fast and brutal. Developers and creators are bravely going public about decades of exploitation, including at the hands of respected figures who have contributed to beloved franchises. The response has been moral outrage—not that there's an epidemic of men hurting…