Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED
WIREDGadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED
WIRED’s Gadget Lab podcast breaks down which gadgets, apps, and services you need to know about, and which ones you can move to the virtual trash bin. Learn how today’s tech shapes our lives—plus get your hosts’ personal recommendations at the end of each episode.
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WIRED’s Gadget Lab podcast breaks down which gadgets, apps, and services you need to know about, and which ones you can move to the virtual trash bin. Learn how today’s tech shapes our lives—plus get your hosts’ personal recommendations at the end of each episode.
© Condé Nast. All rights reserved. 783607
This week, we talk about disinformation campaigns online that use doctored images of celebrities to sow confusion about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other world events.
This week, we talk about the quest to make texting between mobile platforms more seamless. Will it make things better, or will it further erode our humanity?
This week, we talk with our resident kitchen expert about coffee: The best ways to make it, what gear to buy, and what to avoid.
This week, we talk about the leadership shakeups at OpenAI and bring you an episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour with the godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton.
This week, we talk about the Mirai cyberattack that caused a massive internet blackout, the three friends who wrote the calamitous code, and the FBI manhunt that followed.
This week, we talk about the new Humane wearable and the future of phone alternatives.
This week, we analyze all the changes at X during its first year under new ownership.
This week, we talk about how the data of millions of 23andMe customers was stolen and put up for sale on the web. Pro tip: Don’t use the same password on multiple websites.
This week, we talk about how fake, doctored, and false media is so easily spread, how the social platforms are dealing with it, and how generative AI is making things worse.
This week on Gadget Lab, we're sharing an episode of Wondery's Business Wars podcast where we talk about the rise of AI over the past few years.
This week, we recap all the hardware and GenAI announcements from Google, and square them with the company’s ongoing antitrust woes over its search products.
This week, we cover the latest news from Meta: AI-enabled smart glasses, a VR headset, and an army of fresh chatbots.
This week, we learn how Amazon is teaching Alexa more skills to help it better compete in a landscape lousy with chatbots.
This week, we wrap up all the news from Apple’s launch event: the iPhone's USB-C port, iCloud+ inflation, and of course, the Double Tap control on Apple Watch.
This week, we discuss how adding animated chats to Roblox will advance the company’s plan to enrich its virtual world.
This week, we ask ourselves what our reliance on our smartphones tells us about our wants and fears.
This week, we discuss a recent court case in Illinois that illustrates how police overreach into school discipline has affected students and their families.
This week, we talk about what’s causing the heat waves, storms, fires, and other extreme atmospheric events we’ve been living through this summer, and how humanity can prepare for a very hot future.
This week, we talk about pending changes to how driverless taxis can operate on city streets, and how a loosening of the rules would impact road safety, rideshare drivers, and your commute.
This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.
This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood that are fuelling the writers’ and actors’ strikes will affect not just TV and movies, but also podcasts, video games, and TikTok.
This week, Steven Levy joins us to talk about Musk’s new generative artificial intelligence startup, xAI. We also ask him whether that absurd cage match is actually going to happen.
This week, we talk about the instant popularity of Threads, poor little Bluesky, and why Twitter likely isn’t going anywhere.
This week, we're sharing an episode of WIRED's Have a Nice Future podcast. It's a conversation with futurist Noah Raford about how to prepare for the uncomfortable challenges of the world to come.
This week, we talk to the author of To Dye For, a new book about toxic fashion and the abundance of harmful chemicals in our clothing.
This week, we talk about how the two giants changed the digital—and IRL—retail landscape over the course of their decades-long rivalry.
This week, we sift through the details revealed in the leaked Cybertruck report, and talk about what happens next for Tesla.
This week, we learn what it's like to wear and use Apple's Vision Pro headset. Also, we round up the rest of the news from WWDC.
This week, we discuss the real and imagined dangers of generative artificial intelligence, which experts are eager to see regulated and contained.
This week, we cover the basics of cycling for fun and transportation, including selecting, maintaining, and accessorizing your two-wheeler.
This week, we talk to fitness writer Casey Johnston about getting strong, eating right, and feeling great.
This week, we recap all the news from Google I/O and discuss how the company is reshaping its core business with generative AI.
This week, we discuss the still-in-beta social platform the internet elite are buzzing—and skeeting—about.
This week, we dive into the market for male grooming products, scrotum deodorizers, and scented salves that target the nether regions.
This week, we talk to Tracers in the Dark author Andy Greenberg about how authorities are catching crypto criminals by following the money.
This week, we use a set of software tools to create robo versions of our real voices and see how they stack up.
This week, we learn how automakers adopted the subscription model where drivers pay to unlock features, and why the used car market will see it next.
This week, we trace how Amazon was able to build a massive public wireless network, and how it will change the future of connected devices.
This week, we learn how semiconductors are made. It’s easy! You just need light, water, a few billion transistors, and total geopolitical stability.
This week, we ask ourselves what our reliance on our smartphones tells us about our wants and fears.
This week, WIRED and NPR team up to cover the debate about students and teachers using generative AI in the classroom.
This week, we talk about the recommendation engines on platforms like YouTube and Spotify, and how a pair of US Supreme Court cases is putting them under renewed scrutiny.
This week, we talk about how streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu are growing in uncomfortable ways—and charging users more.
This week, we discuss all the ways generative AI is upending journalism, marketing, shopping, and search.
This week, we talk to Tracers in the Dark author Andy Greenberg about how authorities are catching crypto criminals by following the money.
This week, we ask if there's anything else our phones should be doing for us. Also, we break down the Samsung Galaxy announcements.
This week, we talk about why search engine companies, US lawmakers, and parents are all concerned about TikTok eating our brains.
This week, we get honest about our attachments to our gas stoves, and debate whether to replace them or just continue breathing their fumes.
This week, we talk about how US farmers’ fight to fix their own equipment could impact the repairability of phones, appliances, and other gadgets.
This week, our hosts report from consumer tech’s biggest show of the year in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This week, we look back at 2022’s biggest consumer tech stories. Then, we offer our predictions for what the next 12 months will bring.
This week, we list all the ways plastic is ruining our planet and making us sick, then come up with some ideas for reversing the damage.
This week, we talk about the development of the Ledger Stax, a cryptocurrency wallet designed by Tony Fadell.
This week, we discuss the advancements in generative AI tools like ChatGPT that make computer-enabled conversations seem more human than ever.
This week, we chart the rise of services that let you pay for purchases in interest-free installments, and what they mean for the future of shopping.
This week, a show from the archives where we discuss guided cooking apps, connected appliances, and all things smart (and not so smart) on our kitchen countertops.
This week, we discuss the implications Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter—and his high profile firings—could have for security and data privacy on the platform.
This week, we do our best to break down the social media platform many Twitter users are flocking to.
This week, we discuss possible consequences of Elon Musk's shakeup at the social media platform he now owns.
This week, we list all the ways plastic is ruining our planet and making us sick, then come up with some ideas for reversing the damage.
This week, we discuss how the increased use of sensors, chips, and software in cars is changing how we buy, drive, and maintain our vehicles.
This week, we discuss Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitions for growing virtual reality as a platform, and how the new Quest Pro headset fits into that vision.
This week, we talk about the latest Pixel hardware, and why Google’s new smartwatch puts it on even footing with its rivals.
This week, we discuss guided cooking apps, connected appliances, and all things smart (and not so smart) on our kitchen countertops.
This week, we talk about Peloton’s growing product lineup, and whether our days of sweating along to streamed exercise classes at home are over.
This week, we talk about the Sony PSVR2, the still-secret Meta headset, and how virtual reality technology needs to improve to earn mainstream acceptance.
This week, we round up all the biggest announcements from Apple’s iPhone (and Watch) launch event.
This week, we examine YouTube's history and its role in shaping internet culture. Mark Bergen, author of a new book about the platform, joins us.
This week, we tell you how to claim tax discounts by upgrading your home, switching to an EV, and decarbonizing your life.
This week, we discuss the latest John Deere tractor hack and its broader implications for the right-to-repair movement.
This week, we look at Samsung’s latest folding phones and discuss what their release means for the mobile industry—and for Android.
This week, we wade into the marketplace of NFT videos that are sold pre-installed in digital photo frames.
This week, we examine Instagram’s move to prioritize Reels—a feature copied from TikTok—and whether that will help or hinder the platform’s growth.
This week, we interview the hosts of Land of the Giants. The podcast’s new season traces Facebook’s explosion from a tiny startup to the colossus known as Meta.
This week, we look at how regulatory pressure might deflate—or even kill—the nicotine vaping industry in the US.
This week, we talk with author and venture capitalist Matthew Ball about the metaverse and whether this next generation of the internet will ever really materialize.
This week, we talk about Slack’s new video huddle feature and what it means for how we talk online.
This week, we reckon with streaming’s growing pains and think ahead to what watching TV will be like in five to 10 years.
This week, we run down all of the announcements from the developer conference, which two of us got to witness in the flesh. Kinda.
This week, we think of ways to fix the anxiety-inducing mess known as mobile messaging.
This week, we imagine a new version of the web that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back into the hands of the people.
This week, we cover the basics of cycling for fun and transportation, including selecting, maintaining, and accessorizing your two-wheeler.
This week, we discuss all the news from Google I/O, including Android 13, translation glasses, and that fancy new wearable.
This week, the journalist and entrepreneur joins us to talk about the possible changes Elon Musk could bring to his new social network.
What Snap’s Liftoff Means for the Social Media Company
This week, we discuss Elon Musk's bid to buy the platform, and we debate whether an edit button would be a sensible addition.
This week, we learn about the new browser from DuckDuckGo and share some of our web privacy tips.
This week, we discuss the Peloton Guide, and debate the role the company’s cameras and computer vision tech could play in the coming years.
This week we discuss Lapsus$, the group claiming to have pulled the recent hack on Okta.
This week, we walk through what it takes to make your own Web3 decentralized autonomous organization. (Yes, there are tokens.)
This week, we talk about the limitations of using facial recognition technology to identify suspected criminals.
This week, we recap Apple's hardware announcement and ask where all the humanity went.
This week, we discuss how the economic fallout from the invasion of Ukraine is affecting consumer goods sales, mobile payments, crypto, and the gig economy.
This week, we talk about iOS 15.4 and the big features coming soon to iPhones, including the changes to the way AirTags work.
This week, we recap all the devices Samsung showed off at Unpacked, including three new phones and a trio of tablets.
This week, we decide whether to switch music streaming services, and we offer some tips for those choosing to get their groove on elsewhere.
This week, we talk about differing visions for the metaverse and whether it’s a good place to bring your kids.
This week, we ask two autonomous vehicle experts what’s next for the tech.
This week, we discuss the techniques used to create alcohol free liquor, beer, and wine.
This week, we round up the news from consumer tech’s big show, including ebikes, webcams, health trackers, and AI-powered everything.
This week, we look back at how technology affected us in 2021—in mostly positive ways.
This week, we imagine a new version of the web that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back into the hands of the people.
This week, we hear from the acclaimed novelist Neal Stephenson about climate change, the metaverse, and the role fictional stories can play in shaping our future.
This week, we look at Niantic and Snap, whose augmented reality plans are quite different than what’s being hyped elsewhere.
This week, we break down what’s happening with the global supply chain and we offer some tips on how to fulfil your holiday shopping needs anyway.
This week, we discuss the company formerly known as Facebook’s vision for the VR-powered hyperreality of the future.
This week, we critique—and praise!—the new MacBook Pro models and the Pixel 6, both of which just landed in our laps.
This week, we talked about revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony—and whether this reckoning will finally change the social media giant.