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The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.

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The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

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Our Favorite Color E-Reader (2025): Kobo Libra Colour

Kobo’s colorful e-readers are more affordable than the competition and still plenty powerful.

48 minutes ago

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Our Favorite Color E-Reader (2025): Kobo Libra Colour

WIRED

Find Any Lost Phone—Even if It Uses a Different Operating System

The app RingIt helps Android users find iPhones, and vice versa. There's no location tracking or data collection, just an easy way to make your phone ring—loudly.

1 hour ago

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Find Any Lost Phone—Even if It Uses a Different Operating System

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13 Best Vibrators of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

These rumbly motor-powered sex toys—for all bodies and genders—promise good vibes for all.

3 hours ago

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13 Best Vibrators of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Engadget

Passengers face disruption as Airbus updates thousands of planes

5 hours ago

Engadget

Passengers face disruption as Airbus updates thousands of planes

TechCrunch

VC Kara Nortman bet early on women's sports, and now she's creating the market

As women's sports enters what feels like a sustained boom period -- the Golden State Valkyries just played their first WNBA next season, the NWSL is expanding, media rights deals are growing -- Nortman remains cautiously optimistic about whether this moment will prove different from past surges in interest.

6 hours ago

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VC Kara Nortman bet early on women's sports, and now she's creating the market

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Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here's why.

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it's not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that's become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, ...

13 hours ago

TechCrunch

Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here's why.

Engadget

The best stocking stuffers you can get for $50 or less

16 hours ago

Engadget

The best stocking stuffers you can get for $50 or less

Engadget

AI horror, a dinosaur platformer and other new indie games worth checking out

18 hours ago

Engadget

AI horror, a dinosaur platformer and other new indie games worth checking out

Engadget

ModRetro launches its take on the Nintendo 64

19 hours ago

Engadget

ModRetro launches its take on the Nintendo 64

Engadget

Hytale's early access build drops on January 13 and costs $20

19 hours ago

Engadget

Hytale's early access build drops on January 13 and costs $20

Ars Technica

Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform

"We are going to learn just how important the ISS is to leadership."

20 hours ago

Ars Technica

Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform

TechCrunch

SoftBank stays in as Meesho $606M IPO becomes India's first major e-commerce listing

Meesho heads for India's first big e-commerce IPO next week.

20 hours ago

TechCrunch

SoftBank stays in as Meesho $606M IPO becomes India's first major e-commerce listing

TechCrunch

The race to regulate AI has sparked a federal vs state showdown

The fight over AI regulation isn't about the technology -- it's about whether Washington or the states get to set the rules, and what happens to consumers caught in between.

21 hours ago

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The race to regulate AI has sparked a federal vs state showdown

TechCrunch

Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier

There are many iPad apps to help you organize recipes; sync tasks across devices; be more productive; and manage your notes.

21 hours ago

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Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier

Ars Technica

Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus

Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect the environment.

24 hours ago

Ars Technica

Reintroduced carnivores’ impacts on ecosystems are still coming into focus

Ars Technica

We put the new pocket-size vinyl format to the test—with mixed results

It's a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.

24 hours ago

Ars Technica

We put the new pocket-size vinyl format to the test—with mixed results

WIRED

10 Best Mechanical Keyboards (2025), Tested and Reviewed

We’ve typed thousands of words to help you find the ideal clacky—or thocky—mechanical keyboard for your refined taste.

24 hours ago

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10 Best Mechanical Keyboards (2025), Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

How to Measure the Earth’s Radius With Legos

With just a friend, a phone, and a few Lego bricks, you can accurately measure the size of our planet.

24 hours ago

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How to Measure the Earth’s Radius With Legos

TechCrunch

Anduril's autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the WSJ.

1 day ago

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Anduril's autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports

Ars Technica

Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985

Beyond the blockbusters: This watch list has something for everyone over the long holiday weekend.

2 days ago

Ars Technica

Blast from the past: 15 movie gems of 1985

Ars Technica

Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid

The parasite, typically found in dogs, was visibly moving under her skin.

2 days ago

Ars Technica

Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid

Ars Technica

OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide

OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.

2 days ago

Ars Technica

OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide