An underreported phenomenon in modern culture is the slow degradation of our collective optimism about the future. Look no further than the delta between the 1962 Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Jetsons—which predicted a space-age utopia replete with flying cars, automated kitchens, and robot maids—and Ridley Scott’s 1982 dystopian sci-fi hallmark Blade Runner, which portrays Los Angeles…
A Reddit post about a bride who demands a wedding guest wear a specific, unflattering shade is sure to provoke rage, let alone one about a bridesmaid or mother of the groom who wants to wear white. A scenario where a parent asks someone on an airplane to switch seats so they can sit next…
Like cold plunging, sauna use isn’t suitable for everyone, however. If you have any heart, kidney, blood pressure, or respiratory concerns or are pregnant, you should avoid the sauna, for example. If you are unsure, you should always consult your doctor before use. And regardless of your level of sauna experience, if you feel lightheaded,…
An AI image generator startup left more than 1 million images and videos created with its systems exposed and accessible to anyone online, according to new research reviewed by WIRED. The “overwhelming majority” of the images involved nudity and were “depicted adult content,” according to the researcher who uncovered the exposed trove of data, with…
A leader in almost everything tech and home-office related for over 40 years, Swiss-founded Logitech offers a vast array of products, including keyboards, consoles, webcams, and tech gear made especially for education, business, and gaming. We at WIRED know the company’s wares well (obviously), so we’ve found the latest Logitech promo codes and deals to…
Photograph: Pete Cottell Others Tested Four Sigmatic Organic Coffee for $20: Four Sigmatic was founded about a decade ago by Finnish-American bohos who had the prescience to market mushroom coffee to woo-woo Angelenos who are rich enough to disregard science. Its catalog is expansive and includes a whole constellation of mushroom-infused ingestibles, with bagged, preground…
Michael Calore: OK. There’s a lot of lingo. Boone Ashworth: I had a lot of coffee today, and that actually really helped. Manisha Krishnan: It did calm me down a little bit, but, yeah, I was honestly struggling to follow his instruction because of the jargon he was using. Michael Calore: Yeah. So the lift-out…
We’ve long been sweet on the Swedes at Teenage Engineering, who make all manner of synthesizers, rhythm boxes, and other wizardly audio trinkets, all with a drool-inducing design aesthetic. This latest entry pays homage to the classic sounds of roots reggae and dancehall music from 1970s and ’80s Jamaica. The Riddim comes loaded with hundreds…
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“It’s a PR campaign, obviously,” claims Joshua Naftalis, a former prosecutor, now a partner at law firm Pallas Partners. “It’s a no stone left unturned strategy.” To date, Bankman-Fried has not filed a formal pardon application, a White House spokesperson tells WIRED. “We do not discuss speculation about sensitive issues, such as pardons, on-record,” the…