Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed
Our top pick sleeping pads from Nemo, Therm-a-Rest, Sea to Summit, and Gossamer Gear use high-tech materials to engineer the best sleep you can get outdoors.
MCP and the innovation paradox: Why open standards will save AI from itself
Much like HTTP and REST standardized how web applications connect to services, MCP standardizes how AI models connect to tools.Read More
Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy
Insta360’s new X5 360 camera features excellent 8K video and a new replaceable lens design.
AI-powered headphones offer group translation with voice cloning and 3D spatial audio
Tuochao Chen, a University of Washington doctoral student, recently toured a museum in Mexico. Chen doesn’t speak Spanish, so he ran a translation app on his phone and pointed the microphone at the tour guide. But even in a museum’s relative quiet, the surrounding noise was too much. The resulting text was useless.
Fine-tuning vs. in-context learning: New research guides better LLM customization for real-world tasks
By combining fine-tuning and in-context learning, you get LLMs that can learn tasks that would be too difficult or expensive for either methodRead More
Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update
We sat down with Tom Conrad, the interim CEO of Sonos, to talk about the app, the company’s relationship with its loyal users, and what other changes are ahead.
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
Engineers developed a ping-pong-playing robot that quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the table.
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
Robotic dog mimics mammals for superior mobility on land and in water
A team of researchers has unveiled a cutting-edge Amphibious Robotic Dog capable of roving across both land and water with remarkable efficiency.
AI model translates text commands into motion for diverse robots and avatars
Brown University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model that can generate movement in robots and animated figures in much the same way that AI models like ChatGPT generate text.