40 Best Early Amazon Prime Day Deals on WIRED-Tested Gear (2025)
Amazon Prime Day is back, starting on October 7, but we’ve already found good deals on WIRED-approved gear.
These little robots literally walk on water
HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, insect-inspired machines could transform robotics, healthcare, and environmental monitoring.
The Lenovo Go S Is $120 Off
The upgraded version of the Legion Go S with SteamOS makes for a nice Steam Deck upgrade.
AI could make it easier to create bioweapons that bypass current security protocols
Artificial intelligence is transforming biology and medicine by accelerating the discovery of new drugs and proteins and making it easier to design and manipulate DNA, the building blocks of life. But as with most new technologies, there is a potential downside. The same AI tools could be used to develop dangerous new pathogens and toxins …
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Engineers gain new tool to design complex systems with built-in uncertainty
Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can travel.
Early Prime Day Deals: $100 Off 2 Best-Selling Espresso Makers
Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier and Breville Barista Express are the two best-selling espresso machines on Amazon. Each is $100 off.
AI model can manipulate time to make better predictions in a wide range of fields
In the world around us, many things exist in the context of time: a bird’s path through the sky is understood as different positions over a period of time, and conversations as a series of words occurring one after another.
40 Best Early Amazon Prime Day Deals on WIRED-Tested Gear (2025)
Amazon Prime Day is back on October 7, but we’ve already found good deals on WIRED-approved gear.
3D printing becomes stronger and more economical with light and AI
Photocurable 3D printing, widely used for everything from dental treatments to complex prototype manufacturing, is fast and precise but has the limitation of being fragile and easily broken by impact. A KAIST research team has developed a new technology to overcome this weakness, paving the way for the more robust and economical production of everything …
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OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos
The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video generation model.