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From surprisingly good $300 Chromebooks to excellent $650 Windows laptops, these are the best budget laptops we’ve tested.

You could fill a stadium or two with all the cheap headphones out there. We tested a ton of the best headphones under $100 to help you pick the right pair.

LG’s design-focused Studio fridge checks a lot of boxes, but you’ll have to contend with the company’s spotty reliability record.

Ikea’s new 21-product series of bulbs, sensors, and remotes is dirt cheap, idiot-proof, Matter-ready, and designed to work with everything. But it’s still years from the promised house of the future.

Six new cookbooks bring stellar dishes—and cultures—from around the world into your kitchen.

Make sure your party is a hit from the moment your guests walk through the door with this expert-led holiday home scenting advice.

Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.

High-class retro gaming dream, meet budget manufacturing reality.

Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.

The best travel pillows can provide neck support and comfort. The Travelrest Nest Ultimate is our top pick for achieving some much-needed sleep on the go.

The US government is aiming to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers suffering shutdown-related woes by curtailing flights. But airlines have experience with this kind of sudden disruption.

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon are investing tens of billions in data centers. AI infrastructure is now a key driver of US economic growth.

You can snag a discount on all the Pixel 10 phone varieties if you act fast.

AgiBot is using AI-powered robots to do new manufacturing tasks. Smarter machines may transform physical labor in China.

Much of the content about Mamdani online hasn’t come from his campaign or the dozens of political influencers invited to cover it. It has also come from fans.

In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations.

WIRED talked to NBC’s Steve Kornacki about Tuesday’s election results. He thinks Trump didn’t do Republicans any favors.

Clean your house without the restraint of a power cord with these cordless stick vacuums.

These hard-working travel totes handle everything from a work trip to a weekend getaway.

Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.