Author Archives: Wired Staff

This week, we look at Samsung’s latest folding phones and discuss what their release means for the mobile industry—and for Android. Continue reading Welcome to the Weird Phone Future→

This week on Gadget Lab, we wade into the marketplace for NFT videos that are sold preinstalled in digital photo frames. Continue reading Pre-Framed NFTs Aim to Make Crypto Art More Approachable→

This week, we interview the hosts of Land of the Giants. The podcast’s new season traces Facebook’s explosion from a tiny startup to the colossus known as Meta. Continue reading At Facebook, It’s Always Been All About Growth→

This week, we interview the hosts of Land of the Giants. The podcast’s new season traces Facebook’s explosion from a tiny startup to the colossus known as Meta. Continue reading At Facebook, It’s Always Been All About Growth→

This week, we look at how regulatory pressure might deflate—or even kill—the nicotine vaping industry in the US. Continue reading What Happens Next for Vaping→

This week, we talk with author and venture capitalist Matthew Ball about the metaverse and whether this next generation of the internet will ever really materialize. Continue reading The Metaverse is Still Messy→

This week, we talk about Slack’s new video huddle feature and what it means for how we talk online. Continue reading Slack Thinks You Need Another Video Conferencing App→

This week on Gadget Lab, we reckon with streaming’s growing pains and think ahead to what watching TV will be like in five or 10 years. Continue reading The Many Possible Futures of Streaming Television→

This week, we run down all of the announcements from the developer conference, which two of us got to witness in the flesh. Kinda. Continue reading What It Was Like to Attend Apple’s WWDC In Person Again→

This week, we think of ways to fix the anxiety-inducing mess known as mobile messaging. Continue reading Texting Is a Hellscape. Is There a Way Out?→