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Nintendo Switch 2 Backward Compatibility Looks Better Than Expected

Blast From the Past

Nintendo Switch 2 Backward Compatibility Looks Better Than Expected

Matt Kamen

Most People Buy a New Phone Every 2.5 Years. There’s a Better Way

Hold, Please

Most People Buy a New Phone Every 2.5 Years. There’s a Better Way

Julian Chokkattu

Flippin’ Out

Stern Pinball’s Brand-New King Kong Game Is Totally Bananas

Louryn Strampe

Dead Bedroom

Your Favorite Sex Toy Brand Might Go Under

Amanda Chatel

An Instagram iPad App, a New Motorola Razr, and Gemini’s Latest—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Gear Roundup

An Instagram iPad App, a New Motorola Razr, and Gemini’s Latest—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Julian Chokkattu

US Tariffs Could Make Smartphones Dumber

Less Is More

US Tariffs Could Make Smartphones Dumber

Boone Ashworth

I’m Googley-Eyed for the Walton Goggins Goggle Glasses

Goggins Noggins

I’m Googley-Eyed for the Walton Goggins Goggle Glasses

Adrienne So

Shopping for an EV or Plug-In Hybrid? Here Are the Ones Built in the US

Team America

Shopping for an EV or Plug-In Hybrid? Here Are the Ones Built in the US

Aarian Marshall

New Model Army

BYD Launches Denza in Europe—Another Mighty Impressive EV Brand the US Won’t Get

Verity Burns

Tariffs Will Make Electronics More Expensive. If You Need a New Gadget, ‘Buy It Now’

Don't Panic

Tariffs Will Make Electronics More Expensive. If You Need a New Gadget, ‘Buy It Now’

Julian Chokkattu

Verizon’s Price Lock, a New Rolex, and Withings’ Blood Pressure Tech—Your Gear News of the Week

Gear Roundup

Verizon’s Price Lock, a New Rolex, and Withings’ Blood Pressure Tech—Your Gear News of the Week

Julian Chokkattu

The 11 Most WIRED Watches That Dropped at Watches & Wonders

Times Up

The 11 Most WIRED Watches That Dropped at Watches & Wonders

Tim Barber and Jeremy White

The Affordable Car Is About to Go Extinct in the US

Sticker Shock

The Affordable Car Is About to Go Extinct in the US

Aarian Marshall

We Played With the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s Refined but Unsurprising

Hands On

We Played With the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s Refined but Unsurprising

Megan Farokhmanesh

This Is How TAG Heuer Revamped Its Iconic F1 Watch

Reissued Racer

This Is How TAG Heuer Revamped Its Iconic F1 Watch

Tim Barber

ChatGPT’s Projects Feature Brings Order to Your AI Chaos

How To

ChatGPT’s Projects Feature Brings Order to Your AI Chaos

David Nield

Google Discontinues Nest Protect, and Apple’s WWDC Gets a Date—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Gear Roundup

Google Discontinues Nest Protect, and Apple’s WWDC Gets a Date—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week

Julian Chokkattu

This Crazy Instrument Lets Us Hear How Dinosaurs Might Have Sounded

Wail Tale

This Crazy Instrument Lets Us Hear How Dinosaurs Might Have Sounded

Verity Burns

I Put Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series Laptop GPU to the Test. Here’s What I Found

Fake Frames

I Put Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series Laptop GPU to the Test. Here’s What I Found

Luke Larsen

Vivaldi Partners With Proton to Put a VPN in Your Web Browser

2 Become 1

Vivaldi Partners With Proton to Put a VPN in Your Web Browser

Scott Gilbertson