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5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice

Money Matters

5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice

Reece Rogers

The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money

Money Hacks

The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money

Julian Chokkattu

Airfare Keeps Going Up. Here Are Some Tricks to Find Cheap(er) Tickets

Travel Hacks

Airfare Keeps Going Up. Here Are Some Tricks to Find Cheap(er) Tickets

Aarian Marshall

These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost

Attitude Adjustment

These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost

Boone Ashworth

Framework Has a Better, More Take-Apartable Laptop

Swap In Swap Out

Framework Has a Better, More Take-Apartable Laptop

Boone Ashworth and Luke Larsen

OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model

High Fidelity

OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model

Reece Rogers

TAG Heuer Has Dropped New Polylight-Powered F1s

Pale Riders

TAG Heuer Has Dropped New Polylight-Powered F1s

Jeremy White

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

Basket Case

A Hot-Air Balloon Landed in a California Backyard. The Owner Says It's a 'Very Rare' Event

Brian Barrett

Hyundai's New Ioniq 3 Has Hot-Hatch Looks, but Can It Beat BYD?

City Styling

Hyundai's New Ioniq 3 Has Hot-Hatch Looks, but Can It Beat BYD?

Jeremy White

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce?

Leggo My Prego

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce?

Boone Ashworth

They Built the ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Now, Anthropic Wants In

Soft Where

They Built the ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Now, Anthropic Wants In

Boone Ashworth

Spoofed Tankers Are Flooding the Strait of Hormuz. These Analysts Are Tracking Them

Shipping

Spoofed Tankers Are Flooding the Strait of Hormuz. These Analysts Are Tracking Them

Aarian Marshall

Google's AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome

Caught in a Trap

Google's AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome

Reece Rogers

The Star Trek Communicator Is Now a High-End Wristwatch

Beam Us Up!

The Star Trek Communicator Is Now a High-End Wristwatch

Jeremy White

Microsoft Surface PCs Are Getting Big Price Hikes, and the Cheaper Models Are Going Away

Money Matters

Microsoft Surface PCs Are Getting Big Price Hikes, and the Cheaper Models Are Going Away

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstar—and What It Means for Your iPhone

Space Case

Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstar—and What It Means for Your iPhone

Boone Ashworth

The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026

Like Clockwork

The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026

Tim Barber and Jeremy White

GoPro’s New Mission 1 Cameras Have 8K Video and Interchangeable Lenses

New Heights

GoPro’s New Mission 1 Cameras Have 8K Video and Interchangeable Lenses

Scott Gilbertson

Bremont Is Sending a Watch to the Moon’s Surface

Infinity and Beyond

Bremont Is Sending a Watch to the Moon’s Surface

Tim Barber

You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress

Bot 4 Sale

You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress

Marco Trabucchi