McSweeney’s
• Kashana Cauley
WIRED
• Simon Hill
How to Back Up Your iPhone to iCloud, MacOS, or Windows (2025)
Save your memories before you grab a new iPhone or update to the latest version of iOS.
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
Best Practices for Asynchronous Communication in Remote Teams
Asynchronous communication. Over-communicate, use emojis cautiously, and know when to talk face-to-face.
WIRED
• Julian Chokkattu
What’s the Best iPhone to Buy or Avoid Right Now? (2025)
The iPhone 17 lineup is here. Here are all the details on Apple’s smartphones to help you find the right model, whether that’s the iPhone Air or iPhone 16e.
WIRED
• Natasha Bernal
Anti-Trump Protesters Take Aim at ‘Naive’ US-UK AI Deal
Thousands marched in London to protest President Donald Trump’s second state visit. Among them were many environmental activists unhappy with Britain’s new AI deal with the US.
WIRED
• Matt Burgess
Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts
Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them.
WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage
The Home Depot Deals During the 2025 Decor Days Sales Event
The Home Depot is offering up to 50 percent off home goods during September. Here’s the breakdown on the biggest Home Depot deals.
WIRED
• Robert Hart
AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.
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WIRED
• Verity Burns
Meta’s New Smart Glasses Got a Subtle Name Change. It Speaks Volumes About What’s Wrong With Them
Having left competitors in the shade by adhering to vital lessons on what works on your face, Mark Zuckerberg has reverted to old habits with Meta Ray-Ban Display—and that’s not good.
The Daily
• The New York Times
The Fired C.D.C. Director Testifies
WIRED
• Jorge Garay
A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth
Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from outer space—specifically via a collision with a Mars-sized planet billions of years ago.
Trump’s Epstein Spin Collapses as Kash Patel Buckles Under Questioning
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Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
Every 6 Minutes
I’m at a dinner tonight and they have these old magazines on the table, including some old copies of WIRED, which, if you can imagine, as a kid in Houston in the 90s, was a portal to the amazing world of the internet and technology. I flipped through, and there is an entire web hosting … Continue reading Every 6 Minutes →
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WIRED
• Boone Ashworth, Verity Burns
Meta Goes Even Harder Into Smart Glasses With 3 New Models
New glasses with a built-in display bring Meta's vision of the augmented reality future into focus. The popular Ray-Bans also get an update, and there's a new Oakley style for action sports.
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