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The Best Hybrid Mattresses for Couples, Back Pain, and More (2025)

Combine softness and support with a hybrid mattress. These are the ones our team tested and loved.

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I'd like to see a mutual defense pact among the open source projects who depend on the stability each others' work. Not with the people, but the projects. Sort of like a NATO of open source. Where this comes from -- I'm tired of being treated like the proprietor of RSS 2.0. I transferred all my rights to Harvard in 2003. You have just as much interest in RSS 2.0 remaining stable as I do. The opposite of Embrace and Extend, rather Embrace and Preserve.

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I've never been very interested in what Kimmel says but I am now.

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Best Dog Beds (2025): For All Kinds of Dogs in All Kinds of Spaces

Dogs deserve a quality mattress, too. These are the best WIRED-tested options we—or, rather, our dogs—have found.

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Brian Lehrer Weekend: Changing Elections; AI & Jobs; Family Language

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

How Trump May Be Changing the Elections Process (First) | AI in the Job Market (Starts at 51:0 0) | Your Family's 'Secret Language' (Starts at 1:18:00)

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A Breakthrough Prehistoric Discovery May Rewrite Early Human History

A Breakthrough Prehistoric Discovery May Rewrite Early Human History

More than 100 artifacts on Turkey’s Aegean coast hints that humans and Neanderthals may have crossed a vanished bridge now submerged beneath the sea.

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1Password Review (2025): Gold Standard Security

1Password has been around for decades, and it still manages to stay on the cutting edge of keeping your logins safe.

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How to Properly Clean a Kid’s. Car Seat (2025)

Cleaning a car seat isn’t just about wiping up juice and vacuuming Cheerios. Done wrong, it can damage your child’s most important safety device.

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AWS Kiro: Testing an AI IDE with a Spec-Driven Approach

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In July,  launched Kiro, its answer to Windsurf and Cursor — but with a focus on writing specs over prompts.

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How to Set Up Your New iPhone (2025)

Welcome to your new Apple smartphone. Here’s how to get the most out of it right out of the box.

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17 Best iPhone 17 Cases and Accessories (2025)

Protect your expensive iPhone 17, iPhone Air, or Pro iPhone with our favorite cases and screen protectors.

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Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

A fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive model to train another model for less.

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Diminish Distractions by Setting Your iPhone to Gray Scale When You're Home

Phones are useful on the go, but distracting when you're at home. Here's how to automatically make them less interesting.

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Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

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Gear News of the Week: Nothing’s Latest Earbuds, Amazon’s Hardware Event, and a New Free VPN

Plus: Wacom debuts a new drawing tablet, and Wyze’s smart lock can unlock with a hand wave.

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Security News This Week: A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

Plus: An investigation reveals how US tech companies reportedly helped build China's sweeping surveillance state, and two more alleged members of the Scattered Spider hacking group were arrested.

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Meta’s Smart Glasses Might Make You Smarter. They’ll Certainly Make You More Awkward

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims anyone not wearing smart glasses will be at a “cognitive disadvantage” in the future. But you'll have to pay a hefty social price for those added smarts.

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Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures.

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'The Interview': How Reese Witherspoon Figured Out Who She Really Is

The actor and producer booked her first big role when she was 14 years old. More than 30 years later, she’s an entertainment-industry powerhouse.

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Best Of: Jude Law / Pedro Pascal

Jude Law now stars in the thriller series Black Rabbit on Netflix. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about the show, working with a dialect coach, and why he worked with a perfumer to play Henry VIII.  Rock critic Ken Tucker shares some of his favorite music releases of the fall, and Pedro Pascal talks about how his dance training helped him become a better actor in action roles. 



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