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5 New Year’s Resolutions and Apps to Help You Accomplish Them


The new year marks a fresh start and another opportunity to set goals for what is ahead. Developing a plan is simple, but holding yourself accountable and tracking progress can make it difficult to stick with your objectives for the entire year. Make 2024 different by utilizing apps to stay on track.

Hot Tech Tips to Prepare for Cold Weather


As winter vibes roll in and freezing temperatures take over many parts of the country, it’s important to ensure your tech stays resilient and frost-free.

Cut Costs, Not Your Connection: How to Get Home Internet for Less


If you’re struggling with access to reliable and affordable wireless home internet, you’re not alone. In fact, more than 20% of Americans living in rural areas and nearly 30% of Americans living in Tribal lands lack internet access, compared to only 1.5% of those living in urban areas. To make matters worse, the average American shells out about $75 each month for internet service, with over a third saying that cost is one of the biggest hurdles in getting their hands on home internet.

Best New Tech Gifts for the Person Who Has Everything


Most of us have at least one loved one who’s hard to shop for. Maybe it’s because they insist that they have everything they need already or perhaps they simply have discerning taste. To get a jumpstart on your holiday shopping, consider these five, functional and fun gift ideas that promise to impress even the most challenging gift recipients:

Would Your Pricey New Smartphone Survive a 6-Foot Drop?


Despite space age materials and hefty price tags, today’s top-of-the-line smartphones are still prone to damage, and consumers without protection plans are facing sticker shock at repair shops.

Little iPod Wonders


It is no wonder that ipods are getting fun poked at them by movies this year. It seems as if the ipod is taking over the world. Everywhere you go you see them, they are attached to adults and children alike and they are all over the television and in the movies, it is getting a little insane.

IP Addresses: Finding, Understanding and Using


IP addresses are like real-world addresses, they are identifiers for computers or devices connected to TCP/IP networks. The entire TCP/IP networking protocol is based on the concept of a unique IP address for every object connected to the network. Messages sent via TCP/IP networks are routed to their destination based on the IP address.

A Hurricane of Personal Technologies in the Near Future


Personal technologies are very interesting and if you read the personal Tech Newsletters and magazines they are quite popular with the techie crowd and more and more the mainstream reader. There always seems to be something new and something to write about in personal Tech.

Animated Wallpaper


Animated wallpapers are applications that place special animations, screen savers and media files directly on the desktop. This makes them different from a typical desktop wallpaper, which is just an image in the background. These applications allow full-fledged 3 dimensional animations, screen savers and media files to be displayed directly in the background.

Digital Cameras


But perhaps no product has been more affected by digital technology than the camera.

Portable DVD Players Versus Laptops


For some the big discussion is...should we get a 'portable dvd player" or just spend more money a get a laptop that will play our dvd movies?

Computer Training - Building a PC, Piece By Piece


Building a computer from piece by piece is the best way to get the computer you really want, in addition to being an entertaining process. There are many different parts that make up a computer but it doesn't take long to learn.


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09/12/2024
The 32 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
"Kinds of Kindness," "Immaculate," and "Little Women" are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.


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09/12/2024
27 Gifts Teens May Actually Like
Teenagers can be scary and impossible to shop for. These adolescent-approved gifts can help.


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09/12/2024
OpenAI Announces a Model That ‘Reasons’ Through Problems, Calling It a ‘New Paradigm’
The ChatGPT maker reveals details of OpenAI-o1, internally code-named Strawberry, which shows that AI needs more than scale to advance.


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09/12/2024
Yes, You Can Now Bet on Elections in the US
A US judge has overturned a moratorium that stopped gambling companies from letting people bet on election results.


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09/12/2024
John Lithgow & Jeff Bridges Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions
Legendary actors John Lithgow and Jeff Bridges visit WIRED to field their most searched questions on Google. Where did John Lithgow grow up? What was Jeff Bridges’ first movie? Does Jeff Bridges play guitar? When did John Lithgow start acting? What does Jeff Bridges love most about 'The Big Lebowski?' Answers to these questions and plenty more await on the WIRED Autocomplete Interview.The second season of FXs The Old Man premieres with two episodes on Thursday, September 12 at 10pm ET/PT on FX, streaming the next day on Hulu.Director: Jackie PhillipsDirector of Photography: AJ YoungEditor: Matthew ColbyTalent: Jeff Bridges; John LithgowLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Paul GulyasProduction Manager: Peter BrunetteProduction Coordinator: Rhyan LarkTalent Booker: Mica MedoffCamera Operator: Lucas VilicichSound Mixer: Gray Thomas-SowersProduction Assistant: Lauren Boucher; Shanti Cuizon-BurdenPost Production Supervisor: Christian OlguinPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAssistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow


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09/12/2024
How to Set Up Your New TV
You got a new TV! Here's how to make it sing.


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09/12/2024
Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up
A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet, and how badly the company is missing its own targets.


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09/12/2024
The Best Cozy Games for Long, Cold Nights
Forget stressful leaderboards and time-sensitive missions. These games let you play at your own pace.


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09/12/2024
How Useful Will Apple Intelligence Be? The Next iPhone Will Tell Us
This week, we talk about the new iPhone 16 and its many AI tricks. Some of them are impressive, some of them are meh, all of them are very Apple.


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09/12/2024
A Diamond-Making Machine Will Cost You $200,000 on Alibaba
Diamonds are increasingly commoditized—to the point that you can make them in your own home.


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09/12/2024
The Best Fitness Trackers and Watches for Everyone
Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.


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09/12/2024
People Are Setting Themselves on Fire and Getting Punched in the Face to Pump Their Crypto Coins
To compete against thousands of crypto meme coins flooding the market, creators are resorting to elaborate and sometimes dangerous stunts for attention.


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09/12/2024
4 Ways to Sell or Trade In Your Old iPhone
If you plan to upgrade to one of Apple’s new models, don’t forget to cash in on your old one.


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09/12/2024
After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry
Billionaire Mark Cuban is done with his hit TV show, but he’s still invested in fighting pharma’s middlemen, being a dad, and needling Elon Musk.


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09/12/2024
Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type
The Vision Pro uses 3D avatars on calls and for streaming. These researchers used eye tracking to work out the passwords and PINs people typed with their avatars.


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09/12/2024
The EU Has New Carry-On Luggage Rules. Here’s What to Know Before You Fly
Until new luggage scanners come online at European airports, you’re going to have to go back to taking liquids out of your bags.


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09/11/2024
Apple Shared Its First Public AI-Generated Image. It's Craig Federighi's Dog
Shared exclusively with WIRED, this Image Playground creation is the first that Apple has released outside of marketing materials.


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09/11/2024
Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here's How It Actually Works
Private Cloud Compute is an entirely new kind of infrastructure that, Apple's Craig Federighi tells WIRED, allows your personal data to be “hermetically sealed inside of a privacy bubble.”


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09/11/2024
An AI Bot Named James Has My Old Local News Job
A local newspaper in Hawaii has turned to AI-generated presenters to draw in new audiences.


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09/11/2024
No Dogs or Cats Were Harmed In the Making of This Post-Debate Podcast
WIRED unpacks last night's debate between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.


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09/11/2024
Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You
Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.


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09/11/2024
How to Back Up Your iPhone
Save your memories before you grab a new iPhone or update to the latest version of iOS.


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09/11/2024
This New Tech Puts AI In Touch with Its Emotions—and Yours
Hume AI, a startup founded by a psychologist who specializes in measuring emotion, gives some top large language models a realistic human voice.


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09/11/2024
Apple’s AirPods Pro Could Soon Disrupt the Hearing Aid Industry
AirPods revolutionized the wireless earbuds category and are poised to do the same for over-the-counter hearing aids.


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09/11/2024
Only Three Lonely Products Still Use Apple's Lightning Connector
Now that AirPods Max have finally been upgraded to USB-C, just a few Apple items are holding on. Can you guess all three?


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