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These are the best bargains to scratch your shopping itch without breaking the bank.

There’s a ton of gadgetry on sale for Amazon’s Early Access sale. These are all the top offers.

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Mango, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker was able to drain some funds via an oracle price manipulation; blockchain auditor OtterSec says for $100M+  —  The apparent exploit stemmed from the ability of an attacker to manipulate the value of their posted collateral.

Bloomberg: Sources: Intel is planning major job cuts, likely in the thousands, as early as this month; some divisions, including sales and marketing, could see ~20% cuts  —  Intel Corp. is planning a major reduction in headcount, likely numbering in the thousands, to cut costs and cope …

Scott Stein / CNET: A look inside Meta’s Reality Labs, with demos of its neural input wristband, 3D audio, photorealistic avatars with Codec Avatars 2.0, and 3D object scanning  —  My visit to a future that isn’t quite here yet: neural wristbands, ghostly 3D audio and lifelike avatars.  Plus, the new Meta Quest Pro.

Editor’s note: Since this event was held on Oct. 7, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has continued to evolve, including airstrikes on Ukranian cities following an explosion that damaged a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea. More than seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the battlefield map has shown recent progress for Ukranian forces — and […]

A growing number of people are living with conditions that could benefit from physical rehabilitation — but there aren’t enough physical therapists (PTs) to go around. The growing need for PTs is racing alongside population growth, and aging, as well as higher rates of severe ailments, are contributing to the problem.  An upsurge in sensor-based […]

This year saw high-temperature records shattered across much of Europe, as crops withered in the fields due to widespread drought. Is this a harbinger of things to come as the Earth’s climate steadily warms up? Elfatih Eltahir, MIT professor of civil and environmental engineering and H. M. King Bhumibol Professor of Hydrology and Climate, and […]

Investors reward clear communication.

Career paths are hard to navigate alone these days.

A conversation with a veteran tech journalist about the industry’s successes and failures.

Here’s everything you need to know about where Google’s smartwatch platform stands now.

From Echo smart displays and speakers to Fire tablets, snag the retailer’s own hardware on sale.

Les Johnson, author of the new book A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars, talked to WIRED about solar sails and more ways to get farther into the final frontier.

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Google partners with Coinbase to let some customers pay for cloud services in crypto, starting 2023; Coinbase plans to move some data from AWS to Google Cloud  —  – Google will start allowing a subset of customers to pay for cloud services with digital currencies early next year.

David Shepardson / Reuters: IIHS survey: 53% of Super Cruise, 42% of Autopilot, and 12% of ProPILOT Assist users say they were “comfortable treating their vehicles as fully self-driving”  —  Drivers using advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla (TSLA.O) Autopilot or General Motors (GM.N) …

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Nansen: former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, who resigned on September 27, has moved ~$960K in CEL and USDC from six wallets to exchanges so far in October  —  Data show that Alex Mashinsky, who resigned as Celsius’ CEO on Sept. 27, continues to move crypto out of wallets while withdrawals are […]

A group of robot-makers led by Boston Dynamics has pledged to push back on any attempts to add weapons to their creations, but other companies will continue to arm their robots and market them to police and military buyers

The Prime Early Access Sale runs on October 11 and 12, but the discounts have already started—including on the Apple Watch Series 8.

To upstage Amazon’s (second) shopping holiday, the competitor has released tons of deals on big-screen TVs, wireless earbuds, and more.

We braved the cold to answer the modern dilemma: Can you keep your hands warm and use a smartphone at the same time?

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: European Parliament approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill 28 to 1, which if passed in next vote will limit stablecoin token issuance, regulate mining, and more  —  The Markets in Crypto Assets regulation bill (MiCA) is one step closer to being put into law.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Fortinet confirms a critical remote authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager is being exploited; a patch is available  —  Fortinet has confirmed today that a critical authentication bypass security vulnerability patched last week is being exploited in the wild.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers predict demand, raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $30M  —  In the traditional business-to-business world, sellers often don’t know how much of a product they should order.

Amy Gallo offers advice on how to turn things around with a difficult colleague.

Hitting big targets starts with getting the details right.

This form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it’s relatively common in Europe.

A great gamepad instantly levels up your play. These are our top picks for Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.

Between litter boxes, beds, scratchers, and trees, felines need a lot of stuff. Here’s what the cats of WIRED have tested and loved.

These pollinators can help urban gardens grow. That will be critical for cooling cities as the planet warms.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Samsung announces the first third-party TV makers to ship with its Linux-based Tizen OS in Europe and Australasia in 2022  —  Samsung has confirmed the first third-party smart TV makers to ship with its Tizen operating system (OS), with several manufacturers preparing to launch Tizen-powered TVs this year across Europe and […]

April Rubin / New York Times: An interview with YouTuber Christopher Slayton, aka ChrisDaCow, on building the entire observable universe in Minecraft over nearly two months  —  Christopher Slayton, 18, spent two months intricately designing the planets.  He even went skydiving to get a better appreciation for Earth.

Birgit Mitwollen / Reuters: German media reports the government plans to dismiss cybersecurity chief Arne Schoenbohm over possible contacts with Russian security services  —  German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to dismiss the country’s cybersecurity chief due to possible contacts with people involved …

Ben S. Bernanke PhD ’79, an economist who applied his scholarly experience to his work as chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve during the economic and financial-sector crisis of 2008-2009, has been awarded a share of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences […]

These WIRED-tested, battery-powered headphones will serve you well whether you’re chatting with teammates in Fortnite or coworkers in Zoom.

Only a few titles for Sony’s new PlayStation console really take advantage of the powerful hardware. Here are our favorites.

Whether you’re in elementary school or college, these apps and services offer study guides, mindfulness exercises, and more.

NL Times: A Dutch court calls webcam tracking of a remote worker an unreasonable intrusion, awarding him €75K after his US employer fired him for not turning on a webcam  —  A remote employee of a U.S. business who was fired for refusing to leave his webcam on while he was working …

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection feature has triggered false alarms and called 911 during rollercoaster rides or after a phone drop while driving  —  Apple’s crash detection for the iPhone 14 and new Apple Watch models can alert 911 and emergency contacts in the event of […]

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: An analysis of Pornhub’s transparency reports shows the site removed 8,547 pieces of content in 2021, down 98% YoY, after adding an uploader verification tool  —  Pornhub is without a doubt one of the most visited adult entertainment outlets on the Internet.

Plural’s Taavet Hinrikus says early-stage VC funds need to set a founder to catch a founder.

WIRED spoke with Skype cofounder Niklas Zennström about why the burgeoning European startup scene is poised to lead the technological revolution.

From V6 and Class 10 to UHS-II, we breakdown the terms to know when shopping for a memory card.

Financial Times: Experts paint a dire picture for China’s semiconductor industry and AI development after the US announced new export controls on chips and chipmaking tech  —  Experts predict ‘tsunami of change’ for semiconductor industry as Washington wields tools tested on Huawei

Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World: Indonesia’s patchwork data security approach has resulted in several large-scale data leaks; experts say the personal data protection bill is a temporary fix  —  Breaches are so common that citizens joke about being an “open-source country.”  —  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: GIF, once called “the file format of the internet generation”, is declining in use as young users say GIFs are “cringe” and MP4 videos make the format outdated  —  The internet’s file format has been diagnosed as “cringe,” but there are other threats to its existence.

Shopping for a new phone can be an ordeal. Let us take some of the pain out of it with these WIRED-tested picks and tips.

From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite video game escapes for the OLED Switch, Switch, and Switch Lite.

The Magnus Carlsen–Hans Niemann cheating scandal points to abuses and suspicion at the highest levels.

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use SMS Protect, a 2FA system, to combat toxicity, but won’t accept prepaid and VOIP numbers  —  Just like Overwatch 2, you’ll need to attach a phone number to your Battle.net account to play Modern Warfare 2—and prepaid phones […]