Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires
This story originally appeared in Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As wildfires continue to burn across Los Angeles, influencers are emerging to promote sales of their own solutions specific to the crisis. With smoke filling the air in many neighborhoods, the health machine is already in full swing, promoting tinctures, detox products, essential oils,...
Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Is Not the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem
Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10 hours of exposure to salt water in June 2022 and grew normally for the rest of the year. We increased the light for 20 hours in June 2023, and the forest still looks mostly unfazed, although the tulip poplar trees draw water from the ground more slowly, which can...
The best Kindle to buy in 2025, Tested and Reviewed
For Easy ReadingPhotograph: Nena FarrellIf you've ever had a long reading session giving you hand cramps, this accessory can help. You can check out more options in our Best Kindle Accessories guide. Strapsicle E-Reader Wrist Strap for $21: Attach one or both sides to the back of your Kindle—one angle for your right hand and the other for your...
Want to Smell Like a Donut? Beauty Brands Think You Are
But in 2023, we're moving from a food-inspired aesthetic to wanting to look like food, with trends like cinnamon cookie butter hair, blueberry milk nails, and glazed donut skin. These days, whatever they're doing: Velveeta hair dye, dill-pickle-flavored lubricant, and Hellman parfum de mayonnaise — the rule is the more unhinged, the better. Candy-scented mall staples of our youth....
LG M4 TV Review: A beautiful OLED Wireless
The color palette is wide and realistic, and the LG manages to look clear and vibrant even in low-light scenes. The definition of the edges is realized smoothly, and the depth of field is quite impressive. Even the most testing movements are handled without alarm, and in the moment of greatest crisis, the M4 keeps artifacts and image noise...
9 Tips and Tricks to Get More from Amazon Kindle
If you have a Kindle for reading e-books - maybe a new model like the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition or the Kindle Colorsoft - then you will know that these devices are very simple in terms of interface and controls. Focus on the text and whatever you are going to read. Behind the simple and friendly interface, Kindle has...
US Names One of Hackers Suspected Behind Typhoon Salt Breach
As the Biden administration comes to an end, the White House released a 40-page executive order on Thursday aimed at maintaining federal cybersecurity protections and putting in place fences for the US government's use of AI. WIRED also spoke with the US ambassador for cyberspace and digital policy, Nathaniel Fick, about the urgency for the Trump administration not to...
SpaceX and Blue Origin must investigate large rocket tests this week, the FAA said
The Federal Aviation Administration wants Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to investigate what went wrong on this week's mega-rocket test flight. Regulators said the two companies must conduct what they call an "accident investigation." This investigation involves the company and the FAA working together to understand what went wrong, why it went wrong, and take corrective...
TikTok’s CEO responded to Trump, thanking him for trying to resolve the US ban
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew responded to comments made by Donald Trump on Friday's Supreme Court decision to ban the app in the U.S. In a video posted on TikTok, Chew said, "On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all users across the country, I want Thank you to President Trump for his commitment to working with us to...
ChatGPT’s latest feature allows users to define traits like ‘chatty’ and ‘Gen Z’
Update: OpenAI officially announced this feature a week after several users reported the arrival, then disappearance, of a new option. It is possible that he lived prematurely. OpenAI introduces a new way for users to manage their interactions with ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot. On Friday, OpenAI announced the launch of a new user interface for ChatGPT's custom instruction...
