Tech

Earlier this week, 343 Industries — named after the Halo series’ 343 Guilty Spark character — made two major announcements. One, a marketing and cultural announcement, was that they were changing the studio’s name to Halo Studios to better represent the larger portfolio of Halo products that they are currently working on. While it was … Read more

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale is here, and the commerce giant has made it clear this year that everyone gets to eat. If you’re in the market for a new phone, now may just be the best time to pull the trigger, with most manufacturers running Amazon promotions on their latest handsets — including Apple, Samsung, … Read more

Prime Day sales tend to be a decent source of discounts for gaming gear, and its latest event is no exception. Amazon’s October Prime Day deals includes a $50 discount on the PlayStation 5, for one, while other games, headsets, mice and controllers we like are down to all-time or near-low prices as well. If … Read more

Amazon Prime Day is back, and it’s filling October with loads of great deals on everything from board games to TVs and headphones to laptops. Our shopping experts have been working round-the-clock to sift through the listed discounts to bring you all of the best Prime Day deals. Looking for something on a specific budget? … Read more

Twenty-five years ago, at the height of his powers, Kevin Smith took on God. After his biggest critical hit yet, Chasing Amy, Smith tackled his biggest film to date, with a star-studded cast, about a topic that made many people angry: religion. The resulting film, Dogma, wasn’t a huge hit but has remained a favorite among … Read more

At WIRED, we’re big fans of Kindles. It’s an excellent solution for bookworms who always want access to tons of books on the go in a compact, lightweight form factor. But they can be expensive. If you’ve been holding off on buying one, you’re in luck, because there are Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals on … Read more

SAVE $150: Bose’s QuietComfort headphones are down to $199 from their retail price of $349 this Prime Day. If you step into my boyfriend’s and my apartment, it’d be pretty easy to guess our favorite color. We have green bedding, a green shower curtain, green plants everywhere — heck, I’m evening typing this on a … Read more

A treaty finalized by the UK may bring about the end of the .io domain. Last week, the British government announced that it has agreed to give up ownership of the Chagos Islands, a territory in the Indian Ocean it has controlled since 1814 — relinquishing the .io domain with it. But first, let’s take … Read more

Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million AI fund that was betting big on large language model companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. In fact, the plan was to invest in just six companies … Read more

When Meta announced the Quest 3S, it also retired the original Meta Quest 3 128GB and made the Quest 3 512GB (originally $649) the default option for $499. Since it had some Quest 3 128GB stock left, it discounted it to $429 ($70 off) while supplies last. Turns out that the supplies won’t last long! … Read more