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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.

Money gifts burning a hole in your pocket? These deals on WIRED-tested gadgets and gizmos will stretch your dollars.

This copycat controller can’t clone the PS5’s best features, but it’s a solid option for Xbox and PC gamers.

Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas, but the projects are having significant social, environmental, and human rights impacts.

Choosing a mattress for your guest room, Airbnb, or VRBO rental is challenging. This hybrid is up for it.

In a year that began with a memecoin trading frenzy, stablecoins have emerged as the respectable face of the crypto industry.

In the AI boom, chatbots and GPTs come and go quickly. (Remember Llama?) GPT-5 had a big year, but 2026 will be all about Qwen.

The future of conflict is cheap, rapidly manufactured, and tough to defend against.

In Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack and Will use an overturned dinghy to hold air underwater. Madness or brilliance?

Ricoh’s cult-inspiring pocketable camera gets a small update, with important improvements in autofocus and image quality.

This legacy brand brings its beds into the modern era with 100 firmness levels and in-depth sleep tracking.

Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.

Militias and far-right extremists believed they would be central to Trump’s mass deportation plans. Instead he militarized law enforcement agencies.

Billed as a workstation (and priced accordingly), HP’s Zbook 8 falls short of dazzling.

Here's how to make iPhone and Android devices a little easier to use.

If anything, iPhones and Pixels are practically vanilla. The next generation is thinner, more transparent, and folds in half. That’s a good thing.

This year, the right-to-repair movement got a boost from—surprisingly—big tech, tariffs, and economic downturn. But the companies controlling who fixes their stuff aren’t giving up that power willingly.

Research shows that watching a simulated fire may have real psychological benefits.

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes.

This compact 2.1 soundbar system offers realistic Dolby Atmos surround sound.