Parents seeking an easier solution to curb their children’s nighttime device usage have several viable options. If it’s too troublesome to simply take their devices away each night or to manage parental controls directly, you can try restricting their access to the internet from your WiFi routers, which we’ll explain how to do below. “Most…
Those over-the-counter medications are effective in treating occasional tension headaches, says Rima Dafer, MD, a stroke and headache specialist at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. But ibuprofen is considered more effective and safer than acetaminophen and aspirin, according to a meta-analysis published in the Annals of Medicine in May this year. Aspirin and…
When you’re shopping for ground beef, you’ll see packages labeled with the ratio of lean to fat in the meat—80/20 or 90/10, for instance. Typically, ground beef with 80 percent lean and 20 percent fat makes the juiciest burgers; a four-ounce patty has 306 calories and 8 grams of saturated fat. Using 90 percent lean/10…
CR’s experts say that checking your oil is an important preventive maintenance task on cars that have a dipstick, the long metal strip that extends into the oil pan from near the top of the engine. Most new cars also have an electronic oil level sensor, but that may alert you only when the oil…
Amazon Prime Day is arguably one of the most confusing shopping holidays in existence: It’s not even a “day,” as the event spans 48 hours; it includes some great deals—Amazon promises “millions of deals”—but the displayed discounts are often misleading; and while it’s advertised as a members-only event, some deals are available to people who…
The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group has filed lawsuits in US federal court on Monday morning alleging copyright infringement on a “massive scale.” The plaintiffs seek…
Below, we feature 10 mainstream and 10 luxury compact SUVs with the most usable cargo room based on our testing. They’re ranked in order of cargo room in cubic feet, with the top performer first. Note that not every vehicle is recommended. This may be because of below-average reliability or a too-low Overall Score. Each…
THIS MONTH’S PROMPT In six words, write a story about an insect revolution. Disclaimer: All #WiredSixWord submissions become the property of WIRED. Submissions will not be acknowledged or returned. Submissions and any other materials, including your name or social media handle, may be published, illustrated, edited, or otherwise used in any medium. Submissions must be…
Summer has arrived in full force and you know what that means: rad deals on some of the best TVs you can buy, of course! We’re seeing Amazon Prime Day deals on TV models across the full spectrum of sets, including major price dives on last year’s best and brightest. Amazon’s two-day sales event ups…
Nothing will ever really replace a paperback or a hardcover book that you can touch, smell, or stack on your bookshelves or by your beside. But ebook readers (also called e-readers) are just so convenient—and they might just make you read more too. Rather than humping two or three books in a bag, an e-reader…