Best Multipurpose Cleaners

It can seem like there’s an endless number of multipurpose cleaners out there; it isn’t easy to choose just one. We evaluated 11 popular products to find out which ones clean the best on a variety of surfaces. All of them fulfilled our cleaning tasks, but four stood out because of their fast performance and…

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FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address

The changes to survivor signup have been made inside the program that the agency uses to manage disaster aid applications and pay out survivors, known as the National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS). Current and former FEMA employees told WIRED that, while they have major concerns about requiring an email address to register for aid,…

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Best New Cars and SUVs for Under $30,000

But there are many excellent vehicles that sell for far less than that. To assist bargain hunters, we’ve assembled a list of the best new cars and SUVs under $30,000 based on their Overall Score, factoring in road-test performance, owner satisfaction, predicted reliability, and safety. Unless otherwise noted, all come with standard automatic emergency braking…

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Best Side-Sleeper Mattress 2025: Picked by a Sleep Science Coach

Mattress Mattress Type Materials Sizes Available Add-ons Available Shipping Costs Delivery Options Trial Period Warranty Financing Compatible With Adjustable Frames? Nolah Evolution Hybrid Organic cotton or GlacioTex cover, AirFoam Luxe memory foams, gel memory foam, AirBreath border gusset, pocketed coils Twin, twin XL, full, queen, king, California king, split king Plush, luxury firm, firm GlacioTex…

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Best Self-Tanners

Still, self-tanner is widely considered a safer alternative to tanning in the sun and tanning beds, both of which cause exposure to harmful UV radiation and increase the risk of skin cancer and premature aging. It’s also a go-to product for some people with deeper skin who turn to self-tanner to even out their skin…

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What Even Is Instagram Now?

In her classic novel Frankenstein, author Mary Shelley imagines a monster that’s reanimated with its piecemeal body sewn together, tendon by tendon. “The dissecting room and the slaughter-house furnished many of my materials,” Shelley writes. That’s exactly what scrolling through Instagram feels like right now—an ungodly morass of features stitched together. It’s an AI search…

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The Best Sex Toys (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Other Sex Toys We Like Lovense Osci 3 Photograph: Lovense We test a lot of sex toys and accessories here at WIRED, and there isn’t enough room in one list for all of our favorite picks. There’s barely enough room on this list for all the toys we’d consider phenomenal, let alone the ones we…

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Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself

When something goes wrong with an AI assistant, our instinct is to ask it directly: “What happened?” or “Why did you do that?” It’s a natural impulse—after all, if a human makes a mistake, we ask them to explain. But with AI models, this approach rarely works, and the urge to ask reveals a fundamental…

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Crescendo 2 Vibrator Review: Above the Curve

This ain’t no orchestra and I’m not a conductor, but today we’ll be navigating the experience of the Crescendo 2. First, you may be wondering, “Ariana, what are you doing here?” My specialty lies in WIRED’s sleep-related content as a professional mattress tester and certified sleep science coach, not as a sex toy reviewer. But,…

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Most Reliable Laundry Appliance Brands

Keith Flamer Keith Flamer has been a multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports since 2021, covering laundry, cleaning, small appliances, and home trends. Fascinated by interior design, architecture, technology, and all things mechanical, he translates CR’s testing engineers’ work into content that helps readers live better, smarter lives. Prior to CR, Keith covered luxury accessories…

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