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WIRED

16 Best Heat Protectant Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair (2026)

I've spent almost a year testing dozens of heat protectants for hair. Whether you’re blow-drying, curling, or straightening, these are the best formulas I've found.

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WIRED

16 Best Heat Protectant Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair (2026)

WIRED

Bluesound Pulse Cinema Review: A Pretty Sonos Alternative

This is a promising stand-alone Dolby Atmos soundbar for music fans, but it still needs a few software tweaks.

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WIRED

Bluesound Pulse Cinema Review: A Pretty Sonos Alternative

WIRED

Sony A7V Review: The Best Overall Mirrorless Camera

Sony’s latest full frame mirrorless is a hybrid powerhouse with features to impress both video and still photographers.

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WIRED

Sony A7V Review: The Best Overall Mirrorless Camera

WIRED

Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach

Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing.

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WIRED

Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach

WIRED

The Danger of Reducing America's Venezuela Invasion to a 60-Second Video

January 3 marked the return of US military intervention in Latin America. While the events unfolded between Caracas and Brooklyn, social networks had already fabricated their own reality.

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The Danger of Reducing America's Venezuela Invasion to a 60-Second Video

WIRED

Best Deals for New Year’s Resolutions: Sleep, Fitness, and More (2026)

Whether you’re hitting the gym or tracking your schedule, these discounts on WIRED-approved gear can help.

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WIRED

Best Deals for New Year’s Resolutions: Sleep, Fitness, and More (2026)

TechCrunch

OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs

An intellectual property lawyer says OpenAI is "putting itself at great risk" with this approach.

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TechCrunch

OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs

TechCrunch

I met a lot of weird robots at CES &8212; here are the most memorable

If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed.

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TechCrunch

I met a lot of weird robots at CES &8212; here are the most memorable

TechCrunch

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting 'extortion'

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination lawsuit filled with shocking allegations. The company is fighting back, hard.

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TechCrunch

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting 'extortion'

TechCrunch

CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.

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TechCrunch

CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities

TechCrunch

Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power

Two smaller companies, Oklo and TerraPower, along with Vistra, a large energy company, just signed agreements with Meta.

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TechCrunch

Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power

TechCrunch

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that "as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders." It's the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms.

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TechCrunch

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion

The Verge

Engadget

GameStop reportedly shuts down more than 400 US stores

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Engadget

GameStop reportedly shuts down more than 400 US stores

Engadget

An Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5 million users

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Engadget

An Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5 million users

Engadget

Don’t count on Baldur’s Gate 3 coming to Switch 2, as least for now

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Engadget

Don’t count on Baldur’s Gate 3 coming to Switch 2, as least for now

Engadget

The CES companies hoping your brain is the next big thing in computing

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Engadget

The CES companies hoping your brain is the next big thing in computing

Engadget

Engadget Podcast: Best of CES 2026 and a chat with Pebble's founder

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Engadget

Engadget Podcast: Best of CES 2026 and a chat with Pebble's founder

Engadget

The robots we saw at CES 2026: The lovable, the creepy and the utterly confusing

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Engadget

The robots we saw at CES 2026: The lovable, the creepy and the utterly confusing

FastCompany

Ars Technica

The oceans just keep getting hotter

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.

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Ars Technica

The oceans just keep getting hotter

Ars Technica

Conservative lawmakers want porn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional.

Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.

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Ars Technica

Conservative lawmakers want porn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional.

Ars Technica

Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank

Google says creating for people rather than robots is the best long-term strategy.

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Ars Technica

Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank

Ars Technica

Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS

Italy fines Cloudflare 14M euros for not blocking pirate sites on 1.1.1.1 DNS service.

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Ars Technica

Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS

Ars Technica

US Black Hawk helicopter trespasses on private Montana ranch to grab elk antlers

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

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Ars Technica

US Black Hawk helicopter trespasses on private Montana ranch to grab elk antlers

Ars Technica

Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.

"That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."

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Ars Technica

Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.