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Mercedes adds steer-by-wire — and a dang steering yoke — to the EQS

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Apr 3, 2026

Steer-by-wire, in which a car can be steered electronically rather than through a physical connection between the steering wheel and steering rack, is coming to Mercedes-Benz. The German automaker say...

Anker’s small, five-port travel adapter is down to its best price yet

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Apr 3, 2026

Few things kill the vibe of your relaxing spring break abroad faster than realizing you forgot a way to keep things charged. Anker’s Nano Travel Adapter makes it easy to charge your phone, camera, e-r...

I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Apr 3, 2026

Two weeks ago I set aside my M4 MacBook Air and picked up a nine-year-old ThinkPad. It's one of an estimated 200 to 400 million Windows 10 PCs that don't meet Microsoft's requirements for Windows 11....

How the Apple Watch defined modern health tech

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • Apr 3, 2026

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life...

Waiting for Trump Phone

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Apr 3, 2026

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Crickets. Despite recent signs of life, another week...

Apple’s best product ever

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Apr 3, 2026

All week, we've been asking you to help us rank the 50 best products Apple ever made, as we mark the company's 50th anniversary. Thanks to everyone who pitched in - we ended up with more than 1.6 mill...

Chatbots are now prescribing psychiatric drugs

  • Technology
  • Robert Hart
  • Apr 3, 2026

Utah is allowing an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor. It's only the second time the state - and the country - has delegated this kind of clinical authority to AI. State offici...

A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees

  • Technology
  • Leah Feiger, Zoë Schiffer
  • Apr 3, 2026

The General Services Administration is hiring “approximately 400 positions,” according to an internal email viewed by WIRED. Last year the agency lost thousands of workers as part of DOGE’s rampage.

AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Apr 2, 2026

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works - the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site - announced the update on Thursday, which comes 17 years after...

PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Apr 2, 2026

If you use the AI-powered note-taking app Granola, you might want to double-check your privacy settings. Though Granola says your notes are "private by default," it makes them viewable to anyone with...

Reddit is moving on from r/all

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Apr 2, 2026

Reddit is deprecating r/all, one of its feeds that shows popular posts on the platform, as part of "ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization." Reddit has offered both r...

This bike rack pioneer is selling Bluetooth suction cups to stick bikes to your car

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Apr 2, 2026

Richard Allen didn't invent the automobile bike rack - his 1967 patent application makes it clear that others came before. But after nearly sixty years selling popular and simple mechanical bike carri...