Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025) 12. August 2025 (14:03) Your kid's little lunch hauler takes a brutal beating every day. These are the ones our own kids have tried and loved.(Wired)
What's Your Curl Type? (2025) 12. August 2025 (13:00) Not all curls are made—or behave—equally. Knowing your curl type will help you figure out the best products and tools to help style your hair.(Wired)
Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals 12. August 2025 (12:30) Halfway to its 2030 net-zero goal, Apple faces slow and hold-out suppliers, a tariffs scramble, and an AI race that could profoundly impact eco-friendly ambitions.(Wired)
Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood 12. August 2025 (12:00) While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly turned AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages, she’s at the center of it all.(Wired)
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt 11. August 2025 (21:13) GPT-5 was touted as a major upgrade to ChatGPT. Not all users think that’s the case, posting threads like “Kill 4o isn’t innovation, it’s erasure” on Reddit.(Wired)
WIRED Roundup: Unpacking OpenAI’s Government Partnership 11. August 2025 (20:32) On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the week's news, from bitcoin miners trying to beat Trump's tariffs to OpenAI's new deal with the US government.(Wired)
Ford's Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars 11. August 2025 (17:02) The American automaker is spending billions on a radical reinvention of EV manufacturing, aimed squarely at taking on Chinese competition and Tesla.(Wired)