WIRED’s Gadget Lab podcast breaks down which gadgets, apps, and services you need to know about, and which ones you can move to the virtual trash bin. Learn how today’s tech shapes our lives—plus get your hosts’ personal recommendations at the end of each episode.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 2 hours 57 minutes
Meta’s Sound and Vision
This week, we cover the latest news from Meta: AI-enabled smart glasses, a VR headset, and an army of fresh chatbots.
Alexa Gets an AI Makeover
This week, we learn how Amazon is teaching Alexa more skills to help it better compete in a landscape lousy with chatbots.
Your Life, Your iPhone
This week, we wrap up all the news from Apple’s launch event: the iPhone's USB-C port, iCloud+ inflation, and of course, the Double Tap control on Apple Watch.
We Robloxed So You Don’t Have To
This week, we discuss how adding animated chats to Roblox will advance the company’s plan to enrich its virtual world.
I Love You, I Hate You, Don’t Call Me
This week, we ask ourselves what our reliance on our smartphones tells us about our wants and fears.
The Case of the Not-Stolen AirPods
This week, we discuss a recent court case in Illinois that illustrates how police overreach into school discipline has affected students and their families.
The Cruelest Summer
This week, we talk about what’s causing the heat waves, storms, fires, and other extreme atmospheric events we’ve been living through this summer, and how humanity can prepare for a very hot future.
Nobody’s Driving That Car!
This week, we talk about pending changes to how driverless taxis can operate on city streets, and how a loosening of the rules would impact road safety, rideshare drivers, and your commute.
Farm-to-Table Internet
This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.
The Future of Hollywood
This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood that are fuelling the writers’ and actors’ strikes will affect not just TV and movies, but also podcasts, video games, and TikTok.