Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED
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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Shop Talk
This week, we talk about how the two giants changed the digital—and IRL—retail landscape over the course of their decades-long rivalry.
32 min
27
What the Truck, Elon?
This week, we sift through the details revealed in the leaked Cybertruck report, and talk about what happens next for Tesla.
36 min
28
Apple’s Vision Quest
This week, we learn what it's like to wear and use Apple's Vision Pro headset. Also, we round up the rest of the news from WWDC.
34 min
29
AI Won’t Wipe Out Humanity (Yet)
This week, we discuss the real and imagined dangers of generative artificial intelligence, which experts are eager to see regulated and contained.
29 min
30
How to Get Started Biking
This week, we cover the basics of cycling for fun and transportation, including selecting, maintaining, and accessorizing your two-wheeler.
36 min
31
Let’s Get Swole
This week, we talk to fitness writer Casey Johnston about getting strong, eating right, and feeling great.
35 min
32
Google Disrupts Itself
This week, we recap all the news from Google I/O and discuss how the company is reshaping its core business with generative AI.
41 min
33
Nothin’ but Bluesky
This week, we discuss the still-in-beta social platform the internet elite are buzzing—and skeeting—about.
38 min
34
This Episode Is Nuts
This week, we dive into the market for male grooming products, scrotum deodorizers, and scented salves that target the nether regions.
37 min
35
I Know What You Did With That Bitcoin
This week, we talk to Tracers in the Dark author Andy Greenberg about how authorities are catching crypto criminals by following the money.
28 min
36
Send in the Clones
This week, we use a set of software tools to create robo versions of our real voices and see how they stack up.
35 min
37
Like, Follow, Subscribe to Cars
This week, we learn how automakers adopted the subscription model where drivers pay to unlock features, and why the used car market will see it next.
28 min
38
Sidewalk Surfin’
This week, we trace how Amazon was able to build a massive public wireless network, and how it will change the future of connected devices.
36 min
39
The Sacred Mountain of Chip-Making
This week, we learn how semiconductors are made. It’s easy! You just need light, water, a few billion transistors, and total geopolitical stability.
38 min
40
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.
44 min
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ChatGPT in Schools
This week, WIRED and NPR team up to cover the debate about students and teachers using generative AI in the classroom.
47 min
42
We Really Recommend This Episode
This week, we talk about the recommendation engines on platforms like YouTube and Spotify, and how a pair of US Supreme Court cases is putting them under renewed scrutiny.
34 min
43
Netflix Is No Longer Chill
This week, we talk about how streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu are growing in uncomfortable ways—and charging users more.
31 min
44
Real Humans Chat About Chatbots
This week, we discuss all the ways generative AI is upending journalism, marketing, shopping, and search.
32 min
45
I Know What You Did With That Bitcoin
This week, we talk to Tracers in the Dark author Andy Greenberg about how authorities are catching crypto criminals by following the money.
27 min
46
Have We Reached Peak Smartphone?
This week, we ask if there's anything else our phones should be doing for us. Also, we break down the Samsung Galaxy announcements.
35 min
47
Why the Kids Love TikTok Search
This week, we talk about why search engine companies, US lawmakers, and parents are all concerned about TikTok eating our brains.
36 min
48
We Need to Talk About Your Stove
This week, we get honest about our attachments to our gas stoves, and debate whether to replace them or just continue breathing their fumes.
22 min
49
Oh, Deere!
This week, we talk about how US farmers’ fight to fix their own equipment could impact the repairability of phones, appliances, and other gadgets.
31 min
50
CES 2023: We Live Here Now
This week, our hosts report from consumer tech’s biggest show of the year in Las Vegas, Nevada.
32 min