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Out of Dyson’s two new affordable stick vacuums, this one is easily my favorite.

It didn’t keep my coworkers at bay, but Flipper’s expensive productivity tool did help me focus on the task at hand.

These locks, lights, and other smart home upgrades let you add automation without messing up your home’s vibe.

From countertop kits to a bathroom bucket full of straw and beyond, I spent a year testing popular mushroom-growing methods. Here’s what fruited—and what just grew mold.

Clap on. Clap off. Well, more like, Clap, pause for half a beat but no longer because otherwise it'll stop hearing you, clap again because you waited too long, clap louder and faster, that didn't work, clap two more times, and suddenly: on. The Clapper didn't always work - and even when it did, it […]

Hands-free unlocking is the future of smart locks. The best smart home tech removes friction, and having your door unlock for you as you walk up is as frictionless as it gets - no passcodes to remember, no need to have a free hand to wave, press, or poke at the lock. One way to […]

Our remote team clocked serious hours walking, working, and sometimes jogging to find the best under-desk treadmills for home offices and small spaces.

If you prefer not to have cameras in and around your home, try one of these more private, WIRED-tested security devices.

Balmuda has engineered a remarkably pleasant breeze with its new NatureWind Studio, but is it worth hundreds more than its competition?

A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.

There's truth to the idea that our devices are spying on us. Smart fridges, washing machines and dishwashers are no exception.

We consulted preparedness experts and WIRED’s team of testers for the essential gear to keep on hand in case of wildfires, earthquakes, and lord knows what else.

The Japanese Microwave measures food temperature directly, and stops cooking when food’s hot. It’s kinda terrific.

As wildfire smoke threatens air quality and safety for millions, here’s your playbook to keep your family safe from the damaging effects of smoke.

Most "I built a home SOC" posts show you the pretty dashboard and stop there. This one is about what happened after the dashboard loaded — because that's where the real learning was. 🖥️ The setup Three Mac Minis, one control machine, all Ubuntu. Mac Mini 1 runs the Wazuh manager, indexer, and dashboard — the security monitoring core. Mac Mini 2 handles AWS IAM permission scanning (Cloudsplaining, ScoutSuite). Mac Mini 3 is a documentation hub plus a custom vulnerability-intelligence pipeline pulling from the NVD API and NIST's CPRT compliance framework data. A fourth machine, my daily driver, orchestrates all three over SSH. Today's goal: get every machine reporting into Wazuh, so I'd have real, fleet-wide visibility — not just a single monitored box. 🐛 Bug #1: the silent feed stall After installing the Wazuh agent on Mac Mini 3, vulnerability scanning just... sat there. The log showed Initiating update feed process and then nothing. No error, no timeout, no progress. I ruled things out methodically: DNS resolved fine, curl could reach Wazuh's CTI feed endpoint and complete a full TLS handshake, disk space was nowhere close to full, and there were no stale lock files sitting around. Every individual piece of the pipeline worked in isolation — but the feed download itself never completed. The actual fix: upgrade Wazuh from 4.14.5 to 4.14.6. A newer point release fixed whatever was silently stalling the content-updater module. Once upgraded, the feed downloaded, decompressed, and the scanner came alive within minutes. Lesson: when every individual network/system check passes but a specific module still won't progress, check for a version-specific bug before going deeper down the debugging rabbit hole. 🔒 Bug #2: locking myself out with fail2ban Mid-troubleshooting, my control machine's SSH connection to Mac Mini 3 started getting flatly refused — no prompt, no error, just Connection refused. Ping worked fine. Every other port responded. Just port 22, silently dead. fai

Sometimes it feels like keeping your floors clean is one of those never-ending chores, which is why it's nice to have a versatile robot vacuum take it off your hands. The Ecovacs Deebot X11 robovac / mop hybrid is designed to do just that, and it's now $699 ($400 off) at Amazon and directly from […]

Protect your home against dust, pets, allergens, and more with the best air purifiers, tested firsthand.

There’s now only one worth buying—but you can still access new features on older models you might already own.

Although most of Prime Day’s unusually good Philips Hue deals have ended, a few remain, and some, including the black Philips Hue Twilight Sleep and Wake-Up Light, are even cheaper. None, however, have fallen to a new all-time low price like Philips Hue’s Essential starter kit. Right now, you can buy a bundle containing four […]

If you want to stream local media, this free and open source media server is just as good as Plex. But if you rely on remote access or live TV, prepare to tinker.