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You’re hunched over your desk and phone for hours. I rounded up gadgets, a DIY trick, and even some yoga advice to help you straighten up.

Life360’s new $7.99 scannable pet tags alert families when a lost pet is found and share its last known location, while new care-tracking features help households keep tabs on feeding, walks, medication, and more.

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Tracy Bannon about the role of artificial intelligence in software and the attendant risks in the areas of security, software development, and society at large. While it might be reasonable to assume a certain amount of trust within a software ecosystem, the risks escalate when the boundary between two software ecosystems is crossed. By Tracy Bannon

We’ve been testing bands since the first Apple Watch launched in 2015. From silicone sports straps to leather bands, I’ve rounded up the best for every occasion.

Most of what I write about here has something to do with software: systems, architecture, tools, failures, and the occasional attempt to understand why something that looked perfectly stable suddenly isn’t. This one is different. Over the past few months, several of the things I considered stable parts of my life have either disappeared or started to move at roughly the same time. Not all of them are technical problems. In fact, most of them cannot be fixed with a better abstraction, another test, or a carefully planned migration. Still, I noticed that I kept thinking about what was happening in the language I know best: systems, dependencies, redundancy, cascading failures, architecture and rebuilding. So this is not really a software article. But it might be an engineer’s way of thinking about what happens when the system in question is your own life. What happens when life does not collapse all at once, but loses its structural support one pillar at a time? There are things in life that we rarely think about as long as they work. A relationship, a career, a home, family, friendships, health, plans for the future. They form the structure around us so naturally that after a while we stop seeing them as separate things. Together, they simply become what we call my life. It is only when one of them disappears that we notice how much weight it was carrying. When that happens, the first reaction is usually not to question the whole structure. We compensate. If a relationship ends, work suddenly becomes more important. It provides routine, purpose, people, problems to solve and a reason to get up in the morning. If work becomes difficult, perhaps home and family become the safe place instead. If the future becomes uncertain, familiar routines keep the present predictable. In other words, we redistribute the load. As a software engineer, I cannot help seeing a familiar pattern in this. We design systems with the assumption that components will fail. A resilient system is

We’re still in the dog days of summer—keep your cool with deals on the best fans we’ve tested for on the go and at home.

This burgeoning wearable tech lets you talk to an AI assistant, listen to music, or check out a display screen from the comfort of your very own face.

Quotient CEO Lizzie Matusov explains why soaring AI spend often fails to improve software delivery. She presents a research-backed AI maturity framework designed to help engineering leaders move beyond vanity metrics like token usage, align organizational AI adoption, and address critical bottlenecks across the software development life cycle to deliver measurable business outcomes. By Lizzie Matusov

From fitness tracking to notifications, the best budget smartwatch can do a lot without costing a fortune.

For the frequent flier who treats the Delta Sky Club like their second home.

Should you splurge on the new Series 11, or will the SE 3 do? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid).

A svelte smart ring can track important activity, sleep, and health metrics. Plus, unlike most smartwatches, it doesn’t need to be charged every day.

I packed these Leatherology totes with laptops, chargers, and everything else my workday demands. Months later, they’re still the bags I keep reaching for.

Deck out your room and make class a cinch with these WIRED-tested favorites.

The fitness trackers I’d recommend to beginners, athletes, and kids.

These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.

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

Make some noise for safety with our favorite alarms, from keychain sirens to wearable bracelets.

The Next Chapter When I left the waiter job and returned to engineering, I knew I wanted something different. Not just a different job, but a different way of working. The kind where your location does not limit the problems you can solve. I found that in Thailand, working for a South African company called Exonic. Why Bangkok After Dubai, I wanted somewhere with a lower cost of living where I could build runway while working remotely. Bangkok checks that box. The city is a hub for remote engineers. The internet is fast. The infrastructure works. The street food is better than any restaurant I have ever worked in. I arrived with a laptop and a clear goal: find a remote role where I could work on meaningful projects without being tied to a physical office. Landing the Role at Exonic Exonic is a technology consulting company based in South Africa. They serve clients across multiple industries and geographies. When I found the opening, it matched exactly what I was looking for: full time remote, exposure to diverse projects, and the chance to work across the full stack. The interview process was practical. System design discussions, technical assessments focused on AWS and modern frontend frameworks, and conversations about how I approach end to end delivery. I got the offer and accepted it immediately. As a full time remote employee, I was embedded in Exonic's engineering team. My day to day involved building cloud native solutions for their clients, designing architectures on AWS, and shipping production systems across the entire stack. The team was distributed, and the work required communicating clearly across time zones. Three Continents Through One Company Exonic's client base spans the globe. Over my time there, I built production systems touching three different continents. One project was Scoring AI , a voice enabled match scoring application for sports courts. Players start a match, share a link, and control the scoreboard using voice commands. I worked on th

It’s not the upgrade Ring 4 owners have been waiting for, but it’s easily the best smart ring Oura has ever made.