We sifted through hundreds of price drops and compared them against our expert product reviews & recommendations. We've highlighted the best #MemorialDay#deals on WIRED-approved gear.
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.@Roku Streaming Stick Plus for $40 ($9 off): This is the Best Roku for most people and our favorite streaming stick overall wired.trib.al/HOOYRVU
📷: Roku 2/
.@amazon Fire TV Stick 4K for $40 ($10 off): It's a good option for people who use Amazon-branded gadgets on a regular basis wired.trib.al/Z6owEaw
📷: Amazon 3/
.@lg CX OLED 55-inch TV for $1,400 ($100 off): This is the best TV for gamers. Every size is on sale; none of them are discounted very often wired.trib.al/8y0S2Cp
📷: LG 4/
.@oneplus 8T Android Phone for $569 ($180 off): The screen, battery life, and camera are standout features. It's not a great value at full price, but at nearly $200 less, it's a worthy pick wired.trib.al/EDxdmUm
📷: OnePlus 5/
.@loandsons Hanover 2 Backpack for $143 ($95 off): This is one of the best backpacks around. It's supremely versatile; the detachable insert makes it great for juggling baby gear, an excess of dongles, or one too many camera lenses wired.trib.al/2pK3uHX
📷: Lo & Sons 6/
.@Logitech G Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse for $113 ($17 off): One of our top picks for the best gaming mice, this is super lightweight, comfortable, and fast wired.trib.al/vt0sKJS
📷: Logitech 7/
EXCLUSIVE: Canvassers for California representative Michelle Steel are suing the congresswoman's campaign, America PAC, and others, alleging that they were promised hourly wages, then told pay would depend on how many doors they knocked.
The named plaintiffs were canvassers for Steel in October of this year, according to the suit, which alleges that they weren’t paid agreed-upon wages. America PAC is named because it provided campaigning services for Steel. wired.com/story/elon-mus…
These allegations are different from those WIRED reported earlier this week, when canvassers in Michigan said they were tricked and threatened as part of Elon Musk and America PAC’s get-out-the-vote effort for Donald Trump
NEW: Constitutional sheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to god. They've spent the last 6 months preparing to stop a "stolen" election.
It's a warning: 10 days out from the election, they'll do anything to make sure Trump wins. wired.com/story/constitu…
“Sheriffs are really beholden to nobody,” says Pelfrey. “Once elected, a sheriff has tremendous power, and there have been sheriffs who have been convicted and still hold office."
In nearly one in three US counties, sheriff departments are the largest law enforcement agency, meaning sheriff’s offices are the primary law enforcement agency for 56 million people. wired.com/story/constitu…
EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance's financial policy adviser Aaron Kofsky posted on Reddit for years about the use of cocaine, 'gas station heroin,' and other drugs.
Posts also show he instructed users on how to transport drugs through TSA.
Aaron Kofsky has for years posted extensively on Reddit about using a variety of drugs, including cocaine and opiates, under the username PsychoticMammal.
According to his LinkedIn, Kofsky has been advising JD Vance since this past May.
These drug-related posts have continued while Kofsky has been employed by the Senate. In May 2022, for example, PsychoticMammal responded to a post in the r/Cocaine subreddit, giving advice on how to smuggle drugs past airport security.
NEWS: A software update from cybersecurity company Crowdstrike appears to have inadvertently disrupted Microsoft IT systems globally. wired.trib.al/cvUpRaS
Banks, airports, TV stations, hotels, and countless other businesses are all facing widespread IT outages, leaving flights grounded and causing widespread disruption, after Windows machines have displayed errors worldwide. wired.com/story/microsof…
In the early hours of Friday, companies in Australia running Microsoft’s Windows operating system started reporting devices showing Blue Screens of Death (BSODs). wired.com/story/microsof…
NEW: J.D. Vance, a Republican US senator and Trump’s running mate left his Venmo account public, exposing his list of “friends,” from fellow Yale Law grads to tech executives—precisely the elites he rallies against. wired.com/story/jd-vance…
WIRED found that more than 200 people appear on Vance’s Venmo “friends” list. This includes Amalia Halikias, a director at the Heritage Foundation—the force behind Project 2025.
Vance’s Venmo friend’s list also includes media personalities like Bari Weiss and Tucker Carlson, as well as tech executives from Anthropic and AOL. wired.com/story/jd-vance…
SCOOP: Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.
But when a club for Muslim workers revealed plans to spend $200 in company funds to serve nine dozen cupcakes in watermelon colors at the event, Meta management called the offering disruptive.