Working from home isn’t always convenient, so it should at least be comfortable. We've spent the past year sitting on more than 15 office chairs, and these are our favorites. If you buy something using our links, WIRED may earn a commission. wired.trib.al/C7VbO2X 1/
A good chair comes with a variety of adjustments. Branch's Ergonomic Chair fits this bill. It's surprisingly sleek and easy to assemble with tons of little tweaks you can make—without the outlandish price. 📸: Branch wired.trib.al/Qkt6rSl 2/
The FlexFit Hyken Mesh Task Chair is one of the most affordable good options out there. It reclines, has a breathable mesh fabric on the back and seat, and it's sturdy. You even get a headrest and lumbar support. 📸: Staples wired.trib.al/bLbIh2C 3/
The Herman Miller Embody is one of the most eye-catching and comfortable chairs around, especially with the rib-like design on the back. Herman Miller offers a 12-year warranty that covers all parts, & it arrives completely assembled. 📸: Embody wired.trib.al/uM98SP0 4/v
Movement is one of the best ways to counter the woes of sitting in a chair all day. The Ariel QOR360 helps ensure you're sitting upright and moves slightly so your body will continually shift a little throughout the day. 📸: QOR360 wired.trib.al/epVN6Q0 5/
This isn't an expensive chaise lounge, but the AmazonBasics Mesh is surprisingly comfortable even after hours and hours of sitting. The mesh back is breathable, the casters are smooth, and the armrests don't feel too obstructive. 📸: Amazon wired.trib.al/IINewFt 6/
If you can't upgrade your chair just yet, a cushion or backrest might help. This memory foam seat is very comfortable. It's best paired with an adjustable chair and does a great job of keeping out bad odors—plus, it’s washable. 📸: Cushion Labs wired.trib.al/vyuPkD1 7/
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In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.” wired.com/story/doge-elo…
Members of Musk’s early DOGE team, including Luke Farritor and Gavin Kliger, have met with a number of departments and agencies in recent days, seemingly continuing business as usual, WIRED has learned.
Over the last week, federal workers have been asked to urgently review contracts across the government, and sources say the pressure to slash contracts has drastically increased in recent weeks. wired.com/story/doge-elo…
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal. wired.com/story/tulsi-ga…
The password associated includes the word “shraddha,” which appears to have personal significance to Gabbard: This year, WSJ reported that she had been initiated into the Science of Identity Foundation, which ex-members have accused of being a cult. wired.com/story/tulsi-ga…
Security experts advise people to never use the same password on different accounts precisely because people often do so. As director of national intelligence, Gabbard oversees the 18 organizations comprising the US intelligence community.
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope. wired.com/story/doge-col…
The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, has never been done before, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations. wired.com/story/doge-col…
“They are trying to amass a huge amount of data,” a senior DHS official tells WIRED. “It has nothing to do with finding fraud or wasteful spending … They are already cross-referencing immigration with SSA and IRS as well as voter data.” wired.com/story/doge-col…
American police are spending hundreds of thousands on Massive Blue’s unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected traffickers.
Massive Blue calls its product Overwatch, which it markets as an “AI-powered force multiplier for public safety” that “deploys lifelike virtual agents, which infiltrate and engage criminal networks across various channels.”
404 Media obtained a presentation showing some of these AI characters. These include a “radicalized AI” “protest persona,” which poses as a 36-year-old divorced woman who is lonely, has no children, is interested in baking, activism, and “body positivity.”
The audit covers DOGE’s handling of data at several Cabinet-level agencies, including:
–the Departments of Labor, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services
–the Treasury
–the Social Security Administration
–the US DOGE Service (USDS) itself wired.com/story/gao-audi…
It's being carried out after congressional leaders’ requests and is centered on DOGE’s adherence to privacy and data protection laws and regulations.
A Congressional aide said the requests followed media reports on DOGE’s incursions into federal systems. wired.com/story/gao-audi…
Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED that Trump's federal return to office order has resulted in chaos (including bad Wi-Fi and no toilet paper), with productivity plummeting and public services suffering. wired.com/story/federal-…
One effect of all this, many federal employees tell WIRED, is that they are travelling long distances in order to spend all of their time in virtual meetings.
A Treasury employee says they spend most of their time at the office on video calls as well. wired.com/story/federal-…
It isn’t just traveling to work to sit on Zoom calls—it’s that there may be no place to take the call, or no working internet to connect to it.
WIRED granted employees anonymity to speak freely about their experiences. wired.com/story/federal-…