Follow this thread or click thru to find the best #LaborDayDeals around. We’ll keep this post refreshed throughout the weekend, so check back to see what’s new. Remember shopping our links will save you money and support our journalism. wired.trib.al/jXcZbma
★ Google Pixel 6 Android Smartphone for $497 ($103 off) This deal has popped up a few times since Prime Day. You’ll get the same performance as the Pixel 6A but superior cameras, wireless charging, a 90-Hz screen, and better build materials.📸: Google wired.trib.al/Ebf5Dry
The Solo Stove Pi pizza oven for $425 ($200 off)
is our favorite pizza oven. We love the design, both aesthetically and functionally. It doesn’t take up too much space, and the top of the oven doubles as a flat cook surface. 📸: Solo Stove wired.trib.al/xsrVSXB
Use Code LaborDay15 to get the Shower Power Bluetooth Speaker for $84 ($15 off). There’s nothing to plug in since it’s powered by the water coming out of your shower, and it works with most showerheads. 📸: Ampere wired.trib.al/IowEHx2
The Luna weighted blanket for $60 ($15 off) deal is applied automatically at checkout, and while it matches others we’ve seen in the past, it’s still on par with the lowest price we’ve seen for one of our favorite weighted blankets. 📸:Luna wired.trib.al/4AXTYmE
★ The iRobot Roomba J7+ self-emptying robot vacuum for $589 ($210 off) is a great price on our favorite robot vacuum. The J7+ earned the top spot in our roundup because it has better navigation skills than its competitors. 📸: iRobot wired.trib.al/WhLhUMv
The Withings ScanWatch Smartwatch for $230 ($50 off) doesn’t look like the average smartwatch, and that’s exactly why we like it. In our detailed review, we highlight many of its appealing features, from the aesthetic to the battery life.📸: Withings wired.trib.al/et2zzvn
You'll get the Snow Peak Takibi Grill for $280 ($60 off) after you put it in your cart. Its solid, durable construction beats out similar models. Plus once you’re done cooking, you can turn it into a fire pit, and it folds to store flat. 📸: Snow Peak wired.trib.al/zuEgP1Z
★ The Apple 13.6-Inch MacBook Air (2022, M2) for $1099 ($100 off) is the first major discount we've seen on Apple's 2022, M2 model. It has a new design, a slightly bigger screen, a 1080p webcam, good battery life, and plenty of power. 📸: Apple wired.trib.al/S0ootJP
When it comes to striking a balance between cost and features, the Google Pixel Wireless Earbuds for $69 ($30 off) do a great job. They hold the top spot in our Best Wirefree Earbuds guide.📸: Google wired.trib.al/h5UfsHZ
WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu calls the Wandrd Prvke Camera Bag V2 for $254 ($45 off) the perfect camera bag. The Prvke is comfortable, durable, and has all of the pockets a gadget-laden photographer or videographer could hope for. 📸:Prvke wired.trib.al/iES4MG3
Get the Apple iPad (2021, 9th Gen) for $280 ($50 off). If you need a new iPad right now and your budget is tight, this is a good deal. You can also snag accessories that make the user experience even better. 📸: Apple wired.trib.al/o61kS8B
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A Letter from WIRED's Editor: Ever since Elon Musk dove headfirst into backing Donald Trump’s presidential bid last year—to the tune of $280 million in contributions—WIRED has been tracking the billionaire’s political exploits and growing sphere of influence within the GOP and the Trump administration more specifically. We’ve been sourcing up, talking to people within and around federal agencies, as well as experts in disciplines including cybersecurity, AI, medicine, and more, about Musk’s potential impact.
What would Musk do, we wanted to understand, once Trump took back the White House on January 20? How would our government—and our country —change with Trump at the steering wheel and Musk riding shotgun?
Now the world, and WIRED, are finding out. The entire WIRED newsroom, from editors and reporters to fact-checkers and photo editors, has been working relentlessly to unearth new information about what exactly Elon Musk and his allies are doing across federal agencies, and to what end. What is changing, how, and what are the consequences? Amid the findings of our reporting, one overarching fact has become extremely clear: Musk is now in the driver’s seat, and he is implementing sweeping, shocking, and largely unchecked changes across the entirety of our country’s federal apparatus.
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wired.com/story/elon-mus…
We’ve also been tracking more former Musk employees who have infiltrated the Government Services Administration: wired.com/story/elon-mus…
Workers at GSA and Technology Transformation Services (TTS) have been summoned into what one source called “sneak attack” meetings to discuss their code and projects with total strangers—some quite young: wired.com/story/elon-mus…
EXCLUSIVE: An analysis of 3.6 billion coordinates reveals the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers, moving from nuclear bases to brothels, a WIRED analysis with @BR_Presse and @netzpolitik_org reveals. wired.trib.al/B3fHoSG
The findings provide vivid examples of the significant risks the unregulated sale of phone location data by US data firms and how they can pose a risk to the integrity of its military and the safety of its service members and their families overseas. wired.com/story/phone-da…
Experts caution that this poses a risk as it could give access to foreign governments that could use this data to identify individuals with access to sensitive areas, give criminals the ability to see where US nuclear weapons are least guarded and more. wired.com/story/phone-da…
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.