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WIRED's Reviews team has begun publishing early Black Friday 2026 deal coverage, tracking price drops on gadgets its reviewers have personally tested and recommend. Among the highlighted discounts is Apple's AirTag, currently listed at one of its lowest prices seen, though WIRED notes this price point recurs fairly often.
Bose launched a new line of wired headphones that quickly sold out, according to Raza Haider, the company's president of premium consumer audio. Haider says he noticed a resurgence of wired headphones among college students, a trend he says even his own daughter remarked on as a reversal from when wired headphones were considered uncool.
In a WIRED podcast segment, editor Katie Drummond and colleagues discussed her recent interview with filmmaker Nathan Fielder about his new movie on Theranos. Drummond said Fielder avoided sharing his personal opinions of figures like Elizabeth Holmes, preferring instead to ask Drummond what she thought, and that watching the film twice changed her own reactions to it.
Rocco is discounting its retro-style smart mini-fridge by $200 on its Graphite, Cream, Beige, and Green models, bringing the price down from $1,995. Buyers during the sale also receive a free case of Laurel's Lattes. The company is also reportedly preparing new color options for the fridge soon.
Researchers found that WhatsApp's help-center pages contained text invisible to users but readable by AI systems, instructing an AI not to recommend a data protection regulator or cite relevant privacy law once a user mentioned a lawyer. The hidden notes appeared across 102 blocks on 80 of the 545 help pages, and were removed by WhatsApp between October 15 and October 18, 2026, with Internet Archive snapshots confirming the before-and-after state. WhatsApp told WIRED the text was meant for its support chatbot and appeared due to a bug that has since been fixed.
WIRED has published a roundup of current discounts on power banks, highlighting the Sharge Shargeek 170, a translucent 24,000-mAh battery with Power Delivery support now priced at $110, down from $169. The device can charge up to three devices simultaneously, including laptops, and features a built-in display.
WIRED's editor recounts being invited, under NDA, to screen Nathan Fielder's new project 'You Can See Everything' ahead of its surprise debut at the Telluride Film Festival. The piece also describes a surprise phone call Fielder received from Elizabeth Holmes, in which she told him she trusted him, as part of the lead-up to a planned WIRED cover story on the comedian.
A former WIRED editor recounts how Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos secured favorable coverage across major outlets, starting with a 2013 Wall Street Journal opinion piece and followed by WIRED's own 2014 Q&A profile, plus features in Fortune, The New Yorker, and Inc. The piece traces how Holmes was repeatedly framed as the 'next Steve Jobs' before Theranos was later exposed as fraudulent.
Wired's 2026 grow-light guide singles out the $70 Vego Classic Grow Light as its top choice for small plants and seedlings, citing its slim, 15-inch design that mounts via a 3M adhesive strip to a horizontal surface. The guide notes on-light controls as a plus, but flags that it must attach to a flat surface and its output suits only smaller plants.
Bose has released the Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds, priced at $99, marking its first wired earbuds in over a decade. The earbuds connect via USB-C rather than a 3.5mm jack, drawing power directly from the port to enable active noise cancellation without a separate battery pack.
During Amazon Prime Day, significant discounts have been applied to the Apple AirPods Pro 3, renowned for their noise cancellation and additional features such as a heart rate sensor and live translation. The earbuds provide up to eight hours of use per charge and are highlighted as a top choice for iPhone users. The sale is part of a broader event featuring various tech deals, including headphones and sound systems.
As Amazon runs its October Prime Day sale, other retailers including Best Buy are matching some of its discounts on popular tech products, according to WIRED. One highlighted example is the AirPods Pro 3, discounted to $179, a price also available at Best Buy rather than only on Amazon.