The Best Samsung Phones of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

From flagship and budget to flipping and folding, Samsung’s Galaxy range spans the breadth of the smartphone cosmos. WIRED’s here to help you make your choice.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-samsung-phones/

Shopping, phones, Samsung, smartphones, Android, buying guides, Mobile

‘Hear Me Out’: Meme Halloween Costumes Are So Last Decade

Chronically online millennials turning memes into costumes used to be all the rage. Now, the TikTok generation has a new challenge to bring back some old classics.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/story/hear-me-out-meme-halloween-costumes-are-so-last-decade/

The Monitor, TikTok, memes, Halloween, Movies

San Francisco Will Pay $212 Million for Its Train System to Ditch Floppy Disks

The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won’t come cheap.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-floppy-disks-muni-upgrade/

Ars Technica, public transportation, Mass Transit, storage, data, San Francisco

The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects

Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen, and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.

 

Source https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-electrostatic-world-of-insects/

Quanta Magazine, animals, electricity, Insects, Ecology