Saturday 27th April 2024

  • 14 Best Car Phone Mounts, Chargers, and Accessories (2024): Wireless Chargers, MagSafe Holders, and Dashcams

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    Getting ready for a drive? Whether you use your phone for navigation, music, or podcasts—or are just bringing it along for the ride—the right accessories can make it the perfect passenger. A good car mount will keep it within easy reach and in view, so you don't need to dangerously fumble for your handset and take your eyes off the road. You’ll also want to keep your device charged. Add a dashcam to document your trip. We have tested a range of mounts, chargers, dashcams, and other accessories that might be useful for your daily commute.


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  • 16 Best USB-C Cables (2024): For iPhones, Android Phones, Tablets, and Laptops

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    The humble cable is often the simplest and fastest way to charge your devices or move files from one device to another. But these ostensibly straightforward power and data conduits come in many shapes and sizes. Even cables that appear identical may perform differently when you plug them into your phone or laptop. Various connectors, specifications, charging rates, and data transfer speeds make for a confusing, messy scene.


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  • The Best Govee Smart Lights (2024): M1 Light Strip, Envisual T2, and More Tips

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    Smart lighting may be the quickest and easiest way to transform a space. It can spruce up your home decor and bring a futuristic feel, enhance your entertainment with synced lights, or change the mood of a room. Govee has quickly become one of our favorite brands in the smart lighting space, democratizing smart lighting with an incredibly versatile and surprisingly affordable range. But it's easy to get confused when you have so much choice. Seriously, Govee has too many products.


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  • 10 Best Lubes (2024): Water-Based, Silicone, and Lube Dispensers

    For the most sensitive parts of the human body, friction is the enemy. Here’s how to keep it at bay.


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  • Decades of Garry’s Mod Nintendo Uploads Are Disappearing

    For the past few months, Nintendo-related content has been disappearing from Garry’s Mod, the physics-based sandbox game and modding platform beloved by Steam players.

    The source of the takedown requests presents a worst-case scenario for the community; rather than coming from copyright trolls, the takedowns are coming from Nintendo itself, according to creator Garry Newman of Facepunch Studios. “I have been assured that the takedowns have been verified by Nintendo as legit,” Newman wrote on X, adding that removals will continue as planned. “Sorry.”


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  • The 17 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now


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  • The 33 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now

    From Mr. and Mrs. Smith to Fallout, these are our picks for what you should be watching on the streamer.


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  • Tesla Autopilot Was Uniquely Risky—and May Still Be

    A federal report published today found that Tesla’s Autopilot system was involved in at least 13 fatal crashes in which drivers misused the system in ways the automaker should have foreseen—and done more to prevent. Not only that, but the report called out Tesla as an “industry outlier” because its driver assistance features lacked some of the basic precautions taken by its competitors. Now regulators are questioning whether a Tesla Autopilot update designed to fix these basic design issues and prevent fatal incidents has gone far enough.

    These fatal crashes killed 14 people and injured 49, according to data collected and published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal road-safety regulator in the US.


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  • Roborock’s Robot Vacuums—Including WIRED’s Top Pick—Are on Sale Right Now

    We’ve tested a lot of great robot vacuums here at WIRED, but the Roborock Q5 Pro+ has held the top spot in our Best Robot Vacuums guide for some time now. It fluctuates in price quite often, but currently it's on sale for $480, matching the $220 discount we last saw during Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2023. Just clip the on-page coupon to save. You can also snag the Roborock Q5+ (9/10, WIRED Recommends) for $380, a $320 discount. The pricier Pro+ model doubles as a mop—that’s the main difference between the two.

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  • How to Manage a Cross-Functional Team

    Cross-functional teams — those with people from different departments who have varied expertise — are becoming more common, as is the rise of project-based work arrangements.  Early in your career, you may even find that your first “real” leadership role is managing a newly formed, cross-functional team for a specific and short-term project. There are a few key actions new leaders can take to get their team off to a great start.

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