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Best Tech Labor Day Sales I’d Shop Myself (2026): Vacuums, Headphones, and More
WIRED has published its roundup of the best Labor Day tech deals for 2026, highlighting discounts on gadgets its reviewers have personally tested, including laptops, vacuums, headphones, chargers and smart home devices. The article, last updated on 5 September, notes that although sales began earlier than usual this year, many offers remain live over the…
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Matt Clifford to leave ARIA before Anthropic role becomes a ‘distraction’
Matt Clifford is stepping down as chair of the UK’s taxpayer-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), reversing his earlier plan to keep the role while taking up a new position at Anthropic. The reversal follows criticism from Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, who warned last week that…
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Sony brings back WH-1000XM4 headphones with new audio for $300
Sony has taken an unusual approach to refreshing its headphone lineup by reviving the well-regarded WH-1000XM4 rather than launching an all-new upper-midrange model. The reissued version, dubbed the WH-1000XM4C, keeps the original’s design and core features but adds Sony’s newer sound profile and EQ options, arriving this autumn at $300 — undercutting both the original…
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Turn off automatic CarPlay connection in iPhone settings
Apple’s CarPlay is designed to reconnect automatically to a paired iPhone whenever a driver gets into their car, but users who want a break from it, or wish to save battery, can easily switch this off. The feature is popular because it replaces manufacturers’ often clunky infotainment systems with an iOS-based interface, but there are…
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Sony reintroduces WH-1000XM4 headphones as new XM4C variant
Sony has revived its acclaimed WH-1000XM4 headphones, six years after their original launch, releasing a refreshed version called the WH-1000XM4C. The move is notable because the original XM4 was widely regarded as one of the best noise-cancelling headphones ever made, prized for their sound quality, compact folding design and effective ANC, but had gone out…
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Apple unveils foldable iPhone at September event, priced above $2,000
Apple is widely expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone at an event on 9 September, more than five years after Samsung launched the first foldable smartphone. The device, reportedly dubbed the “iPhone Ultra”, is one of the most anticipated Apple launches in years, arriving as Tim Cook hands the CEO role to John Ternus…
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NHTSA probes Tesla’s safety certification of fully autonomous Cybercab
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into how Tesla self-certified its Cybercab robotaxi, just hours after the vehicle began commercial operation on the streets of Austin, Texas. The probe centres on the Cybercab’s lack of conventional manual controls, such as a steering wheel, brake pedal, accelerator or mirrors, and…
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Retired Brit, 68, ends up homeless in Thailand after falling victim to cyber predator posing as glamorous US woman in romance scam
A retired British pensioner, Simon Charles Hill, 68, was left homeless in Bangkok after being targeted by a romance scam in which fraudsters posed online as an American woman named “Emily Smith.” Mr Hill, a former UN flight operator who had lived comfortably in Thailand on his state pension for 11 years, began transferring money…
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‘Mistrust’ of Palantir may affect NHS research, says health minister
The health innovation minister, James Frith, has warned that public “mistrust” of Palantir could undermine NHS research, after new figures showed a surge in patients opting out of sharing their medical data. The comments come as the government weighs whether to terminate Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS’s federated data platform, amid pressure from…
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PS2 or GameCube: Which retro console emulates better?
An Engadget explainer compares emulation quality for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, two consoles now a quarter of a century old, weighing up their respective flagship emulators, Dolphin and PCSX2. The comparison matters for retro gaming enthusiasts deciding which platform to revisit on modern PCs, and it highlights how hardware architecture from the early 2000s…