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Often written about and reviewed on WIRED, OnePlus is a favorite device maker among Android enthusiasts who want the kind of clean design you get with an iPhone. Carrying several types of phones, tablets, keyboards, and other tech gear, OnePlus uses an Android-based operating system, is universally unblocked and works with all US carriers. We know how important your tech purchases are (duh, we’re WIRED) and we have a OnePlus promo code to help you save.Offers Now Available for OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 13The anticipated OnePlus 15 has launched with new buzz-worthy features and improvements on the already-polished tech from…

College basketball went quiet over Christmas break as many players and coaches enjoyed a sliver of solitude in the season to recharge and regroup for the second semester. But the action is back in a big way this weekend starting with a loaded Saturday slate to whet the appetite. Of the 25 ranked teams, 17 play Saturday and two play Sunday. It’s a perfect spot to jump right back into the season headfirst.The games themselves should be even better than they were before the 2025 calendar year ended, too, because for most conferences, Saturday marks the first official weekend when…

If 2025 was the year AI got a vibe check, 2026 will be the year the tech gets practical. The focus is already shifting away from building ever-larger language models and toward the harder work of making AI usable. In practice, that involves deploying smaller models where they fit, embedding intelligence into physical devices, and designing systems that integrate cleanly into human workflows.  The experts TechCrunch spoke to see 2026 as a year of transition, one that evolves from brute-force scaling to researching new architectures, from flashy demos to targeted deployments, and from agents that promise autonomy to ones that…

Wellness is on everyone’s mind. The industry, which McKinsey & Company reports is currently worth $2 trillion, is continuing to dominate our collective interest. But what does wellness look like in 2026?As we start to look ahead to next year, the state of wellness is all about growth and expansion. You can expect to find the following in the wellness space: Advancements in longevity (we mean legitimate, science-based ones over viral TikTok moments) and how we approach GLP-1s, traveling with the sole purpose of working out our bodies and/or minds, and adding nutrients to more interesting and fun drink formats.Below…

LG is teasing the 2026 Gram Pro laptops that will be fully unveiled at CES, including what the company claims is the “world’s lightest 17-inch RTX laptop.” The LG Gram Pro 17 (17Z90UR) and Gram Pro 16 (16Z90U) will introduce a new ultralight “Aerominum material” developed by LG that aims to reduce a laptop’s weight while reinforcing strength and scratch resistance.The LG Gram Pro 17 will feature a 2,560 x 1600 display, paired with Nvidia’s RTX 5050 laptop GPU that has just 8GB of VRAM. LG claims it will still provide “ample performance for graphics-intensive tasks, content creation, and gaming.”…

MIAMI — Send the New York Rangers outdoors, and they become unbeatable.Mika Zibanejad had a hat trick, Artemi Panarin scored twice and the Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday night in the Winter Classic — the first outdoor game played in the Sunshine State.Alexis Lafrenière had three assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 36 shots for the Rangers, who improved to 6-0-0 in outdoor games. Zibanejad added two assists, giving him the first five-point outdoor game in NHL history.”It’s been amazing,” Zibanejad said. “It was a great effort. Not a whole lot of shots on goal, but we got…

Smart fridges are a dime a dozen at CES, and LG and Samsung have thoroughly explored what’s possible when you connect your fridge to the internet or slap a touchscreen on the front. The new GE Profile Smart Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant GE is announcing ahead of CES 2026 doesn’t reinvent the wheel in that regard, but it does include a first: a built-in barcode scanner for adding items to your shopping list.GE’s “Scan-to-List” feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in GE’s SmartHQ app. You can refer to that list…

Sean Anthony Eddy | E+ | Getty ImagesAs investors who use exchange-traded funds know, the cost can be a tiny fraction of the assets you invest.Sometimes, ETFs from different providers — i.e., Vanguard, State Street, Charles Schwab, etc. — track the same index (say, the S&P 500), which can make it tempting to go with whichever is cheapest. Yet when you choose a fund to invest in, experts say, it’s important to consider more than just its expense.”ETFs that compete on price are usually index-trackers that charge the cheapest fees in their respective category,” said Dan Sotiroff, a senior analyst…

Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition. Here is the full list of the logistics, manufacturing, and materials Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on why they landed in the competition.  Logistics GigU  What it…

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets in a weird game that came down to the wire. It probably shouldn’t have been this close, but a win is a win.All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player.AdvertisementDonovan Mitchell33 points, 5 assists, 6 reboundsMitchell was a flamethrower tonight. He scored 33 points on 24 shots, keeping Cleveland afloat without it ever feeling like he was hijacking the offense.Grade: A–Darius Garland18 points, 8 assists, 2 reboundsIn the first five minutes of this game, Garland airballed a three-pointer and then threw an errant pass out of bounds. That about summarized…