The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work, Travel, and Everything Between (2026)
The wrong bag can aggravate you every single day. These WIRED-tested picks get comfort, capacity, and organization just right.
Month: September 2026
DIY plug-in solar gains momentum in the US
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on e-bikes, power stations, and how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started With a deep breath, I took…
The Fairphone 6 Plus is the midrange phone we desperately needed
The Fairphone 6 Plus feels like an extremely average midrange Android phone and I couldn’t be more thrilled. The mission has always been admirable. Fairphone seeks out ethically sourced materials and offers a high degree of repairability for its devices. But the phones themselves required a lot of sacrifices, like putting up with underpowered processors…
Competitive Pokémon is on phones now, but you still need a Switch to become a champion
To get started with competitive Pokémon battles, all you need is your phone. But to compete at the highest level, like at the Pokémon World Championships, you’re going to need a Switch. And there doesn’t seem to be a good reason why. Battle simulator Pokémon Champions originally launched on the Switch and Switch 2 in…
Nintendo Leak: New Smash Bros, Nintendogs, 5 Titles [2026]
A Nintendo Switch 2 leak dropped on September 5, 2026 claims two franchises fans have wanted back for years are finally in motion: a brand-new Super Smash Bros. game and a revival of Nintendogs. The source is a YouTube commenter going by the handle “malo932,” and according to a report from VICE, the account has…
Corsair Beats EPS 3x as Peripherals Grow 13% [2026]
Corsair Gaming posted a September that finance sites are still parsing: revenue down almost 2% year over year, yet a stock that clawed back roughly 35% from its post-earnings low within three weeks. Logitech, meanwhile, has now beaten Wall Street’s earnings estimates in four straight quarters, most recently topping EPS forecasts by $0.55 a share.…
Nvidia Brings DLSS 5 to RTX 40, Skips Full Control [2026]
Nvidia has confirmed that DLSS 5 is coming to GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards through an official update rather than the unauthorized patches that have circulated online since late August 2026. But the company’s own language on the rollout, delivered to The Verge on September 4, 2026, makes clear that RTX 40 owners will not…
React vs Vue GraphQL Setup: 13 Steps, 100 Min [2026]
React and Vue have spent the past few years copying each other’s best ideas on routing, state management, and component libraries. GraphQL data fetching is the one corner where the two ecosystems still diverge sharply, and picking the wrong client can cost a team weeks of refactoring once an app outgrows a demo. React developers…
Hall-Effect vs Optical vs Mechanical Keyboards: $145 Gap [2026]
Programmers who used to argue only about tactile versus linear switches now have a third camp to defend: magnetic. Three keyboards released within weeks of each other in mid-2026 turned that argument concrete. The Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Low-Profile Tenkeyless 8KHz, announced August 20, 2026, brought analog optical switches into a low-profile chassis for the…
Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown
While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.