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32 Best Camping and Outdoors Deals for Amazon Prime Day (Day 2)
Prep yourself for summer with these Prime deals on camping gear, hiking gear, fitness trackers, biking accessories, and more.
Catch Some Shut-Eye With Our 7 Favorite Sleep Sounds
From rain forest sounds to video game soundtracks, here are the WIRED Gadget Lab’s favorite noises to fall asleep to.
Lyft’s Revamped Bike-Share Ebike Is Sleek—and Beefy
It’s got a better motor, a bigger battery, and a flashy paint job. Riders in San Francisco will soon be able to take the public beta for a spin.
Microsoft: This clever open-source technique helps to protect your privacy
Adding statistical noise to a data set can guarantee that there are no accidental information leaks. It’s a difficult task, made easier by the open-source SmartNoise framework.
Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance
Microsoft will finally put the venerated, vulnerability-ridden browser out to pasture, but it’s still got a year to cause some trouble.
The Full Story of the Stunning RSA Hack Can Finally Be Told
In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here’s how it happened.
VPN Hacks Are a Slow-Motion Disaster
Recent spying attacks against Pulse Secure VPN are just the latest example of a long-simmering cybersecurity meltdown.
Linux on Windows: This new upgrade allows you to run graphical apps simply and effectively
Microsoft has released a preview of its graphical tooling for WSL 2, and it’s surprisingly good.