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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 122, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, go ’Zona, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about early Apple employees and weather apps…
Read MoreSuper Meat Boy 3D makes suffering fun
The original Super Meat Boy is one of the best-known indie games of all time. Released in 2010, it’s a brutally difficult 2D platformer, but so fun to play: The short levels almost feel like speedrunning puzzles, and even though they’re filled with traps and buzzsaws, dying isn’t so bad…
Read MoreI hiked the highest peaks in Britain with a robotic exoskeleton to see if it could supercharge my mountain-climbing — here’s what happened
I reach the summit of Glyder Fach in Snowdonia National Park at 3pm. It’s the third Welsh peak over 3,000ft that I’ve climbed today, but I’m not even winded. I’m an avid hiker, but my superior energy levels are down to the assistance I’m receiving from the Hypershell X Ultra,…
Read MoreBest Ski Clothes (2026): Patagonia, Arc’teryx, Burton, and More
From weatherproof jackets and pants to puffers, gloves, and socks, WIRED’s winter sports experts have you covered. Source
Read MoreAiper IrriSense 2 Smart Irrigation System Review: Clever Yet Uneven
This hose-attached smart sprinkler maps your yard, rotates on command, and measures water use. Despite these clever features, the results are a little uneven. Source
Read MoreI’ve driven the new Renault Twingo — and it’s the closest thing to affordable, lightweight electric motoring without the compromise
Adam Wood, Renault’s UK managing director, refers to the “Trojan horse” effect of the Renault 5 and Renault 4: two cars that have won over the elusive private buyer in much of Europe, out-selling Tesla and simultaneously introducing EVs to an entirely new audience. “It looks right, it appeals to…
Read MoreRecent Posts
- In a twist of irony, a Chinese open source GLM 5.2 AI model contained ‘rogue’ OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol in a Hugging Face hack just as the US mulls banning open-weight AI
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- Quote of the day by pioneer of cybernetics Norbert Wiener: ‘The automated machine is the economic equivalent of slave labour’ — foreshadowing the displacement of human labor in the years to come
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- Russia is planning a tethered mother drone carrying up to six wired mini spy UAVs
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