Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED
WIRED’s Gadget Lab podcast breaks down which gadgets, apps, and services you need to know about, and which ones you can move to the virtual trash bin. Learn how today’s tech shapes our lives—plus get your hosts’ personal recommendations at the end of each episode.
Episodes
| Title | Duration | Published | Consumed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row Row Row Yourself | 00:35:30 | 2022-09-22 12:00 | |
| Visualizing VR’s Future | 00:37:11 | 2022-09-15 12:00 | |
| Welcome to Dynamic Island | 00:31:36 | 2022-09-08 15:00 | |
| How YouTube's Tumultuous Past Will Shape Its Future | 00:36:35 | 2022-09-01 12:00 | |
| How to Get Your Climate Tax Credits | 00:38:21 | 2022-08-25 12:00 | |
| Tractor Hacks | 00:32:45 | 2022-08-18 12:00 | |
| The Weird Phone Future | 00:39:55 | 2022-08-11 12:00 | |
| NFT Frames | 00:36:15 | 2022-08-04 12:00 | |
| Reel Talk About Instagram | 00:33:28 | 2022-07-28 12:00 | |
| Zucka Kappa Meta | 00:37:36 | 2022-07-21 12:00 | |
| Too Cool for Juul | 00:30:10 | 2022-07-14 12:00 | |
| Seriously, What Is the Metaverse? | 00:40:37 | 2022-06-30 12:00 | |
| The Zoomification of Slack | 00:33:08 | 2022-06-23 12:00 | |
| Streaming TV’s Many Possible Futures | 00:38:52 | 2022-06-16 12:00 | |
| Apple In Real Life | 00:37:05 | 2022-06-09 12:00 | |
| Texting Is Broken | 00:37:52 | 2022-06-02 12:00 | |
| WTF Is Web3? | 00:35:04 | 2022-05-26 12:00 | |
| How to Get Started Biking | 00:38:40 | 2022-05-19 16:21 | |
| Google Gadgets Galore | 00:39:59 | 2022-05-12 12:00 | |
| Kara Swisher's Take on Twitter | 00:34:44 | 2022-05-05 12:00 | |
| Snap’s New Drone Takes Flight | 00:31:43 | 2022-04-28 19:00 | |
| What Would Elon’s Twitter Look Like? | 00:37:59 | 2022-04-21 15:00 | |
| Browse Better | 00:35:06 | 2022-04-15 12:00 | |
| Peloton Bets Big on Body-Tracking | 00:39:46 | 2022-04-08 12:00 | |
| Who's Behind the Okta Hack? | 00:31:05 | 2022-04-01 12:00 | |
| How You DAOing? | 00:38:53 | 2022-03-25 11:00 | |
| When Facial Recognition Tech Is Wrong | 00:38:01 | 2022-03-18 11:00 | |
| And Apple Marches On | 00:38:42 | 2022-03-11 12:00 | |
| Swift Sanctions | 00:31:24 | 2022-03-04 12:00 | |
| Tracking Apple | 00:34:59 | 2022-02-18 13:00 | |
| Samsung Gonna Samsung | 00:36:34 | 2022-02-11 13:00 | |
| Hitting Pause on Spotify | 00:39:45 | 2022-02-04 12:00 | |
| Help! My Family is Stuck in the Metaverse | 00:40:01 | 2022-01-28 13:00 | |
| Road to the Future | 00:45:34 | 2022-01-21 12:00 | |
| Dry If You Might | 00:45:01 | 2022-01-14 12:00 | |
| Live From CES 2022 | 01:01:56 | 2022-01-07 12:00 | |
| Goodbye to All That | 00:49:12 | 2021-12-10 12:00 | |
| WTF Is Web3? | 00:34:01 | 2021-12-03 12:00 | |
| A Conversation with Neal Stephenson | 00:41:20 | 2021-11-19 12:00 | |
| What an Augmented World | 00:46:09 | 2021-11-12 12:00 | |
| Shipping and Shopping | 00:35:51 | 2021-11-05 11:00 | |
| Let’s Get Meta | 00:33:14 | 2021-10-29 12:00 | |
| Big Macs, New Pixels | 00:39:37 | 2021-10-22 12:00 | |
| Facebook's Uncertain Future | 00:39:10 | 2021-10-15 12:00 | |
| Andrew Yang on Micromobility | 00:41:44 | 2021-10-08 12:00 | |
| Amazon Bots | 00:39:40 | 2021-10-01 12:00 | |
| Scratching the Surface | 00:34:11 | 2021-09-24 12:00 | |
| iPhoning It In | 00:37:26 | 2021-09-17 12:00 | |
| Boosters and Mandates | 00:41:32 | 2021-09-10 12:00 | |
| Power Problems | 00:33:07 | 2021-09-03 12:00 | |
| I Never Metaverse I Didn’t Like | 00:40:44 | 2021-08-27 12:00 | |
| Introducing Food People | 00:01:49 | 2021-08-26 11:00 | |
| Pixel Party | 00:35:09 | 2021-08-20 12:00 | |
| Apple’s Photo-Scanning Tech Explained | 00:31:53 | 2021-08-13 12:00 | |
| I Can Haz Memes | 00:41:26 | 2021-08-06 12:00 | |
| Inside Black Twitter | 00:31:08 | 2021-07-30 12:00 | |
| Bezos in Space | 00:35:55 | 2021-07-23 12:00 | |
| Why WeWork Didn't Work | 00:39:37 | 2021-07-16 12:00 | |
| I Bike, You Bike, Ebike | 00:36:52 | 2021-07-09 12:00 | |
| Introducing "Smarter Better Faster Stronger" | 00:01:55 | 2021-07-01 13:00 | |
| Paging Dr. Algorithm | 00:29:38 | 2021-06-25 12:00 | |
| Into the Great Wide Open | 00:32:10 | 2021-06-18 12:00 | |
| Cutting to the Core of Apple | 00:35:42 | 2021-06-11 12:00 | |
| Vaccine Incentives, From Donuts to Dollars | 00:34:57 | 2021-06-04 12:00 | |
| Oh, the Huemanity | 00:44:35 | 2021-05-28 12:00 | |
| Android Dreams | 00:37:15 | 2021-05-21 12:00 | |
| Muchos Bezos | 00:39:12 | 2021-05-14 12:00 | |
| The Truth About Section 230 | 00:44:27 | 2021-05-07 12:00 | |
| Leave No Trace | 00:40:27 | 2021-04-30 12:00 | |
| Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth | 00:56:35 | 2021-04-23 12:00 | |
| 500th Episode Extravaganza | 01:03:48 | 2021-04-16 12:00 | |
| Breaking Up, Hooking Up | 00:38:12 | 2021-04-09 12:00 | |
| Free Shipping | 00:31:53 | 2021-04-02 12:00 | |
| Reentry Anxiety | 00:36:16 | 2021-03-26 11:00 | |
| Future Computing the Facebook Way | 00:36:01 | 2021-03-19 11:00 | |
| WTF Is an NFT? | 00:42:52 | 2021-03-12 12:00 | |
| Facing Our AR Future | 00:38:57 | 2021-03-05 15:00 | |
| Gadgets on Mars | 00:48:50 | 2021-02-26 15:00 | |
| How to Get a PlayStation 5 | 00:37:17 | 2021-02-19 15:00 | |
| Who Let the Doge Out | 00:38:38 | 2021-02-12 15:00 | |
| Clubhouse’s Elon Moment | 00:38:42 | 2021-02-05 15:00 | |
| Your Covid Vaccine Questions, Answered | 00:43:05 | 2021-01-29 15:00 | |
| Reboot Your Brain | 00:33:58 | 2021-01-22 15:00 | |
| CES Wrap-Up | 00:35:16 | 2021-01-15 15:00 | |
| Facebook and Twitter Finally Respond to Trump | 00:41:04 | 2021-01-08 12:00 | |
| Our 2021 Predictions | 00:44:09 | 2020-12-18 12:00 | |
| Gift Rap | 00:33:56 | 2020-12-11 12:00 | |
| Ride Share’s Road Ahead | 00:33:18 | 2020-12-04 12:00 | |
| Pedal Revolution | 00:36:23 | 2020-11-20 12:00 | |
| Introducing SELF: Checking In | 00:01:15 | 2020-11-16 12:00 | |
| Apple Chips Ahoy | 00:28:18 | 2020-11-13 12:00 | |
| Console Wars | 00:33:55 | 2020-11-06 12:00 | |
| Car Talk | 00:35:26 | 2020-10-30 11:00 | |
| Google and the Government | 00:38:33 | 2020-10-23 12:00 | |
| The iPhones 12 | 00:33:13 | 2020-10-16 12:00 | |
| Battling Burnout | 00:35:46 | 2020-10-09 12:00 | |
| Invasion of the Home Drone | 00:32:01 | 2020-10-02 12:00 | |
| The TikTok Dance | 00:27:10 | 2020-09-25 12:00 | |
| Apple Bundles Up | 00:34:38 | 2020-09-18 12:00 | |
| Introducing In Vogue: The 1990s | 00:02:32 | 2020-09-17 12:00 | |
| Connected Cardio | 00:34:43 | 2020-09-11 12:00 | |
| Tech the Vote | 00:35:02 | 2020-09-04 12:00 | |
| Alexa, Play My Alibi | 00:33:23 | 2020-08-28 12:00 | |
| Let’s Talk About Texts | 00:32:38 | 2020-08-21 12:00 | |
| The Foldable Future | 00:30:26 | 2020-08-14 12:00 | |
| We Love Cheap Phones | 00:36:17 | 2020-08-07 12:00 | |
| Amazon’s Hidden Prime Secrets | 00:33:57 | 2020-07-31 12:00 | |
| Tick Tock, TikTok | 00:32:54 | 2020-07-24 12:00 | |
| Get WIRED: Citizen and the Bizarre World of Live-Streamed Crime | 00:21:28 | 2020-07-24 06:00 | |
| Introducing: Get WIRED | 00:01:34 | 2020-07-20 06:00 | |
| I Stream, You Stream | 00:45:25 | 2020-07-17 12:00 | |
| I Can't Stop Doomscrolling | 00:32:46 | 2020-07-10 12:00 | |
| Home Bodies | 00:40:29 | 2020-07-03 12:00 | |
| Arrested Developer Event | 00:39:19 | 2020-06-26 12:00 | |
| Inside the eBananas Scandal | 00:32:23 | 2020-06-20 12:00 | |
| When Can I See You Again? | 00:52:26 | 2020-06-12 12:00 | |
| Tech and the Police State | 00:35:20 | 2020-06-05 12:00 | |
| Trump v. Twitter | 00:38:50 | 2020-05-29 12:00 | |
| Remote Desktop | 00:38:34 | 2020-05-22 12:00 | |
| The Dark Secrets of a Hacking Hero | 00:34:23 | 2020-05-15 12:00 | |
| On the Road Again | 00:33:30 | 2020-05-08 12:00 | |
| The Argument for Making End-of-Life Decisions Early | 00:31:59 | 2020-05-01 12:00 | |
| Open For Business | 00:38:41 | 2020-04-24 12:00 | |
| Will Contact Tracing Work? | 00:31:40 | 2020-04-17 12:00 | |
| The Race to Make a Vaccine | 00:35:17 | 2020-04-10 12:00 | |
| Supply Demand | 00:37:11 | 2020-04-03 12:00 | |
| Pandemic Panic | 00:32:23 | 2020-03-27 11:00 | |
| The Generation Gap | 00:26:45 | 2020-03-20 11:00 | |
| Socially Distanced | 00:39:33 | 2020-03-13 11:00 | |
| Is Facebook Forever? | 00:42:42 | 2020-03-06 12:00 | |
| There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch | 00:35:58 | 2020-02-28 12:00 | |
| The Anti-Bias Bot | 00:37:13 | 2020-02-21 12:00 | |
| Smartphone Launch Events Are Silly | 00:33:12 | 2020-02-14 18:21 | |
| The Virus and the Vote | 00:29:54 | 2020-02-07 12:00 | |
| Everything Old Is New Again | 00:30:38 | 2020-01-31 12:00 | |
| Open Wide for Mouth Tech | 00:36:45 | 2020-01-24 12:00 | |
| One Wheel, Zero Buttons | 00:36:38 | 2020-01-17 12:00 | |
| Best of CES | 00:36:58 | 2020-01-10 12:00 | |
| Sex Toys and Toothbrushes | 00:34:50 | 2020-01-03 12:00 | |
| Our Favorite Stuff from 2019, Plus Our 2020 Predictions | 00:27:50 | 2019-12-20 13:00 | |
| The Case for Cassava | 00:35:13 | 2019-12-13 13:00 | |
| Going Places | 00:34:08 | 2019-12-06 13:00 | |
| Life After Facebook | 00:27:21 | 2019-11-22 13:00 | |
| Finally, We Can ‘Like’ Apple’s Keyboards Again | 00:28:33 | 2019-11-15 13:00 | |
| When Big Tech Buys Your Darlings | 00:28:20 | 2019-11-08 13:00 | |
| Deep Listening | 00:33:32 | 2019-11-01 12:00 | |
| YouTube Creators Want More From YouTube | 00:37:39 | 2019-10-25 13:00 | |
| Facial Recognition Tech Is Coming to a School Near You | 00:32:50 | 2019-10-18 13:00 | |
| It's Time to Put Down Your Phone | 00:45:13 | 2019-10-11 13:00 | |
| Panos Panay Says Microsoft’s New Phone Isn’t a Phone | 00:47:03 | 2019-10-04 13:00 | |
| Spot, the Robot Dog, Learns New Tricks | 00:39:00 | 2019-09-27 13:00 | |
| Your DNA Belongs on the Blockchain | 00:38:29 | 2019-09-20 13:00 | |
| iPhones to the Max | 00:33:42 | 2019-09-13 13:00 | |
| How Uber Went Down in Flames | 00:50:52 | 2019-09-06 13:00 | |
| Why It’s So Hard to Unlink Yourself From Facebook | 00:40:21 | 2019-08-30 13:00 | |
| You’ve Got Microplastics | 00:43:59 | 2019-08-23 13:00 | |
| How Google’s Secrecy Lead to Company Turmoil | 00:39:31 | 2019-08-16 13:00 | |
| Amazon's Quest for World Domination | 00:40:08 | 2019-08-09 13:00 | |
| Bumps in the Road to Our Robo-Car Future | 00:42:08 | 2019-08-02 13:00 | |
| Why New York’s Revenge Porn Law Is Flawed | 00:44:03 | 2019-07-26 19:35 | |
| Twitter’s Redesign Is Impressive. Is It Enough? | 00:51:39 | 2019-07-19 22:16 | |
| Facebook's Libra and the Future of Money | 00:37:18 | 2019-07-13 02:54 | |
| Rebalancing Our Relationship With Tech | 01:04:15 | 2019-06-28 22:51 | |
| A Genius Move | 00:54:37 | 2019-06-21 23:11 | |
| The Biggest News From E3 | 00:54:04 | 2019-06-15 01:05 | |
| Everything From Apple’s WWDC | 00:55:36 | 2019-06-07 22:06 | |
| Making Surfing More Sustainable | 00:58:57 | 2019-06-02 07:27 | |
| Samsung’s Innovation Dilemma | 00:58:56 | 2019-05-24 20:48 | |
| YouTube’s Latest Beauty Scandal | 00:39:46 | 2019-05-17 18:05 | |
| If You Build It, They Will I/O | 00:53:20 | 2019-05-10 19:41 | |
| The Making of Adam Savage | 00:54:59 | 2019-05-03 14:00 | |
| Preserving Your Right to Repair Your Gadgets | 01:11:48 | 2019-04-19 23:07 | |
| What Happens to Uber After Its IPO? | 00:49:16 | 2019-04-12 22:35 | |
| Introducing Citadel Dropouts: A Game of Thrones Podcast | 00:46:25 | 2019-04-12 17:59 | |
| Reporting From Syria | 00:21:30 | 2019-04-05 22:27 | |
| The Case for Male Birth Control | 00:47:37 | 2019-03-29 20:23 | |
| Game On at Google | 00:48:29 | 2019-03-22 19:32 | |
| Flickr Cofounder Questions Big Tech | 01:07:22 | 2019-03-15 21:24 | |
| How to Quit Your Tech Job | 00:53:23 | 2019-03-08 22:46 | |
| Alex Kipman’s Holographic Tendencies | 00:52:12 | 2019-03-01 21:28 | |
| You’ve Got to Know When to Fold ‘Em | 00:42:37 | 2019-02-23 01:59 | |
| The Treacherous Allure of OG Usernames | 00:59:52 | 2019-02-15 21:17 | |
| The App Smackdown | 00:49:17 | 2019-02-02 00:59 | |
| Amazon Delivery Bots Are Here | 00:42:29 | 2019-01-25 19:52 | |
| Nike’s Truly Smart Sneakers | 00:46:34 | 2019-01-19 01:06 | |
| The Best of CES | 00:52:38 | 2019-01-12 08:40 | |
| The Year in Tech, in One Word | 00:49:13 | 2018-12-21 17:37 | |
| Apocalypse Now | 00:56:06 | 2018-12-14 19:24 | |
| Where to Find Porn Without Tumblr | 00:44:05 | 2018-12-07 21:27 | |
| The Latest Chapter for Groupon’s Founder | 00:54:58 | 2018-11-30 20:36 | |
| Pinterest’s Push in Visual Search | 00:55:06 | 2018-11-23 16:00 | |
| Magic Leap’s Very Real Challenges | 00:47:41 | 2018-11-19 19:00 |