Boone Ashworth

Articles by Boone Ashworth

Forget Meta Ray-Bans. These Dorky-Looking Virtual Display Glasses Are Way More Useful - WIRED

Technology August 25, 2026

URGENT: Immediate Action Required blasts into my eyeballs as I scroll through the impossibly giant email inbox looming directly in front of my face. Im reclined way back in a chair, wearing a pair oοΏ½...

Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy? - WIRED

Technology August 3, 2026

Face computers are on the upswing, as companies, massive and tiny, are all vying for nuggets in the smart-glasses gold rush. That also means the industry is garnering its fair share of criticism, moοΏ½...

The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You - WIRED

Technology July 31, 2026

Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann welcomes me into his palacewhat he calls his large apartment in San Francisco. He sits on the couch in his living room, clad in an orange shirt emblazoned with a cartoon veοΏ½...

After More Than a Decade of Waiting, β€˜GTA VI’ Is Finally Around the Corner - WIRED

Technology June 26, 2026

Its the end of an era for marveling at all the stuff we got beforeGTA VI. The game is officially, truly, really, finally something people can pay actual money for. And its bound to be a biggie. GranοΏ½...

What to Know About Sony’s $7.85 Million PlayStation Settlement - WIRED

Technology May 6, 2026

Sony, owner of the PlayStation brand, has been accused of antitrust practices. The lawsuit was originally settled in 2024 but was rejected twice during the approval process. Last week, a judge approvοΏ½...

β€˜Saros’ Shows Off the PS5’s DualSense Tricks - WIRED

Technology April 27, 2026

Spoiler for the very first thing you see in the upcoming game Saros: Its a bunch of words. The letters type out one by one onto the screen, spelling out some world-building that gives context to kickοΏ½...

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce? - WIRED

Technology April 21, 2026

Prego, the pasta sauce company, is getting into hardware with a device that sits on your table and records dinner conversations. No, this isnt April Fools. The Connection Keeper is a round puck thatοΏ½...

Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstarβ€”and What It Means for Your iPhone - WIRED

Business April 16, 2026

On Tuesday, Amazon announced it would be acquiring Globalstar, a company that manufactures and operates low-Earth-orbit satellites with the spectrums needed to communicate with devices on the ground.οΏ½...

This AI Button Wearable From Ex-Apple Engineers Looks Like an iPod Shuffle - WIRED

Technology April 10, 2026

The other goal of the Button is rapid response time. Unlike the Humane Ai pin, which got lots of criticism for taking a painfully long time to reply to queries, the Button is designed to be nearly inοΏ½...

Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles - WIRED

Technology April 9, 2026

Companies ending software support for devices is a regular occurrence that can brick products, force customers to buy new stuff, and inevitably add to the ever-growing piles of e-waste across the worοΏ½...