How Uber and the gig economy changed the way we live and work
Gig work predates the internet. Besides traditional forms of self-employment, like plumbing, offers…
How WhatsApp became the world’s default communication app
In 2014, WIRED asked me to write a few lines about my most-used app as part of an internship…
The iPhone changed tech overnight. Almost 20 years later, nothing else has come close
I vividly remember Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone on January 9, 2007, a device he dubbed a…
YouTube created the creator economy
Nineteen years after Jawed Karim uploaded the very first YouTube video, the awkward, 19-second clip…
Chatbots promise a future that will never arrive
Conversing with your computer has been a dream of futurists and technologists for decades. When you…
20 years of Bluetooth audio
“When you think about the history of Bluetooth, and specifically about audio, you really have to…
How 19 years of Amazon Prime has satisfied our need for speed
Just as Engadget was hitting publish on its first posts, I was putting a freshly minted English…
The Tesla Model S shook the industry, but its echo is fading
The consumer electronics industry has changed radically over the past two decades. AR/VR devices…
Steam defined the modern video game industry
Gather ’round, children, and let me tell you a story about the old bugaboo we used to call…