Original title: Sony WH-1000XM5 Deal: $100 Off Sony’s Last-Gen Flagships Some people always want the newest version, but if you’re willing to compromise a little, you can have Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) for just $300 from Amazon, a steep discount on their usual price. Even though their successor is available, they still offer an extremely good value and number among our favorite active noise-canceling headphones, particularly when you can save $100. For years now, Sony has been pumping out generation after generation of the WH-1000XM Series headphones with active noise-canceling. Depending on the year, and the most recently released Bose headset, they typically land at or near the top of our roundup of the best noise-canceling headphones. Not only do they have excellent noise-canceling performance, they also sound amazing. Our reviewer described them as “spacious and well defined, and consequently each and every individual strand of a recording is simple to identify and isolate.” They work well with a variety of different mus ...

Original title: The 50 Best Shows on HBO Max Right Now (September 2025) HBO Max may not have the shine it once did, but the streaming service (previously just Max) is still home to some of the best TV shows of the past 25 years, from The Sopranos and The Wire to Game of Thrones and The Leftovers. Whether you’re a longtime fan of the “it’s not TV” cable network or a HBO Max newbie trying to figure out where to start, the shows below should give you plenty upon which to feast your eyes. Looking for more recommendations? Head to WIRED’s guide to the best TV shows on Netflix, the best TV shows on Amazon Prime, the best TV shows on Disney+, and the best TV shows on Hulu. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Peacemaker John Cena reprises his role as Chris Smith, aka Peacemaker, a violence-prone vigilante who is willing to do whatever it takes in order to achieve peace—even if that means killing dozens of people. Ironic? Yes. It’s also deeply funny, with Cena seeming to relish th ...

Original title: The Concept C Is the All-Electric Sports Car Kick-Starting Audi’s Design Future Car companies love a mission statement. With the arrival of the Concept C, Audi’s new one is crystal clear: “radical simplicity.” An all-electric two-seater with a retractable folding hard top, the Concept C is a “progressive interpretation” of the company’s legacy, says Audi—and it’s not hard to see that the TT has factored pretty heavily in that. But as you pick your way through the messaging—key words here are precision and clarity, as well as a reemphasis on our old friend “Vorsprung durch Technik”—this feels like a substantial reset after a period of aesthetic drift. This isn’t just a piece of conceptual eye candy, then: It’s Audi engaging combat mode in an industry currently beset with challenges. “Our vision is a call to action for the whole company—and is essential for making our brand truly distinctive once again,” Audi chief creative officer Massimo Frascella explains. “It is the philosophy behind every decision we make, and we aim to apply its principles across the entire or ...

Original title: Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live With original reporting and sharp analysis, WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast covers today’s biggest stories in tech. We demystify companies like Palantir, trends like vibe coding, and figures like Sam Altman; we break down our essential coverage of DOGE and ICE; we guide listeners through breakthrough innovations like generative AI and sweeping policy changes like the Trump administration’s tariffs. On September 9, at 7 pm PDT, WIRED is partnering with KQED for Uncanny Valley’s first live show of the podcast. The first part of the event will feature WIRED editor in chief Katie Drummond in conversation with Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon. As a founder and musician, Conte has been at the forefront of adapting and harnessing the power of changing technological landscapes to the advantage of creatives. This summer, Patreon reached a milestone of $10 billion in payments to creators since the company was founded in 2013. The roundtable conversation with our cohosts Michael Calore and Lauren Goode ...

Original title: Top 10 AI Content Generator & Writer Tools in 2022 Are you looking for a way to create content that is both effective and efficient? If so, then you should consider using an AI content generator. AI content generators are a great way to create content that is both engaging and relevant to your audience. There are a number of different AI content generator tools available on the market, and it can be difficult to know which one is right for you. To help you make the best decision, we have compiled a list of the top 10 AI content generator tools that you should use in 2022. So, without further ado, let’s get started! Jasper is a content writing and content generation tool that uses artificial intelligence to identify the best words and sentences for your writing style and medium in the most efficient, quick, and accessible way. Features It’s trusted by 50,000+ marketers for creating engaging marketing campaigns, ad copy, blog posts, and articles within minutes which would traditionally take hours or days. Special Features: Blog posts hav ...

Original title: How ‘The Hunting Wives’ Made It to Netflix (From Starz) and the Status of Season 2 [This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of The Hunting Wives.] Upper class Texan women who like to shoot guns, drink and hit the party circuit — and who maybe kill people — are having a moment thanks to The Hunting Wives. The Netflix series from creator Rebecca Cutter that stars Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow needs little introduction by now. The Hunting Wives hit a new milestone last week when it became the most-viewed streaming series in the U.S., after hanging out in the Netflix Top 10 for more than a month following its July 21 release. But the binge-y, erotic crime thriller wasn’t always at Netflix. Cutter, who created Starz drama Hightown, was initially making The Hunting Wives also for Starz. The cable network’s tagline is “We’re All Adults Here,” which explains how the racy series — complete with more nudity, sex, violence and politics than you might expect from a typical Netflix offering — ended up at the streaming giant. Heading into Starz’s split from Lio ...

Original title: David Jonsson on Mentoring Young Filmmakers With BAFTA: “We Can’t Expect Them to Make It to the Table — Odds Are There Aren’t Enough Seats” David Jonsson is beaming with pride as he sits down to talk to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s late August and the in-demand British actor has come to a local school in rural England to counsel the next generation of film creatives. He’s teamed up with BAFTA and EE for a new initiative, Set the Stage, where 16 teens have been selected to form a crew and produce a short film under the mentorship of Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jonsson, 2025’s recipient of BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award. “I’m relatively quite shy,” the Rye Lane and Alien: Romulus star says to THR. “I feel like I don’t really have anything of use to say most of the time. But it’s just not true. And I think Set the Stage and their initiative with BAFTA and EE, it’s just so pivotal in getting the opportunities that I got as a kid that really helped me go: ‘Oh man, I can do this.’” It’s this experience that made it a no-brainer when Jonsson was asked to get involved with Set the Stage. The hand-picked group of 17-year-olds are on site a ...

Original title: Samuel L. Jackson Joins Sylvester Stallone in ‘Tulsa King’ Season 3 Trailer Another season of Tulsa King is near. On Tuesday, Paramount+ released the official trailer for the upcoming third season of the Sylvester Stallone-led crime series. And in this season, Samuel L. Jackson is introduced to the cast, playing a character named Russell Lee Washington Jr. The trailer begins with Kevin Pollak’s Special Agent Musso, saying to Dwight Manfredi (Stallone): “What do you want from me?” to which Musso responds: “I own you, General.” Also introduced is the new castmember, Jeremiah Dunmire (Robert Patrick), a powerful person in the liquor business. Here is the logline: “As Dwight’s (Stallone) empire expands, so do his enemies and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything he’s built and protect his family.” The third season comes off the success of season two, which drew in 21.1 million global viewers. Tulsa King ...

Original title: Apple Loses Robotics AI Researcher to Meta Apple’s lead artificial intelligence researcher for robotics is leaving the company for Meta, reports Bloomberg. Jian Zhang joined the Meta Robotics Studio on Tuesday. Three additional AI researchers are also leaving Apple’s Foundation Models AI team for OpenAI and Anthropic, continuing an exodus that began in July. At least a dozen AI experts have left Apple for Meta, OpenAI, and other companies since January. Meta has been offering AI engineers massive pay packages that other AI companies are not able to compete with. Meta was able to lure Apple’s Foundational Models team lead Ruoming Pang with a $200 million pay package. Zhang was developing automation technology and exploring the role of AI in tech products, but his team was separate from the group that is working on creating a robot virtual companion. According to a recent report from Financial Times, industry recruiters see the mass departures from Apple as a “crisis of confidence” around the company’s AI future. Apple is continu ...

Original title: Dexter Fletcher Tackling Remake of British Heist Movie ‘The League of Gentlemen’ for Paramount Dexter Fletcher, perhaps best known for helming Elton John biopic Rocketman, is attached to direct The League of Gentlemen, Paramount Pictures’ reimagining of a 1960 British heist movie. Bek Smith, who earned a story credit on the billion-dollar-grossing Moana 2, wrote the script. The feature project is described as a modern-day remake of the 1960 movie of the same name. That film, which adapted a 1958 novel by John Boland, told of former British Army officers who rob a bank in London. Jack Hawkins and Richard Attenborough were among the stars. Opera and theater producer Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, who is married to Fletcher, is attached to exec produce. Michael Attenborough, Richard Attenborough’s son, and Emma Forbes, daughter of the original movie’s screenwriter, Bryan Forbes, are also exec producing. Fletcher has been involved in the project since early 2024, but his role has only come to light now. The project was in development at Skydance but has now migrated to Paramount in the wake o ...