I played the ultimate game of strategy on a variety of smart chess boards to find the best for online and in-person matches. Playing chess can be challenging, fun, and at times frustrating. Garry Kasparov called the game "mental torture." With virtually limitless possibilities, chess offers unparalleled depth, and you could easily fill a library with books on how to play it. The internet has opened up a wealth of potential competitors, and smart chess boards enable you to play anyone online or off, not to mention dabble in a variety of chess programs.

The app reads your email inbox and your meeting calendar, then gives you a short audio summary. It can help you spend less time scrolling, but of course, there are privacy drawbacks to consider.

I've been reviewing smart lighting for years. Here are tips on how to prep, what to choose, and the smart lights that work best in each room. The importance of light in our daily lives is often underestimated. It can motivate and make you feel energized or create a cozy feel and help you relax. We've never had more choice or control over the light in our homes, so if you're still using regular bulbs and lamps, it's time to switch to smart lighting. I've been testing and reviewing smart lighting for years, and I've learned loads about what works and what doesn't.

Cyber Monday is over, but many deals are still available, at least for now. These are the absolute best discounts on gear we've tested ourselves. Cyber Monday may be over, but many Cyber Week deals are still going strong. Whether you're checking off your holiday shopping or snagging a special treat for yourself, now's the time to pounce. The WIRED Reviews team has hundreds of years of collective experience tracking deals--not just inflated markdowns--on products we've hand-tested. Below, you'll find everything that made the cut and is still on sale: True discounts on the gear and gadgets we'd recommend to our friends and family. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2024, 12th Generation) $ 160 Our all-time favorite Kindle packs a three-month battery life, an auto-adjusting warm light, and a nice seven-inch screen for one of the best e-reader experiences. Dell had a killer $500 discount all weekend on the Core Ultra 5 version of its Dell 14 Plus. It was a high-end laptop being sold for downright budget-level prices. It's sold out now, unfortunately. But the current discount is still quite good. This is a very strong display for a laptop at this price. While the Surface Laptop is better in many ways, the $650 Dell 14 Plus gets you a full terabyte of storage. Microsoft's Surface Laptop is the closest thing the Windows world has to a MacBook, and it's never been so cheap. Usually, inexpensive Chromebooks have subpar displays and touchpads, but this Acer model's are just fine--at a killer price. Our favorite gaming laptop has a sleek, thin design and impressive graphics. Weighing only 2.16 pounds, it's one of the lightest laptops you can buy, without making any major sacrifices to achieve that weight. The M4 MacBook Air has been the best laptop on the market since it was released in 2024.

If you want to secure your property, these Cyber Monday home security deals are worth a look. It's a great time to tighten up your home security, because the internet is awash with tempting Cyber Monday security camera deals. Aside from potentially dissuading porch pirates and would-be burglars, security cameras are a good way to check in on your kids and pets, and add motion lighting to outside areas. Many of our favorite indoor security cameras, outdoor security cameras, and video doorbells are on sale. If you seek a wider selection of discounts, check out our Very Best Cyber Monday Deals roundup.

We have scoured the entire internet to make a definitive list of the best Black Friday deals on gear we've tested and approved. Black Friday may have been two days ago, but almost all the best bargains are still going strong today. Across the web, you'll find people recommending devices they've never actually used at prices that aren't discounted. WIRED's list of the best Black Friday deals is not like that. Everything on this list has been hands-on tested by a member of our Reviews team and is recommended as worth the money at full price. But you won't pay full price, as all these items are also actually cheaper than you'll find them the rest of the year. For $500, this Dell Windows laptop is actually . The resolution is 2560 by 1600, with decent color accuracy and brightness. The battery life is downright impressive. And the touchpad, which is an area where many budget laptops compromise, actually feels smooth and responsive. This is something no other Windows laptop can pull off. The only catch is that it's a Doorbuster-style sale on Dell's own site, meaning once they sell out at this price, this discount will disappear. The Surface Laptop is the MacBook of the Windows world, and the seventh edition has a brilliant display and great battery life. It's normally priced at $1,000, but you can save 20 percent on Black Friday. Weighing only 2.16 pounds, it's one of the lightest laptops you can buy, without making any major sacrifices to achieve that weight. This incredibly compact, powerful little laptop works just as well for studying, content creation, and work as it does for gaming. Chromebooks under $300 tend to compromise in the display and touchpad. Not the Acer Chromebook Plus 516, and this is a fantastic deal on it. The M4 MacBook Air came out in early 2024, and it's remained the best laptop you can buy. The price has slowly dropped, too.

Save on virtual display smart glasses, arcade machines, the PS5 Pro, and more. These Black Friday deals are for gamers. Heading into the holidays, it's the perfect time to stock up on games and gaming gear, when many of us will have some extra free time. These hand-picked Black Friday gaming deals are the discounts that caught our eye. Everything here has been tested by a WIRED gamer and won a recommendation in one of our buying guides .

Take advantage of these discounts, courtesy of Amazon's latest sale event, and nab WIRED's favorite tech gadgets. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Amazon's Prime Day sale events seem to come around faster every year, and that's partly because they are. This is the second Prime Day event of the year, dubbed Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, and we still have Black Friday to come. But decent discounts on some of our favorite tech gadgets are hard to ignore, particularly if you're feeling the squeeze.

Take advantage of these discounts, courtesy of Amazon's latest sale event, and nab WIRED's favorite tech gadgets. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Amazon's Prime Day sale events seem to come around faster every year, and that's partly because they are. This is the second Prime Day event of the year, dubbed Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, and we still have Black Friday to come.

Amazon Prime Day is back, starting on October 7, but we've already found good deals on WIRED-approved gear. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. It's that time of year again, and Prime Day deals are back. The Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event--also known as Amazon Prime Day 2--is officially arriving on October 7 and 8, but early deals have already started flowing. The WIRED Reviews team has hundreds of years of collective experience covering shopping holidays such as this.