Gear
Reviews, guides, and advice on the technology and products shaping everyday life.

Products
Fashion Tech Accessories We’re Watching in 2026
From a Diesel smart ring to Kylie Jenner’s AI glasses, these devices make a case for putting tech in your outfit.
By Megan Tomos

Gear News
Two Driverless Cars Crashed Going 250kmph. That Could Be a Good Thing.
At Imola, only two of five A2RL cars finished the race – exposing what happens when autonomous systems meet blind corners, sensor failures and physics.
By Tamanna Sajeed
How To and Advice
Israel Is Trying to Shape What Chatbots Say. We Tested Six.
Israel contracted a US firm to shape GPT conversations. WIRED Middle East tested whether its campaign sites are surfacing in chatbot answers.
By Malak Saleh

Eye Spy
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
You can't always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses – but your phone can help.
By Megan Tomos
Gear News
Humanoid Robots Are Funny – Until They Aren’t
Viral videos of humanoid robots falling look like slapstick. But they expose the limits of technology being readied for work and war.
By Malak Saleh
Gear News
Everything Apple Announced at Its September 2026 Event
Apple unveiled its first folding iPhone, upgraded the iPhone 18 Pro, brought more health tracking to its watches and gave Siri AI a place on your wrist.
By Dana Alomar

Gear News
Apple Debuts the iPhone Duo, Its First Folding iPhone
The iPhone with a folding screen is the first radical redesign of Apple’s flagship handset in years. A great deal hinges on its success.
By Julian Chokkattu

Gear News
Here’s Samsung’s Advice for Apple and Its Upcoming Folding iPhone
The competition is “absolutely welcome” by the pioneering Korean giant, but Samsung warns that the device’s “weight” is crucial.
By Julian Chokkattu

Artificial Intelligence
9 Gemini Prompt Tips for Better Answers
Learn how to write better Google Gemini prompts and get more useful answers from Gems, Canvas, Deep Research and other built-in tools.
By Megan Tomos

Gear News
How to Watch the 2026 Apple Event in the UAE
Apple’s next event starts at 9pm UAE time on 9 September. Here’s how to watch it live – and what the company could announce.
By Ghalia Alwani

Gear News
There May Not Be an iPhone 18 This Year
Apple is expected to announce several products at its September event this week – including a folding phone – but the iPhone 18 might not be among them. It would be a first for the company.
By Boone Ashworth

Gear News
LEAP 2026: The Most Exciting Tech We Saw in Riyadh
Regional and global debuts stole the show at this year's edition of LEAP Riyadh.
By Iain Akerman

How To and Advice
14 Claude Prompting Tips to Get Better Answers
A little bit of engineering gets you the very best answers out of Anthropic’s chatbot.
By Megan Tomos

Gear News
Dyson’s Next Act Is an Electric Toothbrush With a Camera
The company known for stick vacuums and hair dryers is coming for your teeth. The $499 Dyson CameraJet uses a tiny camera to aim streams of rinsing fluid into the gaps between your teeth.
By Julian Chokkattu

Buying Guides
The Back-to-School Tech Worth Buying in 2026
From affordable laptops to AI note takers, this is the back-to-school tech worth buying in the UAE for the term ahead.
By Megan Tomos