Not quite ready to deck out your house with window, door, and motion sensors and hire an on-call monitoring service? Don’t fret! You can still keep your home secure without messing with your wiring by going with an indoor security camera or two. Knowing you can check in when you are away from home offers… Continue reading 9 Best Indoor Security Cameras (2024): For Homes and Apartments
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The Best Reading Lights (2024): Clip-On, Rechargeable, Portable
Reading before bed is a great way to relax. But getting the right balance of light can be tricky. We want to illuminate the text without disturbing sleeping partners, kids, or roommates. Warm light that is not too bright is also better to help you feel drowsy. Special reading lights may be the answer. They… Continue reading The Best Reading Lights (2024): Clip-On, Rechargeable, Portable
6 Best Snack Subscription Boxes We’ve Tested and Reviewed (2024)
I love snacks. I’m a grazer—someone who likes to eat small amounts of things throughout the day, so I usually have a hodgepodge of various foods scattered throughout my home. I’m not picky. I’ll try sweet, savory, salty, or spicy. But I do get bored quickly. Aside from a few old standbys, I’m always on… Continue reading 6 Best Snack Subscription Boxes We’ve Tested and Reviewed (2024)
Intex PureSpa Inflatable Hot Tub Reviewed: Bubbles on a Budget
One of my greatest disappointments of adulthood is learning just how much hassle is attached to recreation. Everyone loves lounging on the deck of their buddy’s boat on a sunny summer day, but the poor schmuck who owns that boat is currently lubricating his battery terminals and waxing the gel coat. Everybody loves the family… Continue reading Intex PureSpa Inflatable Hot Tub Reviewed: Bubbles on a Budget
Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 Review: Air and Bone Conduction Technology
Photograph: Michael Sawh Rather ambitiously, Shokz promises these sports headphones can deliver clear highs and natural mids and that the new dual air conduction unit design manages to produces pure vocal sound. The air conduction certainly delivers the bass, while the bone conduction handles the rest. In the battle to compete with traffic, wind and… Continue reading Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 Review: Air and Bone Conduction Technology
Greenworks 60V Lawn Mower Review: It Just Cuts, Baby
I have a core childhood memory of standing in the expansive yard of a family friend who lived out in farm country, trying to get their old gas mower to start. I tugged the pull cord in vain for what seemed like hours, the engine rolling over lazily without ever spinning to life. So there… Continue reading Greenworks 60V Lawn Mower Review: It Just Cuts, Baby
John McFall, the Astronaut Flag Bearer at the Paris Paralympics, Is Ready to Fly
At first we studied how my disabilities and prosthesis might affect my ability to meet the requirements in-flight. At a later stage we went into detail, to the point of figuring out, for example, whether I should compulsorily use my prosthesis in space, since legs are hardly used there. In summary, I can say that… Continue reading John McFall, the Astronaut Flag Bearer at the Paris Paralympics, Is Ready to Fly
Gantri Now Lets You Customize Your Lamp’s Colors—and Everything Else
“Because of additive manufacturing, 3D printing, I think we’re heading toward sort of a generation of makers again and sort of a mass maker society,” Antoniuk says. Still, large-scale customization platforms like Gantri’s aren’t likely to completely upend the market for upscale goods. “Luxury industries are always going to exist,” Antoniuk says. “It’s the most… Continue reading Gantri Now Lets You Customize Your Lamp’s Colors—and Everything Else
Martin Shkreli Made Copies of His $2 Million Wu-Tang Album—and Hid Them in ‘Safes All Around the World’
The members of PleasrDAO are, well, pretty displeased with Martin Shkreli. The “digital autonomous organization” spent $4.75 million to buy the fabled Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which had been produced as only a single copy. The album had once belonged to Shkreli, who purchased it directly from Wu-Tang Clan for… Continue reading Martin Shkreli Made Copies of His $2 Million Wu-Tang Album—and Hid Them in ‘Safes All Around the World’
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged Over Alleged Criminal Activity on the App
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is forbidden from leaving French territory after being charged for complicity in running an online platform that allegedly enabled the spread of sexual images of children, creating an uncertain future for the messaging app that has become one of the world’s biggest social media platforms. Durov was arrested on Saturday at… Continue reading Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged Over Alleged Criminal Activity on the App