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How to Buy a Sleep Mask: Fit, Material, and Features to Look For
Sleep masks offer a range of benefits, including deeper and more restful sleep, but there are...
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The Time Is Right for a Folding iPhone
If Apple really does come out with a foldable smartphone, it’ll be late to the party—but...
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Why Paris 2024 Olympic Athletes Are Sleeping on Cardboard Beds
The competitors’ bedroom furniture is simply stiff paper, along with coffee tables made from badminton shuttlecocks...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold6 and Flip6 Are Impressive as Ever, but Competition Is Fierce
Six years on, these super-refined folding phones feel like they’re losing their edge.
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ViewSonic’s OLED Gaming Monitor Is Better Than Budget
If you’re used to seeing ViewSonic as the cheap monitor brand, this one might change your...
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Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7x Dishes Out Good Performance for a Reasonable Price
It’s a bit plain, but dollar for dollar, this Lenovo PC has the best price-to-performance ratio.
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What Climber Jesse Grupper Is Bringing to the Olympics
If you want to climb like a champ, this is the forearm massager, climbing shoes, and...
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The Best Zojirushi Rice Cookers
The popular brand of rice cooker offers a large lineup of options—we help you choose which...
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The Best Mechanical Keyboard for Beginners Got a Little Better
With softer, quieter keys, and tools to customize the exact pressure of your key presses, the...
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The ROG Ally X Wins Most Improved Player, but Windows Still Gets in the Way
I still can't stand Windows on a handheld gaming console. But if you can, the ROG...
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The Best DAW Software Recommended by WIRED’s Resident Musicians
From Ableton and Pro Tools to iPad apps—get the most out of your music with these...
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Strymon’s BigSky MX Is an Expensive, Near-Perfect Reverb Pedal
This expensive big-box reverb strikes a stunning balance between versatility, usability, and experimentation.
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The Seriously Fun Electric Mini Cooper Returns—but There’s a Problem
The Mini Cooper SE is a seriously fun compact EV, and can even pretend to sound...
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CMF's Phone 1 Is Better Than Any $199 Smartphone Should Ever Be
I used this $199 smartphone to cover a launch event in Paris and it was nearly...
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The Games We’re Still Most Looking Forward to in 2024
The gaming industry has been dropping hit after hit, but we have a running list of...
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Omega’s AI Will Map How Olympic Athletes Win
From gymnast-tracking to pole vault measurements mid-jump, the watch brand’s Swiss Timing division has a whole...
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Dyson Has New Headphones That Don’t Cover Your Mouth This Time
Plus: Amazon made an ungodly amount of money on Prime Day, there are new Pixel phones...
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The Sonos Roam 2 Is Still the Best Sonos Bluetooth Speaker
The second-generation Sonos portable Bluetooth speaker now comes with a battery that actually works.
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Why the Global CrowdStrike Outage Hit Airports So Hard
The aviation industry is optimized within an inch of its life. A bad software update from...
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The Best Smart Bird Feeders for Backyard Birding
These bird feeders come with cameras and connected apps to let you see and learn about...
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Prison Phone Call Fees Are Out of Control. The FCC Can Finally Rein Them In
The changes are expected to save incarcerated people and their families at least $500 million a...
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Moog’s Labyrinth Is an Affordable Dual-Line Sequencer for Synth Nerds
This affordable desktop sequencer helps you create mazes with two lines of music.