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KitchenAid’s strategy is one that maybe we should all live by—if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Remaining nearly unchanged since its introduction in 1914, KitchenAid’s stand mixer has become such a legendary kitchen staple that we called it an “everlasting” kitchen must-have and put it on our Buy It For Life guide. Save Up…

In the midst of our reporting on Nike’s turbulent year, we failed to emphasize one fact: Even as Nike’s corporate leadership flails in a post-Covid world, the company’s shoes and athletic apparel still make up a huge market segment and are still the leading performance models in the industry. Every marathon shoe is just a…

Whether you shop sales now or wait for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, you’ll find that many of those deals masquerading as fantastic bargains aren’t always as good as they look, and it’s easy to be fooled if you’re not careful. No worries—Consumer Reports has been tracking Black Friday deals for years, and we know all…

Video doorbells are great for keeping an eye on the entrance to your home, but what about your backyard? Or your driveway? To monitor those areas, you need outdoor security cameras. These security cameras are weatherproof, and most run on rechargeable batteries, allowing you to mount them almost anywhere, even to a tree (provided it’s…

It’s the perfect time to start playing cozy games. And by cozy games, I mean the opposite of what you might think. For some, video games are about loud noises, intense competition, and cutthroat leaderboards. The best cozy games embody the opposite feeling. They’re mindless but not uninvolved; inviting but not harrying. They’re meant to…

In our interview, Arroyo took a bipartisan view on who he believes could instigate a future conflict. “Let’s just say, hypothetically, the left loses this race, which is looking like that could happen,” Arroyo said. “The radical left is violent and can mobilize a lot of people to do a lot of damage. The right,…

People who are thinking about buying an antenna frequently ask two questions: Will the antenna get good reception? And will it be hard to install? In brief, the answers are it depends and no. Antenna ReceptionSeveral things can affect the quality of your reception, but the main factors are your distance from a broadcast tower…

For this guide, we ordered four popular salt and pepper grinders and put them to use in a busy family household. We measured how hard (or easy) they were to fill, how much time and effort it took to grind the salt and pepper, how even the grind was, how noisy each set was, and…

How to Get Started With Barefoot Shoes Photograph: Masudnpathan/Getty Images You’ve probably been wearing padded shoes most of your life. Don’t expect to toss them and be able to do the same mileage—whether walking or running—in barefoot shoes. To a certain degree, you must relearn how to run and walk. It’s going to take a…

“Our subcontractors never should have driven their canvassers in a U-Haul van and those involved were immediately reprimanded,” Tim Pollard of Blitz Canvassing tells WIRED. On Wednesday, October 30, Muldrow and her fellow door knockers were fired hours after the publication of the WIRED story. At first, some people had trouble logging into Campaign Sidekick,…