The Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads, Tested on the Trail (2026)
I’ve had very few problems with any inflatable sleeping pad I’ve tested. Some have lost…
I’ve had very few problems with any inflatable sleeping pad I’ve tested. Some have lost air, but I’ve never had one deflate completely (knock on wood). That said, there are some tricks to getting the best night’s sleep and having a pleasant trip. Don’t inflate your pad with your mouth: For one thing, some of…
Phone screens are better than they’ve ever been—bigger, sharper, and brighter—but they don’t always offer the best displays for extended reading sessions. If you’ve got a lot of text to get through, you might find yourself turning to a Kindle instead, or even a good old-fashioned physical book. There are ways to tweak the screen…
More than once, Leonardo threw up a generic error pop-up with no explanation of how to fix the problem. You’re forced to dismiss the message before doing anything else, which feels like hitting a dead end before trying to troubleshoot yourself or looking up the error code in Leonardo. Connectivity, luckily, is super simple and…
The best Amazon Kindles are reliably good at their main job: displaying ebooks in a crisp, easy-on-the-eye format. But Kindle e-readers are actually more versatile than you might imagine. If you’ve just upgraded to a new Kindle and are looking for something to do with your old one, or if you’re simply interested in seeing…
The world could face the strongest El Niño since recordkeeping began, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events and significant, long-term economic impacts globally. A new analysis by Berkeley Earth climate scientist Zeke Hausfather paints a worrying picture of the climate phenomenon developing in the Pacific Ocean. Models have consistently forecast that this year’s El…
Leah Feiger: I do. The last few days, this has popped up. You’re like, “I’ve been hearing them.” It’s like, “Oop, Zoë, your invoice is ready.” And I’m like, “What is happening over there?” Zoë Schiffer: You’ve been hearing them. It’s embarrassing. That is embarrassing. Leah Feiger: It’s kind of wild. No, honestly, if it’s…
On Thursday morning, Meta published an ad to its official Instagram account with the message that artificial intelligence will not “make us less connected” or “leave us behind.” It was set to the 1972 David Bowie track “Five Years,” which is about, among other things, the end of the world. “Call us optimists, call us…
Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan has insisted that the face-recognition system and array of surveillance cameras deployed at his venues is “very, very useful for security”—a big reason why MSG “is the most secure venue in the country.” On the night of July 2, security in and around the Garden was particularly intense. Roughly…
The AI industry is not quite experiencing a DeepSeek 2.0 moment, but it feels very close. The leading Chinese AI labs have been on a roll lately, releasing a series of almost cutting-edge open-source models. Z.ai released GLM 5.2 in June, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 last week, and Alibaba released Qwen 3.8 this Monday….
It’ll also be compatible with Dyson’s new docking station, the Auto-empty Dok, hopefully out later this year. Only the V10 Konical and the V16 Piston Animal ($980) are currently slated to work with it. Comparison Game Photograph: Nena Farrell What made me like the Dyson V10 Konical so much was how well it did in…