When my husband and I swapped out our Vizio OLED for Roku’s Pro Series QLED and switched it on, both of us gasped. Even my two children (7 and 9) were mesmerized when they turned on Steven Universe. “Why does it look so much better now?” my daughter asked. The difference between OLED and QLED…
Prepare electronic devices. Having your phone fully charged is only one step in preparing for an emergency. Here are things you need to do with your electronics. Don’t forget your pets. It’s always a good idea to take your pets with you when you evacuate. But how do you prepare for that? Here’s how to…
Price: $9.19 for 4Where to buy: Find locations Choosing the best vegan sausage was very, very difficult because Paul and I loved both the Impossible and the Beyond bratwursts. It came down to my husband, an unofficial evaluator, to break the tie: He preferred the Impossible Sausage Bratwurst. “This is the best veggie sausage of all…
This tech comes at the expense of lower response times and more shallow viewing angles, which is why it’s less common than IPS. They’re also usually a little more expensive than IPS panels, so if contrast is important to you, you might expect to pay more for it. Mini-LED: Local Dimming on a Smaller Scale…
It has now been eight weeks since Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched into orbit on an Atlas V rocket, bound for the International Space Station. At the time NASA officials said the two crew members, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, could return to Earth as soon as June 14, just eight days later. Yes, there had…
Still, Disney+ is compelling. The company owns Lucasfilm (the “Star Wars” franchise), Marvel Studios (“The Avengers,” “Black Panther”), and Pixar (“Toy Story,” “Up”). The recent acquisition of 20th Century Fox gives it 20th Century Studios (“The Simpsons”) and the lion’s share of National Geographic content, too. Disney+’s updated library of content includes such movies as…
I was surprised to learn that canned cocktails aren’t a new invention but have existed since the early 20th century. They’re descended from bottled cocktails, which saloons sold in the 1860s and perhaps earlier, according to David Wondrich, a cocktail historian and author of “Imbibe!”, which won a James Beard Award. By the 1890s, ready-to-drink…
The Swiss company CompPair focuses on composites with the goal of making products more repairable. Its hallmark composites rely on what CompPair calls HealTech technology to create a healable surface. The way it works is that when something gets scratched or dinged, heating up the resins that hold fibers together could soften them and let…
In March 2019, TikTok agreed to a US federal court order barring the social media giant from collecting personal information from its youngest users without their parents’ consent. According to a new lawsuit filed by US authorities, TikTok immediately breached that order and now faces penalties of $51,744 per violation per day. TikTok “knowingly allowed…
To help steer you to the best choices, we’ve assembled a list of the most fuel-efficient nonhybrid compact cars from the 2019 model year. All got 32 mpg overall or better when we tested them, performed well enough in our tests to be recommended when new, and have average or better reliability according to CR’s…