Honorable Mentions Photograph: Kat Merck Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo for $100: I love the original Shark FlexBreeze (above), so I was very excited to see Shark had released a rechargeable portable fan in seven colors, including ones not normally seen in fans, like Lilac and Honeydew. Shark says it can run 30 minutes with the mister…
Recently departed staffers maintain that the current administration is simply taking a new approach to reining in the agency. Rather than attack it head on, they say, it’s quietly draining the staff, resources, and authority it needs to be effective. In April, acting CFPB leaders tried to lay off all but roughly 200 of the…
To find out which brands make the best dishwashers, we created a statistical model that incorporates the Overall Score of each dishwasher we’ve tested. We specifically looked at brands with at least four models in our ratings. We looked at how well the dishwashers of a certain brand performed in our lab tests, how reliable…
For example, people who remove their hearing aids frequently and might drop the case, those who might get caught in the rain, and those who find themselves in situations where there’s excessive dust or extreme temperatures might need a case designed to handle those conditions, like the Phirunty case I recommend below. A CR market…
Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of 18. Under sweeping new online child safety laws coming into force, self-reporting checkboxes that allow anyone to claim adulthood on porn websites will be replaced by age-estimating face scans, ID…
After losing big in 2024, Democrats promised a digital reckoning. But 12 months out from that devastating slate of losses, Democratic digital programs are still plagued by the same issues that doomed them last year. Despite millions of dollars in influencer investments and “lessons learned” memos, party insiders say Democrats are still stuck running social…
On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump posted a threat on his social media platform Truth Social to “federalize” the District of Columbia, citing claims of gang violence. He also shared a photo of a bloodied, shirtless man sitting in the street. Soon after, Elon Musk tweeted that a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer was…
Other Alexa (or Alexa Compatible) Speakers Amazon Echo Pop for $40: The Echo Pop is a perfectly fine little speaker, and the cutest one in Amazon’s lineup. Does it have great sound? No. It’s fine enough for background tunes or if you’re limited to a dorm room, but you’ll get much better sound for a…
Zoë Schiffer: I think also it’s a good moment to bring in the IP angle. You might be asking yourself, why did ClawdBot change its very cute name to MoltBot? And that’s a great question. Apparently it’s because Anthropic, which makes many products named Claude, said, “No, no, no, this is not OK. This person…
Back in the day, Verizon proved their expansive reach with the spokesperson who asked “Can you hear me now?” With the spokesman pulling a Benedict Arnold and moving to T-Mobile, Verizon is now called the “Network America Relies On,” proven by their 4G LTE network covering 99% of the U.S. population, and 5G network expanding…
