Should You Always Replace Car Tires in Pairs?

Placing the new tires on the rear axle helps maintain safer and more predictable handling. As you approach 70 percent worn or more, you should just replace all four tires. To maintain optimum and balanced handling, remember not to change the type of tire. For example, mixing a summer tire and an all-season tire, because…

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J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows

Despite his anti-elite stance, Vance’s connections reveal a more complex relationship with establishment figures. At the same time, as the former president distances himself from Project 2025—a right-wing policy roadmap aiming to purge the federal government and reshape the executive branch and turn the US into what critics characterize as a Christian nationalist autocratic state—Vance’s…

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We Tried It: Bissell Steam Shot Handheld Steam Cleaner and Sanitizer

Update: Bissell has recalled more than 3 million Steam Shot Handheld Steam Cleaners due to a burn hazard. Get details of the recall here and on Bissell’s website. Bissell’s Steam Shot Handheld Steam Cleaner and Sanitizer is a celebrity on #CleanTok. Browse through the hundreds of videos of people using the device and you’ll find satisfyingly gross…

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312 Absolute Best Prime Day Deals That Are Still Going Strong

WIRED’s coverage of the best Amazon Prime Day deals and biggest discounts is, as they say, built different. For starters, we only include products someone from our team has personally tested and reviewed. That means you will not find flimsy fad gadgets or shoddy dupes among our recommendations. What remains is all solid stuff. You’ll…

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Baby Bottles With No Detected BPA, Lead, or Phthalates

BPAThis chemical is used to harden plastics used to make, for example, water bottles, storage containers, and eyewear. It’s also used in resins that line some metal food cans, as well as in many other products, including receipt paper. Exposure to BPA has been linked to metabolic disorders, obesity, certain cancers, fertility problems, low birth…

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Talking Cars 449: Driving the Toyota Tacoma

Main theme: In this podcast episode, we’re talking trucks! We share our first impressions of the 2024 Toyota Tacoma, a perennially popular and traditionally reliable midsized pickup truck. We cover the 2024 Tacoma’s clean-sheet redesign, which adapts the platform from the latest full-sized Tundra pickup and Sequoia SUV. Mainstream Tacomas, such as the SR5 we…

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