Catherine Roberts Catherine Roberts is a health and science journalist at Consumer Reports. She has been at CR since 2016, covering infectious diseases, bugs and bug sprays, consumer medical devices like hearing aids and blood pressure monitors, health privacy, and more. As a civilian, her passions include bike rides, horror films and fiction, and research…
Other Good Cases and Accessories The world of Pixel accessories grows every year. Here are a few other cases I’ve tried and liked, just not as much as the ones above. Spigen Tough Armor Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Spigen Rugged Armor and Tough Armor for $20+: These cases are also available for the Pixel 9 Pro…
Everything changed last year for Windows laptops. For the first time, Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon processors brought all the efficiency Mac users love to Windows, resulting in some of the fastest and longest-lasting laptops we’ve ever seen, like the Surface Laptop 7. But if all that goodness is only reserved for expensive, high-end laptops, it’ll never…
As with conventional bicycles, there are several types of e-bikes, each with a special purpose. They can be built to ride on mountain or forest trails, take long rides on the open road, or cruise around at a leisurely pace near home. Conventional cycling purists may knock electric bikes because of the greater ease of…
Pay attention to the paint. Regular car washing and waxing help preserve a car’s paint from corrosive salt, bug splatter, bird droppings, and road grime. Despite what the ads may say, no wax job lasts more than a few weeks at best. Paste wax isn’t necessarily better than liquid polish, and premium brands don’t necessarily…
Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a new “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service records, IRS sources tell WIRED. For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career…
Other Phones to Consider Photograph: Julian Chokkattu We test a ton of Android phones. We like the ones below, but you’ll be better off with one of the options above. If you haven’t yet done so, check out our Best Cheap Phones and Best Folding Phones guides for more. Google Pixel 9 for $649: The…
Seats recalled: 30,984 Chicco MyFit Zip Air Harness + Booster car seats across two models have been recalled. Refer to the model number below to see if your car seat is affected. You can find the model number on the manufacturing label on your car seat. (You may have to check under the seat cover…
To help your money-saving journey to the 200,000-mile club, our experts have mapped out what you need to do to get there. We’ve used a 2023 Toyota RAV4 as an example—the bestselling vehicle in America and popular among Consumer Reports members—but the checklist will be similar for most vehicles. Our guide focused on a used…
To get you ratings and reviews of the latest models by early spring, we travel to our mower testing facility in Fort Myers, Fla., to conduct tests in late winter at grounds we prepare each year. We plant 1,800 pounds of grass seed (predominantly annual rye, prized for its dense growth) and cut 500,000 square…