Fourteen of our 22 recommended insect repellents use deet as their active ingredient. Three are made with 20 percent picaridin, one is made with 10 percent picaridin, and four contain 30 percent oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE). Most plant-oil-based products we’ve tested—including several containing citronella oil, peppermint oil, soybean oil, or others—have performed poorly. OLE,…
Each year during open enrollment (Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 for traditional Medicare and Jan. 1 to March 31 for Medicare Advantage plans), take a look at the options for the next year. Make sure that they’re in your price range; your doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies are in-network; and your meds are covered. “Ideally, you…
Blow-dry brushes have changed my life. That’s a little extreme to say, I’m sure, but it’s solved a quest I’ve been on since I was a teenager. I’ve struggled to get my fine hair under control for more years than I care to name, and while my hair is naturally wavy, those waves are delicate…
The Ryzen AI 7 350 is on par with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus or Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, give or take. It’s slightly behind in single-core performance, as measured by Cinebench R24, and a half-step ahead in multi-core. These processors aren’t known for being a powerhouse. Rather, the focus is all on efficiency….
Automakers are happy to play to this need, readily highlighting the overall luggage capacity of their offerings. But not all of that generous-sounding cargo room is necessarily usable space. Having a lot of space doesn’t do much good if the cargo opening is narrow, short, or oddly shaped. At Consumer Reports, we evaluate cargo room…
If your doctor thinks you have BPPV, they can teach you the Epley maneuver, where you turn your head and body in ways that move ear crystals back into place. For medication problems, they’ll work on ways to reduce side effects. For persistent problems, doctors will check for infections, balance disorders, and more serious issues,…
While capabilities like dancing can be fun and eyecatching, they don’t actually show how useful humanoid robots are in real-world situations, says Fern. Even being able to run a half marathon isn’t a very useful benchmark for their skills—it’s not like there’s market demand for robots that can compete with human runners. The benchmarks that…
On Monday, a developer using the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor noticed something strange: Switching between machines instantly logged them out, breaking a common workflow for programmers who use multiple devices. When the user contacted Cursor support, an agent named “Sam” told them it was expected behavior under a new policy. But no such policy…
You don’t need WiFi 7, introduced in 2024, to check email, conduct Zoom calls, and browse the web. In fact, if your laptop, phone, and other gadgets aren’t WiFi 7-compatible, you won’t notice much difference with the new standard, not yet anyway. So go ahead and save yourself some money with a WiFi 6 or…
“DHS, for good reason, has always been very careful about sharing data,” says a former DHS staff member who spoke to WIRED on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. “Seeing this change is very jarring. The systemization of it all is what gets scary, in my opinion,…