Consumer Reports tests battery power tools at our facility in Yonkers, N.Y., as well as in Florida (where there’s grass year-round). We don’t accept products for testing from manufacturers. Instead, we send out shoppers to purchase equipment in stores and pay the retail price, just as you would. To come up with our ratings of…
But just because a knife feels dull doesn’t mean it needs to be sharpened. After using a knife for a while, it can often remain essentially sharp but the cutting edge can be ever-so-slightly rolled over. That means it’s time to hone your blade to realign its edge. Honing, which involves running a knife over…
Kyle Brett had a feeling Sinners, the new supernatural horror from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, would have a big opening weekend—but he was also hyper aware of the consequences of failure. “It’s already extremely hard to have a successful original horror movie or just any original movie,” Brett, a former Netflix lawyer who works…
In the first three episodes of Andor Season 2, which started streaming on Disney+ on April 22, one of the show’s many interlocking plotlines takes us to Mina-Rau, an agricultural planet on the outer rim of the Star Wars galaxy, where a group of rebel soldiers are posing as freelance mechanics. The group includes Bix…
In the situations that follow, buying—either financing or purchasing a vehicle outright—makes more sense. You drive a lot or put a lot of wear and tear on your car. Most leases cap how many miles you can drive—usually 10,000 to 15,000 per year—and will charge you 10 to 30 cents for every mile you go…
According to cybersecurity expert Joseph Steinberg, these scams aren’t new and persist because they work. “They’re great scams from the perspective of the scammer,” Steinberg says. “There are two things going on in the scammer’s favor. If I send out enough emails, especially during holiday time, I am essentially guaranteed that somebody who’s getting it…
Curious what happens to the power vacuum at the top of the Catholic Church once the pope dies? The 2024 Oscar-winning film Conclave deals with that exact scenario. If you’re looking for a dramatized version of what the Catholic Church will be doing in wake of Pope Francis’ death at 88, you’d be hard pressed…
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…
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…