2. A Tight-Fitting Mattress Any bassinet that you buy should come with a snug-fitting mattress. When the mattress is centered in the bassinet, you should see no gaps between the edge of the mattress and the bassinet walls any larger than one-half inch, or about a finger-width. “A mattress that doesn’t fit tightly may shift…
Now that Amazon Prime Day is over, it’s time to start gearing up for Fourth of July sales. Most large retailers pivoted their summer-sale timing to compete head-on with Amazon’s accelerated schedule, but you can still snag great deals this July 4th, particularly in active and outdoorsy categories. REI has the hottest sale of the…
That shortens the time you’ll be paying interest on the loan, says Alain Nana-Sinkam, co-founder of Remarkit Automotive, a firm that analyzes market trends. Putting down more money up front also means you’ll be paying interest on a smaller amount, costing you less overall. “With interest rates trending higher, CR recommends that buyers make a…
Ace is a robot that aims high: It wants to become the world champion of table tennis. It was developed by Sony AI researchers who, in a new study published in Nature, have shown how this robot, equipped with artificial intelligence, has faced some high-level athletes, holding its own in matches played according to the…
Podcasts are to radio as streaming services are to television, and we’re lucky to be living through a golden age of both. But you need help finding the best podcasts worthy of your ear because, while you can find a podcast about almost anything these days, with great choice comes great mediocrity. Our expertly curated…
Think of it like “Where’s Waldo?” for the anti-Trump movement: Last Saturday, as some 7 million people filled American cities for the latest “No Kings” protest, many of them showed up wearing inflatable frog costumes. The amphibians were easy to spot in the sea of signs, and their inspiration seemed clear: They’d seen images of…
You could argue, and people have, that the top gay dating apps are now optimized for monetization and juicing engagement loops. Increasingly overrun with bots, they are at times even devoid of actual connection. Grindr, with its 15 million monthly active users, is drowning in ads while pushing expensive upsells on users. (In February, as…
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Air conditioners have been working overtime this hot summer, from those tiny window units to the massive AC towers that serve the tightly packed apartment buildings in major cities. And while they bring the relief of cool air, these contraptions also…
It is impossible to overstate just how big an impact Star Trek: The Next Generation had on an entire generation of kids growing up in the 1990s. I watched every episode with my mom. When I walked into my friend’s house after school, a gigantic cardboard cutout of virile, bald Captain Jean-Luc Picard greeted us…
One of the biggest TV stories of the year is the arrival of RGB Mini LED TVs from Hisense, LG, and Samsung. These LCD sets use thousands of tiny red, green, and blue LEDs in the backlight to create color directly, rather than relying on a white or blue backlight with color filters. Like other…