Angry T-Mobile customers have filed a class action lawsuit over the carrier’s decision to raise prices on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price guarantee. “Based upon T-Mobile’s representations that the rates offered with respect to certain plans were guaranteed to last for life or as long as the customer wanted to remain…
Out of the travel backpacks we evaluated, the Thule Crossover Backpack 32L is a business traveler’s friend—with exceptional organization and comfort. This large pack has interior organization to rival the Patagonia Black Hole Mini MLC for longer travel. But crammed to capacity, it wasn’t quite as comfy without a waist strap as the Patagonia or…
Use a shop approved by AAA. Members of AAA can choose from a list of approved repair facilities, which are required to have certified technicians. Furthermore, AAA offers a 10 percent discount on labor (capped at $75 in some areas). Use CR’s Car Repair Assistant. Whether you’re getting your car repaired or just keeping up…
It may also contain contaminants like dust, mold, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from, say, aerosol sprays, and fine particulates like smoke, which have been linked to heart and lung problems. Keeping the air as clean as possible can limit your exposure to those pollutants and is especially important if you have allergies, asthma, or other…
A Savvier Google Gemini Samsung bills the latest edition of Google Gemini as a more capable, in-your-pocket personal assistant, integrated across your phone. Just hold down a button on the right side of the device, and, like a genie, Gemini appears as a glowing chat bar at the bottom of your screen—at which point you…
CR evaluated the performance of powered toothbrushes using a panel of people in good dental health between the ages of 18 and 65, all users of electric toothbrushes. Cleaning performance: To see how well each toothbrush cleaned, a trained technician measured plaque levels in volunteers after having them skip brushing and using other dental products…
There are all kinds of reasons to prefer Macs over Windows-based PCs. Gaming isn’t one of them. That isn’t to say that you can’t game on a Mac—modern Apple Silicon computers are fairly powerful. The problem is that many popular games don’t offer downloads that will run natively on a Mac. Search the Mac App…
Shradha Agarwal, MD, an allergist and immunologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, says it’s common for people to develop asthma or allergies later in life, due to many factors: genetic, hormonal, environmental, and more. Whether you’re newly anointed or have been living with asthma or allergies forever, you can make some tweaks…
“If you live in an apartment with all hard-surface flooring, you could get one of the stick vacuums that are very compact,” says John Galeotafiore, who oversees CR’s vacuum testing. “If you have a lot of carpeting, then you’re going to need a vacuum that can deep clean, but you could get by with a…
Haut is a 21-story timber-hybrid high-rise completed in Amsterdam in 2022. It was designed by the British engineering collective Arup and Team V, a Dutch architecture firm. Haut has 55 apartments, a bicycle parking area, an underground parking garage, and an urban garden. It was the first residential building in the Netherlands to receive certification…
