In his case, the field of play is a compact New York apartment, and the equipment is a sophisticated blend of modern engineering and scrappy, real-world ingenuity. He doesn’t just study how people work; he brings those lessons home with him, navigating the same cramped spaces and long hours as the rest of us, but…
Other Smart Scales Renpho MorphoScan Photograph: Chris Null Renpho MorphoScan for $150: The Renpho MorphoScan full-body scanner looks surprisingly similar to the Runstar FG2015, including a near-identical display attached to the handlebars. Well, spoiler alert, they are basically the same scale. They even use the same app to collect data (and you can even use…
Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US, that’s exactly what they faced on Thursday after Canvas went into “maintenance mode” following a ransomware attack on education tech firm Instructure. Hackers using the name ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for…
Setup begins with an onboarding chat with the new AI Health Coach, powered by Gemini. It asks about your goals, routines, and obstacles before generating a personalized wellness plan. Depending on how much detail you share, including the option to upload medical records, the process takes around five minutes. From there, the app generates a…
All three models in the Hypershell range share the same major update, HyperIntuition. This replaces the previous basic rule-based software (you walk, it adds power) with a system that processes movement continuously and adjusts torque in real time. The argument is that real-world movement is irregular, and the exoskeleton needs to adapt to an ever-changing…
Despite their safety benefits, five-point harnesses are not actually required for car seats, strollers, swings, seats, or any other kind of baby gear. “A five-point harness, while used on almost every car seat restraint excluding boosters, is not required in the U.S.,” says Michael Bloch, who leads child car seat project tests at Consumer Reports….
I first encountered LetPot as a brand earlier this year, while testing its LPH-SE Senior hydroponic growing system for my guide to the best indoor gardening systems. Positioned as alternatives to the long-beloved OG Aerogarden tabletop hydroponic systems, LetPot’s countertop gardens (which are popular enough to have their own subreddit) allow you to grow any…
I recently vacationed in Italy. As one does these days, I ran my itinerary past GPT-5 for sightseeing suggestions and restaurant recommendations. The bot reported that the top choice for dinner near our hotel in Rome was a short walk down Via Margutta. It turned out to be one of the best meals I can…
Defense attorneys for a Minnesota man convicted in December of assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross are seeking access to investigative files related to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, after learning Ross was the same officer who shot and killed her during a targeted operation in Minneapolis last month. Attorneys for Roberto…
Consumer Reports’ test engineers spend about 30 hours testing each dishwasher. To evaluate cleaning performance, dishes are put through a proprietary test that uses photo imaging to determine precisely how clean they are after a standard cycle full of dishes with baked-on food. For cleaning performance, we consider how well dishwashers clean dishes on both…