Best Budget Ellipticals

One thing our testing has shown is that a broad exercise range isn’t necessarily correlated with price. The most expensive elliptical in our ratings, for example, the LifeFitness E5 Go, which costs more than $5,000, scored worse in our exercise range test than all three of the best budget ellipticals we’ve included in this roundup. …

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Europe Pledges $600 Billion for Clean Energy Projects in Africa

“From the outset, the Global Gateway has been described as the European Union’s attempt to rival the Belt and Road Initiative’s overseas infrastructure investment funds. At €300 billion through 2027, however, it is a David-versus-Goliath-style undertaking,” says Gabriele Rosana, an associate fellow at the Institute of International Affairs in Rome. China has already been investing…

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Best Small Printers of 2025

Below, we’ve highlighted five of the best small printers in our ratings, including one portable model and two laser printers, which tend to be more reliable but bulkier than inkjets. The dimensions listed for each printer were taken when the model was ready for operation, with paper trays in place, so the footprint may be…

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How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession

Elon Musk had a question: “Does anybody have any experience with first principles analysis?” He was speaking to a room full of kids, many of whom knew Musk as the CEO of companies that made rockets and cool-looking cars—and as the founder of Ad Astra, the microschool they attended in his Bel Air mansion, per…

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InstaFarm Automated Indoor Microgreens Garden Review: Easy Being Green

InstaFarm’s patented 4-by-4-inch compostable trays come pre-filled with about a half-inch of soil (“sourced from Amish Country in Pennsylvania,” according to InstaFarm) and organic, non-GMO seeds, with the nutritional info for the final-product microgreens listed on top. They come in over a dozen varieties of nine-packs for $23, including individual cultivars, smoothie- and salad-specific blends,…

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AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too

AI models may be a bit like humans, after all. A new study from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue University shows that large language models fed a diet of popular but low-quality social media content experience a kind of “brain rot” that may be familiar to anyone who has spent…

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Target Darts Omni Auto Scoring System Hits the Mark

I never liked playing darts, but I did a complete 180 with this auto-scoring system. This gadget has ignited my newfound love of the old pub favorite. It’s a light ring with four hi-def cameras that slots onto your board. Connect with the DartCounter app via Wi-Fi and you get effortless automatic scoring with an…

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