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I love iced coffee, but I loathe cold coffee. Intentionally iced coffee is perfection, while hot coffee that's gone cold is disgusting. You...

On balance, 2024 has not been a great year for me, for reasons both personal and global, and my smartphone addiction hasn't been doing my pe...

Trussing a turkey, or chicken for that matter, is much easier than you might think. When I hear “truss,” I often think of a pork tenderloin...

Apple’s Mac Mini recently got a refresh, seeing its dimensions shift around and its internals receive a big upgrade to the new M4 chip and a...

iPhone mirroring is one of the best new features of iOS 18 and macOS 15 Sequoia. It allows you to control your iPhone from your Mac, which h...

Since its launch six years ago, the Dyson Airwrap—the air styler that dries, smooths, and curls your hair, taking it from wet to voluminous...

Apple makes some of the best laptops for the general public, and the MacBook Air series has consistently been one of the most popular ones w...

Historical epics once ruled the box office, reliably taking home both cash and trophies each year. That's changed over the past decade or so...

If you’re looking for a wearable that balances fitness tracking with smartwatch features, the Garmin Vivoactive 5 is a good choice, especial...

It’s never too early to gear up for gifting season—even though it absolutely feels earlier and earlier every year. But, hey, if you can get...

You've definitely used dry-erase markers to mark up a whiteboard in a classroom or at the office—they’re so ubiquitous, they’re even replica...

At some point in your gardening journey, you’re going to run into a problem: where to store all your seeds. At first, a box or stack will do...

For app developers, there's a lot of benefit in having their software start up with macOS: It means the program is available at a moment's n...

Bluesky, the social network where all the X-pats appear to have gone, makes it easy for developers to build projects using its API. For most...

It’s not even Thanksgiving week, and still, Black Friday deals are already popping up all over the internet. If you’ve been patiently holdin...

XReal Air 2 Pro AR glasses display crystal clear, high-def video in a pair of slightly oversized sunglasses. When you first put 'em on, you...

I host a full Friendsgiving meal in early November because it’s truly heartwarming to bring my chosen family all together for a home cooked...

Every once in a while a seemingly pointless computing question of mine becomes an obsession. This week, that question is, "Whatever happened...

Thinking about getting a new iPhone? You certainly have options: Apple's latest generation of smartphones, the iPhone 16 series, offers four...

Spotify might have pioneered the yearly streaming recap, but these days, every other service has its own version of "Wrapped." If you're a Y...

The PlayStation Portal, Sony's latest crack at a gaming handheld, disappointed fans of the PSP and PS Vita when it hit store shelves last ye...

Strava announced this week that going forward, it’s restricting API access for some third-party apps. Although they’re careful to say that t...

When it comes to music streaming services, Spotify is the undisputed champion. So when it added 15 hours of audiobooks per month to its Prem...

Welcome to “Cookbook of the Week.” This is a series where I highlight cookbooks that are unique, easy to use, or just special to me. While f...

Here come the holidays—and with them, holiday stress. Nearly everyone in the U.S. admits to getting stressed out during the holiday season,...