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How to build a car audio system powerful enough to blow your hair back
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How to build a car audio system powerful enough to blow your hair back

By Stan Horaczek

Apple killed AirPower because a dead product is better than a bad one
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Apple killed AirPower because a dead product is better than a bad one

By Stan Horaczek

The Huawei P30 Pro smartphone camera sees color differently to capture more light
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The Huawei P30 Pro smartphone camera sees color differently to capture more light

By Stan Horaczek

The latest Apple product updates include a faster iMac and confusing new iPads (Update: new AirPods, too!)
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The latest Apple product updates include a faster iMac and confusing new iPads (Update: new AirPods, too!)

By Stan Horaczek

Google Stadia is the company’s new cloud-based video game platform. Here’s what you need to know.
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Google Stadia is the company’s new cloud-based video game platform. Here’s what you need to know.

By Stan Horaczek

HyperX Gaming gear deals
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45 percent off chargers and power banks, plus other great deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

bowl of pho
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Three kitchen appliances that make cooking for one easier

By Stephanie Lee

Wearable fitness tracker anxiety downsides
Health

24/7 fitness trackers won’t solve all your problems—and they might make you imagine new ones

By Eleanor Cummins

Wearable sensors designed for premature babies could make us all healthier
Health

Wearable sensors designed for premature babies could make us all healthier

By Claire Maldarelli

Microsoft Surface Pro 2
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$100 off a Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 and other great deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

WD, SandDisk, and G-Technology
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Heated blankets, ski goggles, and other cold-weather items on sale today

By Billy Cadden

Mate X
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The best new smartphones and gadgets from Mobile World Congress 2019

By Stan Horaczek

Samsung Galaxy Fold
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The $1,980 Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone is the perfect early adopter gadget

By Stan Horaczek

Samsung S10
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How the Samsung Galaxy S10’s cool new fingerprint sensor works

By Rob Verger

Fujifilm X-T30
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Digital cameras are more exciting right now than they have been in years

By Stan Horaczek

eBay President's Day Sale
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The best of eBay President’s Day sale, plus 38 percent off a NutriBullet and other good deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

Canon EOS RP
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First shots with Canon’s EOS RP affordable full-frame mirrorless camera

By Jeanette D. Moses

iRobot Roomba 860
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38 percent off a Roomba and other good deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

Roav car jump starter
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$25 off a Roav car jump starter and other good deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

motorcycle gadgets for under $40
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10 great pieces of motorcycle gear for less than $40

By Ken Hutchison/Cycle World

Amazon Echo and Fire TV sales
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28 percent off a record player, an Echo Dot for $30, and other deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

Super Super Bowl gear to enjoy all year round
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Game day gadgets you’ll be happy to have all year round

By Billy Cadden

Ford Tot-Guard Seat
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From deathtrap to lifesaver: The evolution of the carseat

By Eleanor Cummins

The smartest, fastest sleds for zooming down slopes
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The smartest, fastest sleds for zooming down slopes

By Stan Horaczek

Apple HomePod speaker
DIY

Four ways you can get your music to follow you from room to room

By David Nield

Meizu Zero phone
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Smartphones with no buttons or ports look cool, but you probably don’t want them yet

By Stan Horaczek

Here’s the gear you need to be a backyard lumberjack
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Here’s the gear you need to be a backyard lumberjack

By Stan Horaczek

Shadows in the Forest
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The best games and puzzles to get you through this cold January

By Billy Cadden

REI Co-op Magma 10 Sleeping Bag
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53 percent off a memory foam pillow and other dreamy deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

Amazon Echo smart home
DIY

How to digitally secure your smart home

By David Nield

iPhone battery case
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Apple finally makes battery cases for the iPhone XS and XR, but you have options

By Popular Science Team

REI Co-op Kingdom 6 Tent
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35 percent off an REI tent and other great deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

How auto-darkening lenses work
Technology

How auto-darkening lenses work

By Steve Anderson/

Gear for new cyclists
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Bike gear to get a beginner ready for multi-day trips

By Rachel Feltman

CES 2019 LG flexible displays
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CES 2019 day two: Smart ovens, VR headsets, and more really big TVs

By Stan Horaczek

Roomba
Technology

Roomba’s flagship vacuum learns your home and empties its own dirt—for a price

By Rob Verger

Cubii under the desk elliptical
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Five rad and random pieces of indoor exercise gear I found this week

By Billy Cadden

Amazon Echo
DIY

Six gadgets that work with your smart speaker to automate your home

By David Nield

two year
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2018 is almost finished, so I’m celebrating all the gadgets I loved

By Billy Cadden

Stop shouting at your smart home so much and set up multi-step routines
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Stop shouting at your smart home so much and set up multi-step routines

By Stan Horaczek

Apparel gifts for the active, outdoorsy type
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Apparel gifts for the active, outdoorsy type

By Rob Verger

Vitamix Explorian Blender
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34 percent off a Vitamix blender, 44 percent off an Instant Pot, and other great deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

sparkler against evening sky
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12 ways to upgrade your life in 2019

By Daniel E Jakes

Gifts for people who look like they spend a lot of time outside (but are actually just from Brooklyn)
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Gifts for people who look like they spend a lot of time outside (but are actually just from Brooklyn)

By Rachel Feltman

RMS Titanic ship original black and white
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The Titanic is now a photorealistic gaming experience

By Eleanor Cummins

Gifts for people who love flying drones
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Gifts for people who love flying drones

By Stan Horaczek

Apple Watch ECG
Health

The Apple Watch ECG feature is now here. This is what you need to know.

By Rob Verger

Google Night Sight
Technology

Google’s Night Sight photo mode is great—here’s how to fake it with your smartphone

By Stan Horaczek

Gifts for people who love to go camping (and their, uh, less enthusiastic friends)
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Gifts for people who love to go camping (and their, uh, less enthusiastic friends)

By Rob Verger

This new bike helmet can automatically call for help if you crash
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This new bike helmet can automatically call for help if you crash

By Rob Verger

The Google Pixel Slate mixes great hardware with a slight identity crisis
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The Google Pixel Slate mixes great hardware with a slight identity crisis

By Stan Horaczek

The best deals available this Cyber Week
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The best deals available this Cyber Week

By Billy Cadden

One-pound Fly Creek HV Carbon with Dyneema tent by Big Agnes in nature
Technology

The best recreation gear of 2018

By Berne Broudy and Rob Verger

Seven music apps to turn your Apple Watch into an audio controller
DIY

Seven music apps to turn your Apple Watch into an audio controller

By David Nield

Apps that will make Black Friday way easier
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Apps that will make Black Friday way easier

By Corinne Iozzio

Gifts for your friend who needs to chill out
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Gifts for your friend who needs to chill out

By Mallory Johns

folding phone
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Here’s what you need to know about Samsung’s new folding phone concept

By Rob Verger

Canon’s long-awaited EOS-R camera is easy on the eyes and tough on your thumb
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Canon’s long-awaited EOS-R camera is easy on the eyes and tough on your thumb

By Jeanette D. Moses

Mynt massagers on sale
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30 percent off home massagers and other early Black Friday deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

Monoprice Early Black Friday deals
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46 percent off an indoor, smoke-less grill and other early Black Friday deals happening today

By Billy Cadden

Livestreams now reward people just for paying attention
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Livestreams now reward people just for paying attention

By Eleanor Cummins

littleBits Hall of Fame Night Light kit
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Five rad and random things I found this week

By Billy Cadden

Smart speakers make tricky gifts, no matter how cheap they get
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Smart speakers make tricky gifts, no matter how cheap they get

By Stan Horaczek

New MacBook Air, iPad Pro, Mac Mini, and everything else from Apple’s 2018 fall hardware announcement
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New MacBook Air, iPad Pro, Mac Mini, and everything else from Apple’s 2018 fall hardware announcement

By Stan Horaczek

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