Gift Guide
17 Gifts for People Who Are Perpetually Cold
From tiny mugs to a backyard hot tub, these picks will make your loved ones feel warm and fuzzy—inside and out.
Adrienne So
Reviews and Buying Guides
Razer’s BlackWidow V4 Pro Is a Fancy Mechanical Keyboard With a Crazy Price
The updated BlackWidow steps even further into the world of premium custom mechanical keyboards, with a price to match.
Henri Robbins
Vitamix’s Ascent Series Combines Tech and Power
This smart blender is a workhorse meant for more than smoothies and baby food.
Heather Arndt Anderson
The Samsung QN90D’s Dazzling Contrast and Colors Light Up Any Room
Samsung’s stalwart QLED TV remains a winner for bright-room warriors.
Ryan Waniata
The Best Smart Christmas Lights to Make Your Home Merry and Bright
Control these smart lights with a voice command or a tap on your phone. Now that’s a Christmas miracle.
Nena Farrell and Simon Hill
This AI-Powered Site Helps You Shop for Vintage and Secondhand Items
Using a blend of GPT-4 and its own computer model, Encore’s natural language search tool can recognize numerous brands, styles, and aesthetics across the web’s many vintage resale sites.
Elissaveta M. Brandon
A New VR Game Puts You in the Middle of Real English Premier League Plays
The new game from Rezzil called Premier League Player uses spatial data captured in real soccer games to recreate critical plays in virtual reality.
Ben Dowsett
Jaguar Finally Reveals Its All-Electric Type 00 After a Contentious Rebrand
Bypassing 90 years of heritage and unashamedly looking unlike anything else on the road, the brand's radical relaunch EV could be as polarizing as the ad campaign that preceded it.
Ben Oliver
If You’re Going to Make Something, Here’s How to Make It Robust
The repairability advocate Christopher Tidy has a simple system for helping designers build more fixable products.
Boone Ashworth
Vintage Digicams Aren’t Just a Fad. They’re an Artistic Statement
In a time when AI-powered imaging software tweaks and smooths every digital photo to appear perfect, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras.
Brendan Nystedt
How Do Pimple Patches Work?
Why slather on concealer when you can just stick on a pimple patch?
Boutayna Chokrane
Parallel Parking Is Stressful. Most Drivers Still Won’t Let the Robots Take Over
In the Western world, some automated driving features seem to have fallen out of favor. Not true in China—and the reasons why offer a preview of auto industry changes to come.
Aarian Marshall
The EV Buyer’s Guide to an Uncertain Future
The Trump administration is likely to make big changes to US federal electric vehicle incentive programs. Buy or lease now, probably.
Aarian Marshall
Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here’s How to Check
If you’re worried that one of Apple’s trackers is following you without consent, try these tips.
Reece Rogers
Every Feature You Should Use for Your WhatsApp Group Chats
You can tame your group conversations—if you know how to.
David Nield
Android ‘Find My Device’ Has Gotten a Major Upgrade. Here’s What’s New
Google’s device location service is catching up to Apple’s.
David Nield
Traveling to Japan? Here Are 8 Useful Apps for Getting Around
Whether you plan to enjoy the nightlife in Tokyo, eat everything in Osaka, or explore the rural countryside, these apps will help you travel more easily in Japan.
Reece Rogers