Product Review

I’m not a big fan of air fryers, and as someone who makes beef a rare treat, you can imagine my reluctance to air-fry a steak. The recipe, however, came from a trusted source, so I seared a New York strip in a skillet then popped it in…

Google Pixel phones have become synonymous with having excellent cameras—it’s in their DNA. Pixels have also long been some of the best devices for consistent software updates, from version upgrades and Pixel Drops that add new features…

In 2012, I walked into an Apple Store to buy a MacBook for college with all of the money I earned from my summer job. I set a budget under $1,000 and was on a mission to find the perfect laptop for a soon-to-be journalism major. A store…

It is rare for the first generation of a consumer tech product to be nearly perfect, but here we are with the Nothing Phone (1). It’s the first-ever smartphone from Nothing—a new company headed by former OnePlus cofounder Carl Pei—and…

Range. Speed. Weight. If an electric scooter can strike a good balance among these three elements without costing an arm and a leg, it's an instant win for me. I'm happy to say that after years of testing escooters and usually finding a…

Cheap phones are having a moment. For the first time, you can pay a mere $250 for a smartphone and expect it to receive security updates for four years. You’ll find smooth performance that can crush most smartphone tasks, even gaming,…

Gaming laptops are an ever expanding breed, especially in 2022 when machines with powerful graphics cards extend far beyond the traditional hefty devices with flashing RGB you may  expect in this field. Oddly, the MSI Katana GF66 sits…