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One of my favorite new additions isn’t on the desktop app, though. NordVPN recently introduced scam call protection on Android, with an iOS version planned for the future. I’ve been using it for months, and it has easily flagged more than a hundred spam calls to my phone. It works a treat, even if it’s not one of NordVPN’s big …

Until recently, my smart home setup was in chaos. After years of testing, buying, and upgrading to the latest smart home gadgets in an attempt to make my life easier, it became a bloated mess that was actually making it more complicated. My Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home apps were awash with dead devices, duplicates, and automations that simply …

Shopping for a PC gamer is a perilous endeavor. What might look like a great sale on a GPU or gaming keyboard can turn out to be a bad deal because of some arcane spec that only the most die-hard forum-dwellers understand. If you’re shopping for the gamer in your life who lives that nerd life, we have a simple, …

Compare Top 5 Lip Balms Honorable Mentions Photograph: Boutayna Chokrane Eos 24H Moisture Super Balm for $6: I’ve been a fan of Eos’s egg-shaped balms since middle school. The 24H Moisture Super Balm feels like the grown-up version. There are some solid ingredients like shea butter, avocado oil, and castor seed oil. It’s also free of parabens, phthalates, silicones, and …

We’ll start with color film, which comes in two flavors, positive and negative. Positive Film vs. Negative Film Positive film records the image as you saw it when you pushed the shutter. It produces rich, saturated colors and tends to have strong contrast. It’s much less forgiving in my experience. You need to get the exposure right and there’s not …

Compare Our Top 11 Natural Deodorants More Natural Deodorants We Tested Photograph: Louryn Strampe Kopari Performance Plus Deodorant for $20: This deodorant smells great—like a floral, beachy coconut. It’s more fresh than sweet, and I’d say it’s unisex-leaning-feminine. It goes on clear and smooth, and it didn’t stain my clothes at all. However, it didn’t last me through a workout …

Valve made a big return to PC hardware this week. The company, most famous for its PC gaming platform, Steam, announced a new home console called Steam Machine alongside a new version of the Steam Controller, and a new virtual reality headset dubbed the Steam Frame. The Steam Machine is a revival of Valve’s original Steam Machine, a failed attempt …

I’m the designated Photo Friend. You know me, you love me, I took the pre-pandemic Facebook profile photo you still haven’t changed. If you’re the host and also the photo-inclined friend, it can be hard to juggle getting group pictures while also doing everything else you need to for the party. There’s an automated solution, though. For my latest parties, …

What can I say about DoorDash to truly encapsulate what this company means to me? I could say it’s the father I never had; it’s the mother I’ve always wanted; the warm embrace of a friend you haven’t seen in a while; the sound of rain as you fall asleep… One of the greatest inventions of the 21st century has …

You may be familiar with the various memes detailing the fact that once you reach middle age, you’re automatically sorted, Harry Potter hat–style, into one of a handful of hobbies, such as sourdough bread making, gardening, or bird-watching. I can’t contradict this, since I’m a middle-aged person who got sorted into bird-watching. But I do know that enjoying birds and …