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These Are the Best TVs I’ve Seen This Year

These Are the Best TVs I’ve Seen This Year

Honorable Mentions There are so many good TVs available, we can’t add them all to our top list. Here are some great options that either missed the cut or got knocked off our top list by their replacements. LG B5 OLED: You could say any OLED is a good OLED, and LG’s B5 is a prime example of all of …

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These WIRED-Tested Automatic Pet Feeders Are the Cat’s Meow

These WIRED-Tested Automatic Pet Feeders Are the Cat’s Meow

Compare Our Picks Others Tested Photograph: Molly Higgins Closer Pets C200 2-Meal Automatic Pet Feeder for $30: This automatic feeder is super simple, which is both its weakness and its strength. It’s essentially two shallow plastic containers with stainless steel inserts (both dishwasher safe) and tamper-resistant lids that are locked and automatically open using an old-school egg-style timer that runs …

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I Let Squarespace’s AI Design a Website for Me. Here’s What It’s Like

I Let Squarespace’s AI Design a Website for Me. Here’s What It’s Like

Squarespace via Jacob Roach There’s plenty to explore in the Squarespace editor later, but Blueprint AI gets you to the editor with a clearer view of what your site is and what it should look like. Squarespace likes to highlight its award-winning templates, and they look great, but often only within specific contexts. The Tantillo template is bold, direct, and …

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We Toted Lunch, Water Bottles, and Beach Towels in All the Best Tote Bags

We Toted Lunch, Water Bottles, and Beach Towels in All the Best Tote Bags

Compare Top 7 Tote Bags Honorable Mentions Photograph: Kat Merck Peak Design Everyday Tote for $160: The first time I subbed in this tote for my usual bag, at a youth basketball tournament, I disappointed about a dozen parents who had clocked it as a cooler. “I thought you had brought drinks,” a friend said, dejected. And to their credit, …

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Jabra’s Enhance Select 700 Are Top-Tier Hearing Aids That Don’t Add Much

Jabra’s Enhance Select 700 Are Top-Tier Hearing Aids That Don’t Add Much

So what is it about the Enhance Select 700 aids that makes them 200 better than the Select 500? The big sell is a new audio feature called SoundScape Auto Focus. This technology is designed to improve speech clarity in noisy conditions, filtering out background sounds and automatically prioritizing human voices. Auto Focus is integrated into the hardware and can’t …

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The Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online: We’ve Slept on 100-Plus

The Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online: We’ve Slept on 100-Plus

Compare Our Top Picks Honorable Mentions We have tested 100+ mattresses over the years and have removed many that are out-of-stock or out-of-date. Here are a few more products that are still available, which we liked but didn’t love as much as the ones above. Puffy Cloud for $949: This enhanced all-foam mattress offers profound pressure relief without feeling too …

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The Lelo Switch Is a Dual-Ended Vibrator That Lets You Switch Things Up

The Lelo Switch Is a Dual-Ended Vibrator That Lets You Switch Things Up

The Switch has 10 vibration modes (five internal and five external) with 16 intensity levels. I’ve never been into patterns, but if you are, you have plenty to choose from. But it’s the 16 intensity levels that deserve a round of applause. You can take the Switch from the faintest murmur to such a powerful height that your legs quiver …

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WIRED’S Favorite PC Monitor Is $75 Off

WIRED’S Favorite PC Monitor Is  Off

If you’re tired of staring a tiny laptop screen while working from home, consider scooping up our favorite desktop monitor for almost 25 percent off its normal price. The Dell 27 Plus 4K (8/10, WIRED Reivew) is currently marked down to just $228 on Amazon, the lowest we’ve seen yet for this smart and practical 4K screen. Photograph: Luke Larsen …

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I’m a Smart-Home Addict, and These Are My Favorite Smart Displays

I’m a Smart-Home Addict, and These Are My Favorite Smart Displays

Comparing Our Favorite Smart Displays More Smart Displays We Like Echo Hub for $180: The Echo Hub isn’t exactly a smart display. It lacks powerful speaker capabilities and doesn’t have a camera for calls or Amazon’s Drop-In video call feature. Instead, it focuses entirely on being a smart home dashboard with built-in Alexa, plus features like widgets and the photo …

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