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ReviewsOther GadgetsThe Motorized Longboard Is the Vape of Transport and IDGAF I Love It
Electric personal transporters are mostly horrible. Segways are reserved for mall cops and helmeted tourists interested in experiencing both the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial without taking a single step. Hoverboards, which also explode, are just fodder for America’s Funniest Home Videos. Everyone I’ve ever seen riding one of thoseelectric unicycles has nearly caused … Continued
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ReviewsTVsThe Frame by Samsung Is Not a Work of Art, But It Sure Is a Fine TV
The Frame by Samsung is about as pretentious as a television could be. It’s a $2,000 4K TV that doubles as a digital display for works of art. You can even hang it on your wall with a “no gap” mount and attach faux wood panels to the sides so that it looks like painting. … Continued
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ReviewsCamerasSpecialtyI’m Still Trying to Understand Why I Let This Camera Dangle Between My Boobs
Wearable camera companies bank on us living interesting lives. If I were to live in their vision of what my life is supposed to be like, I would be at an endless music festival. At sunset. There would be dogs on skateboards. Probably a waterfall. A child would be looking up at me with marvel … Continued
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ReviewsPhonesSamsungSamsung Galaxy Note 8 Review: Bigger, Badder, But I Still Want More
Forgive me for passing up the chance to beat the exploding battery joke into the ground. Let’s get straight to the point: Samsung’s once dominant flagship phablet is back after a two year hiatus. Sporting a stunning extra-widescreen 18.5:9 display, the new Galaxy Note 8 is bigger and more engaging than ever before, and it … Continued
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ReviewsBagsThis Backpack Cured My Addiction to Gadget Bags
Every week a handful of emails hit my inbox about a new backpack on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, complete with a flashy video and promises of revolutionizing how I carry all my toys. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been tempted to donate to quite a few of them. But it’s hard to be … Continued
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ReviewsLaptopsHow to Become a Full-Blown Privacy Fanatic With Purism’s Librem Laptop
Concerns over online privacy and security are increasingly changing the way consumers spend their money and behave online. According to a Pew Research study conducted one year ago, 86 percent of internet users have now taken at least some steps to conceal their digital footprints, though many say they would like to do more, if … Continued
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ReviewsToysLego’s New Robotics Set Made Me Fall in Love With Lego All Over Again
There’s nothing unique about loving Lego. Millions of people wax nostalgic when they see those colorful bricks. Millions more never stopped building. I’ve always been a bit in between. I like zoning out by putting stuff together so, every couple of years, I’ll buy a Lego set and build it. But then what? Put it … Continued
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ReviewsPhonesEssential ProductsThe Essential Phone Is Too Expensive to Have a Camera This Bad
In August 2017, Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, and his disciples at Essential Products descended onto this mortal plane to grace us with the PH-1—a device that seeks to right the wrongs of modern smartphone design. Almost monolithic in appearance, the PH-1, or the Essential Phone as it’s more commonly known, is forged from … Continued
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ReviewsSmart HomeLightingI Wish All Smart Home Upgrades Were as Easy as This Light Bulb
There’s an entire standup routine waiting to be written about how smart home accessoriescan be incredibly dumb and complicated. But one of the easiest smart home upgrades, smart lighting, has just gotten easy enough for even your parents to install without calling you—if they’re living in Apple’s ecosystem. Smartphone-controlled light bulbs were one of the … Continued
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ReviewsPhonesAsusRemember When Google Tango Seemed Like a Sick Idea?
Every time a new platform comes out, the gadget world runs headfirst into a vicious Catch-22: How do you get people to adopt new technology when there isn’t any content, and if there isn’t anyone using the tech, how do you convince developers to make content for that platform? Recently, we’ve seen this situation unfold … Continued
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ReviewsGraphics CardsAMD’s Vega Graphics Cards Could Kick Off a War
Every nerd loves a good tech war: Windows vs Mac, Apple vs Android, Intel vs AMD. They give us something to armchair argue about over beers with friends—or to rant over in the comments of illustrious tech blogs. After spending the weekend playing with AMD’s new Vega 64 and Vega 56 graphics cards, I think … Continued
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ReviewsToysGlowing Eyes Don’t Save the New Teddy Ruxpin From Being a Boring Clone of the ’80s Hit
By today’s standards theoriginal Teddy Ruxpin, essentially a stuffed toy bear wrapped around a cassette player, borders on archaic, but in 1985 few toys incorporated any kind of technology, and the bear felt as futuristic to a seven-year-old version of me as the original iPhone did a decade ago. It was one of the first … Continued
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ReviewsLaptopsThe LG Gram Is One Beautifully Light and Simple Laptop
There’s a never-ending list of things you can do on a laptop, but at their core, they are pretty simple devices. More often than not, it’s feature bloat and things you never even wanted to use that cause a system to go haywire. Instead of gussying up systems with magical touchbars and ridiculous expandable screens, … Continued
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ReviewsWearablesSmartwatchesThis Smartwatch Has a Genius Reason for Existing
Movado makes nice watches. On the scale of Walmart special to “oh god what happened to my bank account,” its watches are priced firmly in the middle. They’re fashionable and can last for decades, but they also don’t cost the same as half a year’s rent. Movado is also known for design. It’s most famous … Continued
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ReviewsHeadphonesJBLThe Best Beats Alternative Just Got Better
A couple years ago, I declared the JBL Everest Elite 700 the best alternative to the pricier, trickier Beats. They sound great, cost less, and even look a heck of a lot like the Beats Studio Wireless. Now, JBL has released a new model that offers even more—the Everest Elite 750NC—and boy are they excellent. … Continued
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ReviewsOther GadgetsRiding This Sex Saddle Is Like Blasting Your Bits With a Car Engine
Sex saddles are the Hells Angels of the sex toy world. Sure, everyone’s heard of them—you’ve maybe even watched a gripping documentary about them on A&E. That said, not many of us have ever had direct contact with one. I had no idea that when I finally did get a hold of a sex saddle … Continued
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ReviewsPhonesMotorolaMotorola’s New Phone Makes a Great Case For Why Modular Phones Shouldn’t Exist
Every once and while you run across a gadget that would be perfect if only it wasn’t missing one tiny feature. That sucks, and often there’s nothing you can do about it because there’s no way for multi-billion dollar companies to anticipate your need for a cattle prod or tiny projector that attaches to your … Continued
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ReviewsSmart HomeThis Treat Camera Gave My Cat Trust Issues
My cat, Artemis, is a bustling career woman. She has many jobs that she juggles between stealing my hair ties and spilling her kibble; in addition to serving as the Mayor of Fluffingsville, she runs a network of freelancers as Editor-in-Chief of Catmodo. Since both of us are busy most of the day at our … Continued
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ReviewsHome EntertainmentSoundbarsLG’s Modular Sound Bar Is Good, Newfangled Fun
With the new Sound Bar Flex, LG didn’t make the world’s best sound bar. It’s actually a bit of a stretch to call the modular, three-piece speaker system a sound bar at all. And at $430, the (mostly) wireless setup isn’t quite a bargain either. You know what, though? The Sound Bar Flex sure is … Continued
