buying guides
The Best AeroPress
Buying an AeroPress used to be easy; for years, there was only one model. Thanks to its ingenious design—a syringe-like plunger that pushes coffee in the brewing chamber through a small paper filter—it made fantastic coffee, offered all sorts of room for experimentation, and was easy to clean. In 2019, some 14 years after the […]
The Best Wired Headphones for Serious Listening
“I’ve got no strings to hold me down, to make me fret or make me frown …” You’d think, wouldn’t you, that if it was good enough for Pinocchio then it should be good enough for the rest of us? And it’s true, there’s a lot to be said for basic convenience (in general) and […]
The Best Mechanical Keyboards for Work and Play
There are few things as polarizing as PC keyboards. There are message boards and subreddits filled to the brim with opinions dissecting every aspect and component, mechanical vs. membrane, different switch mechanisms, and the plastic used in the key caps. There’s good reason for that. You probably spend a lot of time on your keyboard, […]
The Best Cozy Games for Long Nights
It’s the perfect time of the year to start playing cozy games. When you think of video games, you might think of loud noises, intense competition, and cutthroat leaderboards. Cozy games embody the opposite feeling. They’re mindless, but not uninvolved; inviting, but not harrying. They’re meant to evoke feelings of warmth, comfort, and peace. In […]
Which Motorola Phone Should You Buy?
Still, the 5,000-mAh battery lasts two days, and there’s a 68-watt charger in the box, along with wireless charging support. It retains an IP68 rating for water resistance, has NFC for tap-to-pay support, and comes with 256 GB of storage. There’s a 50-MP primary sensor, a 13-MP ultrawide, and a 32-MP selfie camera. I preferred […]
20 Great Tech Books to Gift (or Keep for Yourself)
Technology is exerting an ever-growing influence on our world. Give the gift of knowledge to enlighten the technology-obsessed people in your life and help them learn more about the companies and characters dominating the industry, the news cycle, and, increasingly, our lives. From painstakingly researched biographies and histories charting the rise and fall of modern […]