by crissly | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Photograph: Nanoleaf Amazon Nanoleaf Essentials aren’t the brightest LED bulbs out there, but we still like them, especially for this price. A 3-pack for $40 essentially gives you a free bulb—they’re usually $20 apiece, though currently on sale for $15....
by crissly | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Lenovo Smart Clock Photograph: Lenovo In our guide to the Best Smart Displays, we say the Lenovo Smart Clock is perfect for a bedroom. Since the display is on the small side, it works particularly well on a nightstand or dresser. The interface is minimal, but still...
by crissly | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The testimony of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen sparked the latest flare-up in a never-ending series of revelations on how companies and governments mine and commercialize our personal data. In an attempt to put consumers back in the driver’s seat, recent...
by crissly | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Rokus are the most popular TV streaming boxes for good reason: They’re super easy to use and offer a wide array of streaming channels. They’re our favorite, too. However, figuring out which one to buy is not so easy. There are four different Roku streaming...
by crissly | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are plenty of things in this world that might keep you up at night. There’s COVID-19, of course, but if you’re anxious like me you could probably rattle off a very long list of additional fears: getting hit by a car, cancer, being poisoned by an ill-advised gas...
by crissly | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Roger Ebert was a dick. Is, in death, still a dick. Back in 1989, he reviewed, among other things, Dead Poets Society. He gave it two stars—but that’s not the worst of it. The worst of it was this: “The father is a strict, unyielding taskmaster, and the son, lacking...
by crissly | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Few people “plan for how their own deaths will impact social media,” says Katie Gach, a digital ethnographer at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies how people manage, and don’t manage, post-mortem social media data. To some of her subjects, “legacies” are...
by crissly | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The WIRED Reviews team spends all year testing out the latest fleet of gadgets. We ride ebikes, break a sweat with workout headphones, and drink a lot of coffee to help you decide how to spend your money. Every year, a handful of those gizmos stand out to us. They...
by crissly | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Queering the smart wife could mean, in its simplest form, affording digital assistants different personalities that more accurately represent the many versions of femininity that exist around the world, as opposed to the pleasing, subservient personality that many...
by crissly | Nov 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Choosing the right action camera used to be simple: Go with GoPro. It’s still good advice. The GoPro ranks high on our list and is our top pick for most people. But we’ve finally found a few worthy competitors. To figure out which cameras are the best, we...
