14+ hour, 14+ min ago  (638+ words) Research shows that watching a simulated fire may have real psychological benefits. I pushed the power button, and an almost cartoon-like LED version of a fire appeared. I sat on my sofa and opened my laptop to work. An hour…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (201+ words) Ninja has become synonymous with fun in the American home kitchen'whether slushies or ice cream makers or improbably multi-purpose devices or air fryers that didn't used to look like that. But underneath all that novelty is a hive of engineering…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (969+ words) The machine on my kitchen table is a holy device, if your definition of "holy" is that it looks like a glowing halo and it's filled with spirits. The machine has taken up a task I consider sacred: making me…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (442+ words) Cookware brand All-Clad surprised me this year. This summer, it breezed into the backyard pizza world with a debut pizza oven that I like as well as any oven I've tested this year. Right now, that excellent All-Clad gas-powered pizza…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (714+ words) Thinking Machines Lab, a heavily funded startup cofounded by prominent researchers from OpenAI, has revealed its first product'a tool called Tinker that automates the creation of custom frontier AI models. "We believe [Tinker] will help empower researchers and developers to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1147+ words) This pizza oven goes to 11. At least it says it does. A mere 20 minutes or so after firing up the new All-Clad Gas Pizza Oven'the beloved pot-and-pan brand's first real foray into outdoor cooking'the oven's temperature gauge has gone deep…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (321+ words) Who wants to be mowing the lawn when you could be lollygagging in a hammock with a cold drink, watching a robot mower do it for you? That's right: no one does. Lawn care is a monotonous, thankless task. Robot…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (900+ words) From an AI-driven robot vacuum to self-emptying stations for its next-gen stick vacuums, Dyson's lineup will never be the same. You'll have to wait until 2026 to get your hands on most of it, though. [V8 and Piston image] A lot of…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (568+ words) My job is one in which companies make big promises and rarely follow through. In that respect, it's remarkable that Roborock launched the Saros Z70 with OmniGrip at all. A robot vacuum with a retractable arm that can identify, pick up…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (213+ words) As I mentioned earlier, I hadn't mopped for a month in preparation to test this, and I was surprised at how efficiently the Steam Pickup 3-in-1 worked. While this mop did manage to leave the majority of my floors sparkling…...