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Which Should You Believe After a Race, Your Official Distance or Your Watch?

Sorry, but your smartwatch might be lying to you.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Uplift 4-leg standing desk review

The Uplift 4-leg standing desk is elegant, well-built, customizable, and it's exactly what nearly everybody who is looking for a standing desk actually needs.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Apple HomePod mini 2 vs. Apple HomePod mini: What do you get for the $50 increase?

Are Siri AI, a new chip and Sound Glow worth the higher price?

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Is AppleCare actually worth it for the Apple Watch SE?

AppleCare+ makes Apple Watch repairs or replacements easier, but even at a low cost, it might not be a good value.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Braun OptiBrew Pro review: traditional drip coffee with a twist

A step up from the typical drip coffee machine, with multiple brew sizes and styles plus a built-in milk frother.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Apple's First Home Hub Looks Like a Tiny iMac G4

Here's everything the company announced at its "Welcome Home" hardware event.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Where to buy the Metro 2039 Collector's Edition and pre-order Deluxe and Standard editions — retailers are live!

We're rounding up all the best information and links to bookmark ahead of Metro 2039 pre-orders opening later today.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Bad Bunny’s huge world tour show runs off one small rack of servers

Disguise invited me backstage to see how its media servers helped deliver the visuals for one of the most ambitious world tours in history.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

ChatGPT will soon start secretly watermarking its answers — here's what that means for the text you copy and share

OpenAI is preparing to watermark ChatGPT's text — and you might never even notice it's there.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

'One of the best portable power stations': The Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 is our top pick for power outage prep at $519

We awarded the Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 4.5 stars, finding this 1,000Wh station an ideal choice for mains-style power off-grid and emergency home backup.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

The HomePod mini 2 is here, but while the upgrades are subtle, the price hike isn’t

The HomePod mini 2 adds colorful new lighting effects and a faster chip; but with a familiar design, and its biggest Siri upgrade still to come, it’s a modest refresh.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

New Apple TV 4K brings two long-awaited upgrades —and a big price hike

Apple’s new Apple TV 4K brings HomePod surround sound, a findable Siri Remote, and smarter Siri capabilities, but the $299 price tag makes this a much more expensive streaming box.

Oct 13, 2026 • 5 min

Why the Treadmill Can Feel So Much Easier Than Running Outside (but It Actually Isn't)

The treadmill isn't necessarily easier, but it can sure feel easier.

Oct 12, 2026 • 5 min

Five Garmin Data Screens That Helped Me Improve My 'Running Economy'

Apparently, my running watch knows me better than I know myself.

Oct 12, 2026 • 5 min

CMF's speakers are colorful cartons of fun—you can even 3D print your own designs

CMF gets colorful and unique with the Speaker S and Speaker M. One opts for portability, while the other boasts deeper bass; however, it's the milk carton design I can't get enough of.

Oct 12, 2026 • 5 min

Introducing TimesFM 3.0 with multivariate time-series forecasting in BigQuery

Overview Since introducing zero-shot time-series forecasting in BigQuery with AI.FORECAST — initially powered by TimesFM 2.0 and later upgraded to TimesFM 2.5 — you have been able to generate forecast...

Oct 12, 2026 • 5 min

Beyond the course: Reflections from the Bioconductor–Physalia sponsorship programme

What difference can a sponsored place on a bioinformatics course make? For some researchers, it means access to training they would otherwise struggle to afford. For others, it is an opportunity to ex...

Oct 12, 2026 • 5 min

AI price gouging might have indirectly hit HP's notebook output as supplier reportedly halted shipment

Quanta reportedly paused HP laptop production for a week in a price fight, betting its AI server boom could absorb the hit.

Oct 10, 2026 • 5 min

Man jailed for using 1,000 bots to fraudulently make $8m from his AI music

A man has been sentenced to prison for fraudulently making $8 million from streams of his AI music.

Oct 10, 2026 • 5 min

Bill Murray says Rivian’s Ghostbusters Ecto-R1 is “perfect” — and I’ve seen it in action

Rivian is bringing Ghostbusters to its electric vehicles with a Halloween software update, and I got to see Bill Murray with the custom Ecto-R1 in New York City and try the new features for myself.

Oct 09, 2026 • 5 min