8 Great Chess Apps for Beginners and Grand Masters
The millennia-old pastime of chess has been enjoying an explosion of interest. Whether people are longing for any engaging hobby
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Gear / Reviews
Think a Temporary Cardboard Desk Is a Good Idea? Think Again
Hunching over a laptop and working on a kitchen table gets old fast. At least it did for me last
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Lenovo’s X1 Carbon Shows Why Linux Is Great on ThinkPads
For most of eternity, if you wanted to run Linux on your laptop you bought a Windows laptop, wiped Windows,
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Sprinkle Some Fun Into Your Pandemic Home Cooking
I quickly stumped the clerk who helped me find groceries at the Indian market in Issaquah, Washington. She looked at
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Gamify Your Workouts With Ergatta’s Rowing Machine
When I first played the game, I was so caught up trying to hit the targets that I didn’t realize
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The Love Triangle Is a Sex Toy With a Pleasurable Price
I’m not often entranced by affordable pocket-size sex toys. “Affordable” is usually another word for mediocre. Satisfyer’s Love Triangle vibrator
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Lenovo’s Desktop PC Has Plenty of Beauty, Not Enough Brawn
When you think of avant-garde desktop design, the name Lenovo doesn’t immediately spring to mind. But no matter what you
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The AirPods Max Are Insanely Great—and Insanely Expensive
The flimsy case doesn’t offer much protection, but you have to use it to force the headphones into low power
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The New Moto G Series Really Phones It In
All of these phones get great battery life. The new Stylus has a smaller 4,000-mAh battery capacity than the Power
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Grado’s No-Frills Wireless Buds Have Seriously Good Sound
It’s not uncommon to log into a WIRED Zoom and find two or three pairs of Grado over-ear headphones staring
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