Typically speaking, multitasking makes you worse at everything. There’s plenty of scientific research to back this up and you probably have your own anecdotal evidence to support it. But sometimes, you just might need to—and sometimes, it just might be OK. The times when multitasking actually works are pretty rare and specific, so here’s what […]

I’ve previously shared the Good News about mosquito dunks, which stop mosquitoes from being able to breed in standing water. Recently I used dunks to create what’s sometimes called a “mosquito bucket of doom,” a trap that entices mosquitoes to breed in standing water that you have (muahahaha) poisoned against them.  Not only is a […]

It might not have been as big a deal as WWDC or the annual fall iPhone event, but Apple’s May 7 “Let Loose” event was an exciting affair all the same. The company made some highly-anticipated announcements about the iPad in particular, introducing new versions of the iPad Pro and iPad Air, and revealed refreshed […]

Apple’s iPad announcements are usually quick, low key affairs: Update the screen, put the latest MacBook chip in the iPad Pro, throw in some skits for razzle dazzle, and call it a day. But today’s iPad event surprised everyone by revealing the next Apple Silicon chip: the M4. In an unprecedented move, the iPad Pro […]

Robot lawn mower designs vary wildly, as they’re optimized for different benefits, and for every feature, a weakness is exposed. Light and fast robots are easy to turn over. Heavy robots are slow and get stuck. Every single robot lawn mower I test seems to be built differently, optimized for stability or tight turns or […]

Google’s annual budget phone refresh is here, this time making the Pixel 8 just a little more affordable. Today the company announced the Pixel 8a, which has almost all of the features included in the standard Pixel 8, but at a discount.  As with past Pixel a-series phones, the Pixel 8a can be considered an […]

The U.S. is a wildly diverse landscape. Consider how different the northern landscapes of Michigan and Minnesota are from the deserts of Texas and New Mexico, or the dense forests of the Northeast or Northwest. While it’s common sense that these different landscapes wouldn’t support the same plant life, it doesn’t stop people from trying […]

When I think of the perfect diner breakfast, there are always over-easy eggs and hash browns involved. Rare is the diner that makes hash browns (I usually see home fries), and rarer still are they made the way I like them best—super crunchy on the outside. I get i: Diner service is hectic and the […]

When you’re cleaning your kitchen sink, or deep cleaning your bathroom, there’s an often-overlooked place you might be forgetting. Your kitchen and bathroom faucets can become a breeding ground for mold, bacteria, and damaging mineral build-up. How often you should clean your faucet head The faucet head on your sink should be cleaned once to […]

As much as other search engines try, Google simply dominates search. Search is the company’s bread and butter (and it spends billions to keep it that way). But the future of search is all but certain, and other companies want in—including some big names in AI. As the rumors have it, OpenAI may be about […]