My Kids Can Take Family Anywhere With Facebook’s Portal Go
I’ve been using Facebook’s new portable videophone, the Portal Go, for more than a week. My 4-year-old son and 6-year-old...
Gear / Reviews
Acer’s Swift 3 Laptop Is Our Best All-Around Affordable Pick
At a time when every laptop seems to want to out-clever the next, the Acer Swift 3 is refreshingly restrained....
Evolve’s Powerful New Electric Skateboard Is Terrifyingly Fun
When was the last time you had a proper tumble? One that left you in agonizing pain. It's been more...
The Dell XPS 15’s OLED Screen Lets You Make Movie Magic
The Dell XPS laptops are some of the most popular, thin, and light Windows computers for the money. The 13-inch...
The New Polaroid Now+ Has Groovy Clip-On Filters
Instant Cameras embody a delightful blend of vintage processes and modern methods, and the Polaroid Now+ proves how good it...
The Back Bay Tempo 30 Are the Best Cheap Workout Buds
Enter the natural habitat of any gearhead—a Best Buy, maybe, or a coffee shop in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. If...
Fujifilm’s New Instax Printer Cranks Out Big, Glorious Photos
I can't lie: I am a huge fan of Fujifilm Instax printers. I like the Instax cameras too, but those...
The Freewrite Traveler Is a Distracted Writer’s Friend
Do you ever long for the days of manual typewriters? We do. We love a single-use product here, like a...
These Solar-Powered Headphones Let You Ditch the Charger
“Infinite” is a tricky one, isn’t it? Something’s either infinite or it isn’t. So when Urbanista describes its Los Angeles...
Volvo’s Classy All-Electric SUV Is Surprisingly Zippy
The people of Sweden do not brag. They even have a word for not-bragging: Jantelagen. So you may not have...
Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Carbon is Portable, Powerful—and Pricey
Lenovo's X1 Carbon is one of the best laptops you can buy. At 2.5 pounds, it's lightweight, thin, and very...
The Surface Laptop Studio Is a Multi-Talented Tablet Hybrid
Where the Surface Laptop Studio gets interesting is when you step up to the Core i7 models, which get Nvidia...
Retrospec’s Folding Ebike Is Attractive, but Far From Perfect
Have you ever ridden a bike without a pedal? It's not fun. It's especially not fun on a 63-pound bike...
Short Battery Life Sinks the Otherwise Great Surface Pro 8
Microsoft's Surface Pro lineup and the word “revamp” have rarely shared a sentence. These laptop-tablet hybrids have largely been kept...
Flex Your Barista Skills With the Rancilio Silvia Pro
Some people have stories about their first car, a fondly remembered bucket of bolts that carried them through high school,...
The Switch OLED Is More Than Just a Pretty Screen
I have a bad habit of biting my fingernails. Because of this, I can't get the frail rear kickstand on...
The Microsoft Surface Go 3 Is a Battery Buster
In the past, Microsoft has struggled to marry its legacy desktop operating system with more modern touchscreen interfaces. The Surface...
TP-Link’s New Wi-Fi 6 Router Puts Gamers in the Fast Lane
It does this via three bands. There’s a 5-GHz band offering up to 4,804 Mbps, a second 5-GHz band offering...
