It’s Easy to Check the Air Quality. Meet the People Collecting That Data for You
“We’ve been kind of conditioned to going out in fresh air, but that’s dangerous now,” Knox says. “It’s a weird feeling.” It’s […]
Tag: Gear / Trends
Social Media Has Run Out of Fresh Ideas
Social media is having its quarter-life crisis, if a quarter-life crisis is a thing, if we can even put a lifespan on […]
What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?
The confusion and disappointment surrounding most “metaverse” projects are so pervasive that when a video from 2017 of a Walmart VR shopping […]
Apple WWDC 2023: What to Expect for Software and Hardware
apple is secretive. The company is known for staying super tight-lipped around upcoming product launches. But we can always rely on the […]
Watches & Wonders 2023: Rolex Has an Emoji Watch
Having debuted the tech in a limited-edition watch last year, Oris is now applying it to what was already one of its most […]
I Started a Bike Bus, and You Can Too
Recruit a crew. One adult isn’t enough to have a safe bike bus, so another parent volunteered to serve as the “rear […]
The Best Cars, Rides, and Auto Tech of CES 2023
Proof, if it were needed, of just how much of CES has become an auto show landed at the 2023 opening keynote, […]
Sure, Kids Can Develop iPhone Apps. But It’s Not Easy
Apple first released Swift Playgrounds as an iPad app in 2016, and a MacOS version followed in 2020. It’s free and lets […]
Meal Kits Like Blue Apron Get My Picky Kids to Eat Real Food
On a recent weekend evening, my spouse addressed our two children. We have a second-grader and a kindergartener. “What do you want […]
Teflon Nonstick Pans Are Bad. Consider These Alternatives
As my pro-level-home-cook friend Shannon says, “I can’t imagine doing serious stuff in ceramic.” It was time to break some eggs. On […]