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Windmill AC Review: An Air Conditioner That Can Stay Up All Year Long

My house doesn’t have central air conditioning. Every year, during the swampy weeks of summer, I wrestle a loud, enormous,…

The Ecobee smartphone app is an excellent companion too. You can see everything from the live camera view to real-time…

When I’m going to be away for longer than a normal work day, I usually set up a couple of…

In my humble opinion, Dyson stick vacuums are the apotheoses of the form. They’re light, powerful, convenient, useful, and beautiful….

It’s time I came clean: I hate brushing my teeth. I do it because I have to, but it’s a…

I first encountered Aura frames back in August, when we wrote about gear for keeping in touch over long distances….

Goodbye dumb thermostat, hello smart Nest thermostat (which like other Nest products, is brought to you by Google). It’s the…

And that’s all you can do. I had to double-check to make sure there were no mapping capabilities. Making a…

We’re fans of smart displays here on the WIRED Gear team. They let you watch videos or news clips, walk…

Juggling YouTube on a phone, applying makeup, and looking in a mirror at the same time can be a royal…