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People with expertise working with artificial intelligence tools are fairly confident that AI will have a positive effect in the next 20 years, but relatively few US adults feel the same way, according to the results of a Pew Research…
Pushing my hands over and over across a fabric-covered table while holding two mouse controllers is surprisingly tiring. I was playing Drag x Drive, a new wheelchair sports game coming for the Nintendo Switch 2 that uses one of the…
Today is the first Wednesday of April, which means it’s National Walking Day. With the warmer weather returning, now is the perfect time to take a stroll around your neighborhood block or your local park. And if you need more…
Chase just announced an eye-catching welcome bonus ahead of summer travel. You can earn 100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points after spending $5,000 within the first three months of opening the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card*. That’s 40,000 more than the card’s…
Update, April 2: CNET’s Big Spring Sale coverage has ended. Some of the deals below may continue to be available for a time, but we’re no longer updating this page. Prices and availability are subject to change. Amazon’s Big Spring…
Lit candles can be a fire hazard. Just ask fictional teacher Barbara Howard, of ABC’s Abbott Elementary, or pop stars Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams. Between 2018 and 2022, candles started 4% of home fires, according to the National Fire…
Some time ago, deep in the eerie quiet of 2020, my partner, my daughter, and I moved from our creaky Brooklyn apartment to a Craftsman-style house in Los Angeles, my hometown. But while my body was physically in place, enjoying…
The Meiruby Electric Candle Lighter (second from left) is a bit bulkier than the Suprus Electric Lighter (far left), but it’s still more compact than most long-necked lighters. Sarah Witman/NYT Wirecutter Staff pick This flameless lighter has a slim shape,…
Mel Plaut/NYT Wirecutter As pets age, their joints often get creaky, and they aren’t able to move around as well as they used to. For both dogs and cats, it can become much harder to walk, jump, and even bend…
I went to my first yoga class at the age of 13. Most of it is a blur now, but the last five minutes are as clear as day in my memory. After we spent an hour flowing through different…