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19 Best Diapers From Our Tests
Rascal + Friends Premium Diapers, BabyCozy Bouncy Soft Baby Diapers, VeryVery Ultra Absorbent Extra Soft Diaper, Terra Plant Based Diapers, Dyper Diapers, Happy Hues Cuddlers Disposable Diapers, Believe Baby Premium Bamboo Eco Friendly Diapers, and The Honest Company Clean Conscious Diapers. Most of these scored decently in our dryness test, so you can rest assured that your baby would probably…
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How to Get Free COVID Tests in Bulk for Your Community
The government recently shut down the program that would mail four free COVID tests to anyone who requested them, but a lesser-known program for community groups is still running. If you have a plan to distribute tests for free, you can request them by the hundreds. Individual COVID tests are no longer available by mail for free Just to bring…
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Best Flushable Wipes From Our Tests
That said, wipes are excellent for cleaning your hands, nether regions, and other body parts. Significant differences exist among them regarding tensile strength (because the last thing you want is a soiled wipe to rip in your hands), how well they clean, how easily they dispense (you don’t want to have to stuff extra wipes back into the container), their…
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Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users
Microsoft has released ad-supported versions of its Office desktop apps, which have limited features but allow Windows users to edit their documents. While Microsoft allows customers to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 apps for free with Office on the web, the company has not shared any information regarding these new ad-supported Office apps for desktop. Once launched, the apps…
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Diono & Peg Perego Infant Car Seats Performed Poorly in CR Crash Tests
In 2 out of CR’s 3 rear-facing tests of the Diono LiteClik30 XT using a dummy to simulate the size (29 inches) and weight (22 pounds) of a 12-month-old child, and with the base of the seat installed with a seat belt, the infant carrier released off the base during the crash test. While the dummy remained secure within the…
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Best Cat Litter From Our Tests
I knew nothing about cat litter before I adopted my cat, Frank. Within the first couple of months together, I went through five different combinations of litter and litter boxes, looking for the one that would make both of us happy. We were obviously looking for different things. He wanted something that was gentle on his paws and that he…
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Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to Japan for first international tests
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are going to Tokyo, marking the first time that the Alphabet company is deploying vehicles on public roads in a foreign market. Waymo is billing the excursion as a simple “road trip” for collecting data about the nuances of Japanese driving, including left-hand traffic and navigating a dense urban environment. The vehicles will be driven manually for…
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4 Best Facial Tissues From Our Tests
That’s why CR’s José Amézquita brought 10 best-selling tissue brands into our lab to evaluate their tensile strength (how resistant they are to break under tension), softness, absorbency, and abrasion resistance (how much friction and rubbing a tissue can handle). We left no popular tissue untested, from well-known picks like Kleenex to eco-friendly Caboo tissues that cost more to money-saving…
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Amazon tests mixing and matching its grocery operations
Amazon’s next ideas for growing its grocery business could blur the lines between Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh by enmeshing the two businesses’ fulfillment networks in a new set of experiments, according to The Wall Street Journal. Amazon has reportedly started shipping Whole Foods products from 26 Amazon Fresh fulfillment centers and plans to build a microfulfillment center at a…
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The Truth About Blood Tests for Cancer
Some emerging tests are referred to as multicancer early detection tests, though others target one specific type of cancer. Typically, they test for material that’s shed by cancer cells, says Scott Ramsey, MD, PhD, a physician and co-director of the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. One of the best-known is the Galleri test…
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