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CES 2025: My Favorite (and the Worst) Gaming Tech From This Year’s Show
CES isn’t typically where we see the year’s biggest gaming announcements, with major upcoming games usually being saved for summer and winter, and new console announcements now often coming in the spring or fall. But after spending a week in Vegas, I’m now leaving feeling like the gaming industry is about to go through a big shift. Some of it…
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Best and Worst Snow Blower Brands of 2025
A snow blower has only one job to do, but it needs to do it really well. A great model will start instantly and hurl snow 40 feet or more, leaving a clear trail in its wake. To test this ability in dozens of models each year, our engineers and technicians use a proprietary blend of dampened sawdust, which simulates…
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Best Places to Buy Hearing Aids—and the Worst
Included in our newest ratings are 17 places to buy hearing aids: Amazon, Audibel, Beltone, Connect Hearing, Costco Wholesale, Eargo, ENT or otolaryngologist offices, Hear.com, HearingLife, HearUSA, hospitals or clinics, Jabra/Jabra Enhance, MD Hearing, Miracle-Ear, Sam’s Club, TruHearing, and the Veterans Administration. Overall, 86 percent of members who bought a hearing aid said they were very satisfied or completely satisfied…
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ITPro Decides: The best and worst aspects of work devices
Work devices have come a long way over the past 15 years. Whereas workers used to rely solely on desktop PCs within their office, meaning work could only be done on the premises, improvements in laptop performance and the increase in remote work driven by the pandemic have made laptops the defining device for the working professional. In this new…
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Talking Cars 462: The Best and Worst Cars of 2024
Main theme: As we draw to the close of 2024, we thought we would mix things up a bit. As per tradition, we still take a moment to reflect on the past year and to select those cars that we liked the best and those that we found most disappointing. But instead of hearing solely from the normal Talking Cars…
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The Worst Games Released in 2024, Ranked
2024 was a year stacked with great games from all genres, like Black Myth Wukong, Astro Bot, Balatro, and Helldivers 2. However, it was also a year with some exceptionally bad titles, the worst ones coming from big-name studios with strong IPs. With so many games thrown into the mix, you’d be confused as to which is what. Well, we…
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Best and Worst Cars for Tall and Short Drivers
A handful of cars are especially versatile and rated very highly by both tall and short testers, but that’s rare. And there are several models that serve neither tall nor short drivers well, such as the Mazda MX-5 Miata, Jeep Wrangler, and Lucid Air. Bear in mind that some models give drivers space at the expense of back-seat passengers. It’s…
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24 of the Worst Products of 2024—and What to Buy Instead
When it comes to purifying the air, humidifying a space, or filtering water, these products stumble and fall. You’re the worst: Dyson HP07 Hot + Cool Black & Nickel air purifierScore: 15More expensive than many of CR’s top-performing models, this Dyson, $550, earns the lowest score possible on our particle reduction tests. If you run the unit at low speed,…
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The Best and Worst Energy Bars
Many bars serve up a combination of carbs, fiber, protein, and fat, but not all of them use wholesome ingredients to get there. For the healthiest picks, look for bars made mostly from unprocessed foods, such as whole grains, nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, says Amy Keating, RD, the CR dietitian who oversaw our testing. Those ingredients are usually more…
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Cars With the Best and Worst Road-Test Scores
Our list below highlights vehicles with top road-test scores presented on a 100-point scale, plus those at the bottom of the pack. They’re presented here in rank order, starting with the highest-ranked model. CR members will also be able to see each Overall Score in the ratings boxes, along with ratings for reliability and owner satisfaction. Click through the ratings…
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