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Worst Vacuums We Tested—and What to Buy Instead
Worst bagless canister: Atrix Vortex VR25BCVOverall Score: 37 Compared with the other bagless canisters we tested, the Atrix Vortex VR25BCV just doesn’t measure up. It’s lousy at extracting dirt from carpets, and when we tried using it to vacuum up pet hair, the hair got caught up inside the nozzle brush, resulting in a low pet hair removal score. Our…
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Microsoft at 50: the 4 worst train wrecks in the company’s history
Microsoft is worth roughly $1 trillion today, but that sky-high valuation didn’t come without a few train wrecks during its first 50 years. I’m not talking about smaller screwups like the brain-dead Clippy, Microsoft’s intrusive Office helper from 1995. Instead, I’m looking at the ones with major consequences that in some cases set Microsoft back years, made it lose out…
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Best and Worst Lawn Mower Brands of 2025
Next, Consumer Reports provides three types of information that can help members pick the best lawn mower for their situation. Model performance: We capture the performance of individual models in our lawn mower ratings. If you see a mower that you’re interested in, you can look it up in our ratings to see how well it performs core functions, like…
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Best Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers—and the Worst
Consumer Reports has found plenty of winners among the newest crop of gas and battery-powered walk-behinds. Standout models from recent years include push and self-propelled options from Ego, Greenworks, Honda, Ryobi, Snapper, Toro, Troy-Bilt, and other manufacturers. One reason we were able to recommend so many models has to do with mulching, the process of cutting clippings into fine pieces.…
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These are the 5 all-time best ‘Black Mirror’ episodes — and 2 of the worst
“Black Mirror,” the sci-fi anthology series, makes its return to Netflix this week for its seventh season, offering six more twisted tales that reflect the world around us and our increasingly uncomfortable relationship with technology. Debuting back in 2011, the show currently spans 33 episodes (and one feature-length movie) and has been a critical darling for pretty much its entire…
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Fake it till you make it: 79% of tech workers pretend to know more about AI than they do – and executives are the worst offenders
Find AI confusing? Don’t worry, so do most of your colleagues — almost eight in ten of them, but they likely won’t admit it. That’s the key finding from a survey of 1,200 technology workers and executives in the US and UK by training company Pluralsight, which found that 79% of tech workers pretend to know more about AI than…
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The 5 Worst Phones I’ve Owned, Ranked
As a long-time Android user, I’ve owned or reviewed a lot of phones over the last decade. I loved the original T-Mobile G1 and bought the Google Nexus One the day it came out—two great phones! On the other hand, I also owned the HTC Thunderbolt, Nexus 4, and Galaxy Note 7, which are different stories. I’ve loved or hated…
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Every Apple iMac Generation Ranked From Worst to Best
The iMac has been around for more than a quarter of a century. The first iMac burst onto the scene in 1998, and was a huge success, saving Apple’s bacon when things were looking bad. Like Dr. Who, the iMac has seen some significant changes over time, with each generation offering something different from the last. Which raises the question:…
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Every Nintendo Handheld Ranked From Worst to Best
Few companies have had an impact on gaming quite like Nintendo, particularly when it comes to handhelds. The company is responsible for bringing portable gaming into the mainstream, and redefining it many times over. Ranking these consoles is tough, even when striving for an objective viewpoint. Everyone has their favorites, and the platforms could just as easily be defined by…
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14 Worst Cleaning Mistakes You’re Making
You’re probably using too much cleaning product (and other missteps) If you’re neglecting to clean your cleaning tools, spraying cleaner directly on surfaces, or making any of these 14 cleaning mistakes, you’re not alone—and they’re easy to correct. By Lisa Fogarty I was 10 the first time my mother handed me paper towels and Windex and said, “Okay, get to…
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