Hunting for a great pair of binoculars that you can slip into your pockets for a hike? One of our favorite lightweight and compact binocular picks, the Celestron TrailSeeker ED 8×32 is marked down to just $280 on Amazon, a healthy $80 discount off their usual price. Photograph: Scott Gilbertson Celestron TrailSeeker ED 8×32 Binoculars…

For several years, the top Chinese smartphone brands have been duking it out for photography dominance. Even though year-over-year changes are often minuscule, these companies try to one-up one another. Take Oppo’s latest flagship, the Find X9 Pro, as an example. It boasts a 200-megapixel telephoto lens developed with camera manufacturer Hasselblad, so you can…

Spotify has the best music discovery algorithms and the slickest, snappiest user interface. It leads me down rabbit holes to find new artists and old favorites, based on what I’ve already liked and listened to on the app. The free tier, with advertisements, defaults to a low-quality 96-Kbps streaming bit rate, but you can bump…

Comparing Our Favorite Vacuum Cleaners Honorable Mentions Black and Decker Dustbuster Flex for $89: This is another cool handheld vacuum that’s great for cars, or even indoor areas like staircases. It has a 4-foot hose, longer than most compact vacuums, and has a handy little charging mount that the accessories clip into. And thank goodness…

Buying gifts for the outdoor enthusiast is damn near impossible. Your hiking/camping/cycling outdoorsy friends are often serious gearheads, meticulously poring over reviews, guides, and the perennial wisdom of ounce-counting Reddit users to find the exact right thing. Don’t stress trying to pick that exact right thing yourself. The chances of you figuring it out and…

Adobe hasn’t shared a specific date yet, but Firefly Image Model 5 will launch “in the months to come” following Adobe MAX. Firefly Image Model 4 launched in April 2025, so it will likely be 2026 before we see a broad release of Image Model 5. Like Image Model 4, the updated model has a…

Electric blankets—especially those older than 10 years old—have become a bit infamous for being fire hazards. But when it comes to safety features, modern heated blankets have come leaps and bounds past their predecessors. Look for independently tested blankets and bedding that have met safety standards (such UL or ETL). These agencies ensure that the…

But with the 115-watt RTX 5060 in the Alienware 16X Aurora, you can expect to play most games at smooth frame rates in standard 1920 x 1200 resolution. Outside of very light games, you can play AAA games at native resolution at high settings, but it will likely require some upscaling to get it to…

To most of the world, Nicholas Thompson is known as an editor, an AI enthusiast, or something of a LinkedIn influencer. But the former WIRED editor in chief, who is now CEO of The Atlantic, is often better known to colleagues as the guy who runs to the office. On Tuesday, Thompson is releasing The…