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With many of us taking some time off over the next couple of weeks, it’s the perfect time to check out some great new titles on streaming. This week, there’s plenty to choose from, whether you’re looking for some Christmas Day football (featuring Beyoncé) on Netflix, a new Doctor Who special on Disney Plus, or some

Show more (4 items) A good mattress is essential for cozy, restful sleep, especially when the nights are longer and chillier. At CNET’s mattress testing facility, we make it our mission to evaluate the latest and greatest in sleep technology. From firmness and edge support to motion isolation and overall comfort, we leave no feather

There’s no doubt that food is the main focus around the holidays — besides family, of course. It’s common to experience food guilt, especially if you aren’t used to indulging. A 2020 study found that 63% of Americans experienced food guilt during the holiday season.  It’s important to give yourself grace during this time of

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In this article: Getting a good night’s rest is essential to your daily performance and function, not to mention it can benefit your overall health in the long run too. But a bad mattress can hinder your quality of sleep. The age, firmness and type of mattress can deeply affect your sleep for better or worse. Your

Smart-home devices have plenty of connected tricks up their collective sleeve, but thanks to a glut of walled-off wireless protocols they aren’t always great at communicating with one another. That’s where control devices like the Staples Connect hub come into play. Acting like a router for your gadgets, the hub uses a variety of built-in

Enlarge Image Antuan Goodwin/Roadshow We don’t always agree on everything, but the entire Roadshow staff concurs that the Kia Stinger is totally rad. Our love affair with the Korean sporty liftback sedan started with our 2018 long-term tester and has endured through multiple followups over the years. For 2022, the new base GT-Line model sees

18-inch wheels and summer tires help the Apex’s handling. Kyle Hyatt/Roadshow The Toyota Corolla is a modern day people’s car, a compact sedan focused on all-around livability at an affordable price. Whether you choose the standard Corolla or the fuel-sipping Corolla Hybrid, this Toyota is a smart buy. But what happens when you change its

Enlarge Image Why get the Miata in white when Mazda offers its awesome Soul Red? Emme Hall/Roadshow What can I say about the Mazda MX-5 Miata that hasn’t been said before? It’s the best-selling two-seat sports car in history, with more than 1 million sold around the world. It’s been called the answer to everything

Editors’ note: This piece was updated on October 16, 2014, to reflect additional news following Apple’s October press event. While Apple enthusiasts may often find their wallets emptying out with each new product announcement, wallets may literally start slimming down, thanks to Apple’s recently announced iOS feature, Apple Pay. Launching in the US on Monday,

We tested the $400 QuickBooks Premier, which includes industry-specific versions for accountants, contractors, wholesalers, and other businesses. Unlike the $200 Pro version, Premier lets you create business plans, forecast sales and expenses, assign different billing rates for employees, and perform other advanced tasks. At the low end, the $100 Simple Start handles the basics well

Unfortunately, the ToUcam XS doesn’t deliver in the most important area–image quality. Under normal home-office lighting, the images it produced were very dark and muddy, even with backlight compensation and brightness turned up. Pointing another light directly at the subject didn’t help much. An Intel PC Camera (which admittedly retails for double the price of

When the current iteration of the Vaio Z was first released in the summer of 2011, it was an impressive ultrathin 13-inch laptop, along the lines of the MacBook Air or Samsung Series 9. It outdid those machines by adding a separate docking station that included a few extra ports and connections, as well as

Watch this: 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder 01:11 FRANKFURT — It’s been a long time since we first saw the concept that spawned the Porsche 918 Spyder shown this week here at the 2013 International Motor Show. Fortunately, the 887-horsepower hybrid super sports car that debuted at the show seems to be worth the wait. Hybrid

Casio on Tuesday announced its first smartwatch for iPhone and Android devices here at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. The Smart Outdoor Watch, which is officially known as the WSD-F10, is a far cry from the company’s calculator watches of the 1980s. It’s designed for users who enjoy the outdoors and want to stay connected.

In 2014, a Santa Barbara-based startup called TrackR crowdfunded almost $1.7 million dollars to manufacture TrackR Bravo, a $29 Bluetooth beacon designed to help you track your stuff. The idea was simple — clip it to your keychain or slip it in your wallet, then pair it with your Android or iOS device to track

The GMC Hummer EV isn’t here to be practical. It’s a moonshot vehicle, an aspirational purchase that seeks to convince internal combustion, bro-truck holdouts that the cars of the future can be “badass,” too. But after a week behind the wheel of this brodozer, even with all the whiz-bang tech tucked away in here, the

Maybe I’m just getting easier to please as I get older, but Sony’s been winning me over recently with its enthusiast-targeted models. The Sony Alpha NEX-6 delivers an arguably better design and speedier performance than its Editors’ Choice Award-winning but more expensive sibling, the NEX-7, and equally excellent photo quality. Its only real weaknesses are

Read more: The best toaster oven is the one you’ll hate the least Panasonic FlashXpress Toaster Oven gets the job done and then some (pictures) See all photos Features and design It’s a bit of a challenge to describe this toaster, but let’s just say that it has charm. No, it doesn’t have that “sophisticated”

At first, I thought the 2023 Range Rover’s aesthetic was a bit too close to that of its predecessor but getting up close and personal has changed my tune. The new model looks stunning in person. There isn’t a single overwrought design element on the exterior; the body panels are as smooth as glass and

The sound quality is as unhurried and natural as before, but the competition is much tougher these days. Polk and Yamaha have been snapping at Vizio’s heels for several years, and models like the new Polk Signa S3 offer even better sound for a bit more money. If you want to upgrade your TV’s sound for under $200, the

Enhancements include an updated autofocus system and imaging engine, a better LCD that flips down, broader remote control options, two new art filter effects and a tweaked design. Note that the available kits differ depending upon region: the US gets the old 14-42mm collapsible lens (28-84mm equivalent), while the UK gets both that and a

The My Cloud EX2 continues the friendly pricing set by the previous two coming with the suggested retail price of just $570 for 8TB (or $470 and $370 for 6TB and 4TB, respectively). You can also get it for just $200 with no hard drive included. In all, with the combination of performance, ease-of-use, affordability

Breakout shows and a vast catalog have helped grow HBO Max’s audience to more than 75 million worldwide two years after its launch in May 2020.  The streaming service is full of attention-worthy titles and characters from the past and present, including House of the Dragon, Tony Soprano, Elvis, DC heroes like Superman, Adventure Time and comedy

The Streambar follows the footsteps of last year’s Roku Smart Soundbar with a smaller size and more affordable price. Usually the biggest issue with hybrid devices is that they’ve compromised too much in some area, and while the Streambar isn’t sonically perfect — its lack of bass is its biggest weakness — it makes up for that

Despite the prodigious amount of bass on offer, the Klipsch Cinema 400 doesn’t sound leaden or muffled. Its pair of horn-loaded tweeters create bigger, more open sound than the JBL Bar 2.1 Deep Bass in the same price range. The Klipsch offers solid connectivity too, although its single HDMI port and lack of Wi-Fi streaming are limitations compared

As great as the new $799 (£799, AU$1,399) Arc sounds, it’s not without its caveats. If you’re hungering for a soundbar that can do Dolby Atmos, the Sonos’ reliance on a single HDMI port means you may need a brand-spanking new TV and even a new set-top box such as the Apple TV 4K. Thankfully,

The JBL puts more bombast in your TV viewing than either of its under-$300 competition I’ve reviewed recently, namely the Polk Signa S3 and the Vizio V21. The larger sub gives the JBL an impressive dynamic range, which is most helpful with blockbuster movies. What this soundbar lacks in refinement and atmosphere, it compensates with

Now it seems that Peek has returned to its single-purpose philosophy with what might be the only gadget of its kind, the Twitter Peek. That’s right, the Twitter Peek only does Twitter, and nothing else. Twitter is, as many might know, a microblogging site that is currently the darling of the social Web. Right now

Nokia fans in the United States don’t get many breaks. Few of the company’s phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711 is built mainly for communication