PATHS HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW

If you've ever seen a makeshift dirt path connecting two sidewalks, that's a \"desire path,\" also known as a desire line or game trail.

A Handsome Industrial Coffee Table for Less Than $200

YOU'VE SEEN THE ADS AND CATALOGS HAWKING TRENDY FURniture featuring pseudo-repurposed materials for gobs of money.

Disston D-8 Saw

MADE: 2022 ACQUIRED: 2022 FUNCTION: Crosscutting and ripping lumber

The World's First Hypersonic Cruise Missile

A NEW MISSILE SET TO ENTER SERVICE in 2027 is radically different from anything else in the Pentagon's arsenal.

Valve's Steam Deck Makes PC Gaming Truly Portable

MOBILE GAME SYSTEMS HAVE LONG BEEN VIEWED AS inferior to gaming computers and consoles. That's because their smaller components are often too weak to keep up with the rising graphics demands of new titles.

Track Saws Help You Cut Straight, Like a Pro

NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO, TRACK SAWS WERE N made by only a handful of companies and were employed almost exclusively by professional tradesmen.

Solving This Maddening Probability Problem

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Apple TV 4K 3rd Generation): Best for the Apple-Centric

A powerful, feature-rich media streamer that’s pricier than most

SMART HOME

SMART HOME

HIGH IMPACT

Photographer Neil Buckland captures the mosaic of minerals in meteorites.

SEE NO EVIL

Companies pay millions to get their digital ads in front of humans. Shady networks show them to bots instead. And everyone is fine with this.

The Digital Payments Mastermind

DIARY OF AN ENTREPRENEUR

ONCE MOORE

Rereading the most influential article of the 20th century.

Meeting of Music Minds

MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Dear Cloud Support: "I'm a white person, and despite there being a range of skin tones available for emoji these days, I still just choose the original Simpsons-esque yellow. Is this insensitive to people of color?" -True Colors

I realize, True Colors, that this discussion has probably only complicated the dilemma you posed, rather than simplified it.

Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 7: Maximum Performance

Intel's Core HX revs up a mobile powerhouse of a gaming PC

If You Have a Uterus, Don't Buy an Apple Watch

New women's health and reproductive features in the Apple Watch 8 and Ultra have the potential to cause harm following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

SimpliSafe Home Security System: Affordable Ease of Use

Affordable security with a focus on flexibility

HOW TO IMPROVE WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION

Your mode of communication is just as important as the message. Rethinking how you communicate at work can lead fo vastly beffer results.

We Must Save Streaming Video Before It’s Too Late

A generation of art risks extinction if the companies that own streaming services don’t believe their vast libraries are worth preserving. We have to act now to save it.

HP Envy 16: An All-Round Performer

A slightly hefty but superb content-creation station

Which Company Has the Worst Online Privacy Policy?

Most people don’t read privacy policies and have no idea what they agree to when signing up for tech services. But fo be fair, most policies are written to obfuscate and confuse.

HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR ONLINE STORAGE

Sort out your messy files and folders with this foolproof strategy.

HOW TO TAKE BETTER BREAKS

Taking breaks is necessary, but when you’re working from home, there’s a fine line between productivity-boosting rests and procrastination. Here’s what you need to know to recharge the right way.

Honda Unveils First All-Electric SUV, Built on GM's Battery Platform

The Honda Prologue battery-electric SUV arrives in 2024 and will use the Ultium battery technology developed by General Motors.

If You Want to Get High in Space

After SpaceX founder Elon Musk smoked a blunt on Joe Rogan's podcast in 2018, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was happy to cut him some slack. "Let the man get high if he wants to get high," Tyson told TMZ. "He's the best thing we've had since Thomas Edison."