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Mill's ambitious smart trash can isn't going to solve the food waste problem

At around 1AM on Sunday morning, my partner sat bolt upright in bed and whispered urgently, "There's someone in the kitchen!" After listening sleepily for a few seconds to the muffled clunking noise, ...

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Aug 2023

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Five apps that help you check your local air quality

Now that most people don't feel the need to wear masks indoors, we're starting to wear masks outdoors -- because of air quality problems, many of which are being caused by this year's raging forest fi...

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Jul 2023

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Beats Studio Pro headphones review: leaning on a legacy

How long can a headphone design remain iconic? If you recycle it too many times over the years, at what point does it begin to feel stale and phoned in? These are the questions I've been grappling wit...

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Jul 2023

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The biggest announcements from Meta's Quest Gaming Showcase

Meta has just wrapped its latest Quest Gaming Showcase, where it previewed a bunch of virtual reality games coming to its Quest headsets. This year could prove to be an important one for Meta in gamin...

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Jun 2023

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My week with Dyson's absurd wearable air purifier

I was at a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria in downtown Manhattan, debating which slice I wanted to chow down on, when I felt a light tap on my shoulder. I turned, pulling down the metallic visor covering my...

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Apr 2023

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Toyota Prius review: EV reality check

It's a weird time to be the Toyota Prius. On the one hand, no car is more synonymous with eco-conscious virtue signaling than this ubiquitous lozenge-shaped hybrid. But on the other hand, the Prius' g...

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Apr 2023

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Rivian R1S review: king of the mountain

The biggest compliment I can give to the Rivian R1S is that it makes life easy. Exemplified by a recent trip I took to Big Bear with friends -- prior to the record-breaking snowstorms that slammed Sou...

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Apr 2023

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Kia EV6 GT review: the attainable, guilt-free supercar

We've long passed the point of asking how much horsepower is too much horsepower. It used to be a question of engine capability. When turbochargers went mainstream, it became a question of drivability...

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Apr 2023

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The best mechanical keyboards for gaming

Technically, any keyboard you use for gaming is a gaming keyboard. But a keyboard built for gaming often has features mainstream boards can't match, like ultra-fast polling rates, per-game macro profi...

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Apr 2023

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Hatch Restore 2 review: TikTok made me try it

I'm a sucker for "get ready with me" (GRWM) videos on TikTok. They're just as they sound. You watch a complete stranger go through their daily routines, sometimes while espousing chaotic musings on ev...

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Apr 2023

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This Week in Apps: WWDC23, ByteDance pushes Lemon8 ahead of TikTok ban, T2 capitalizes on Twitter chaos

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...

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Apr 2023

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Sonos Era 300 review: too ahead of its time

I close my eyes. When "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones starts playing, her captivating jazzy vocals sound like they're coming from directly in front of me, and I could be fooled into thinking there's s...

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Mar 2023

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The biggest announcements from Epic Games' State of Unreal 2023 keynote

Epic Games has just wrapped its State of Unreal 2023 keynote, where it showed off new enhancements coming to Unreal Engine 5.2, stunning new MetaHuman technology, a big push to unify its disparate ass...

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Mar 2023

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I'm sick of reviewing gorgeous Chromebooks with bad battery

I'm always excited to review Chromebooks like the new $999 HP Dragonfly Pro. These are devices catered to an audience of ChromeOS enthusiast professionals -- people who are using Parallels and develop...

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Mar 2023

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Bellabeat Ivy review: wellness in a pretty package

I get suspicious whenever I see a gadget "for women." I can't help it. Femtech is a minefield of promising ideas, concepts with borderline insulting execution, privacy concerns, and cheesy marketing. ...

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Feb 2023

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: practically peerless

If the Samsung S22 Ultra was the ultimate evolution of a slab-style smartphone, then the Galaxy S23 Ultra is a victory lap -- everything that the S22 was and a little extra. The S23 Ultra offers a han...

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Feb 2023

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What's the difference between the M2 Pro and the M2 Max?

I recently published my review of the MacBook Pro 16 with M2 Max, which Apple released at the beginning of 2023. Now I've finally gotten my hands on the less powerful (and less expensive) MacBook Pro ...

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Feb 2023

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TP-Link's new smart plug exposes a complicated Matter

The Tapo P125M smart plug ($19.99) is a fine smart plug. It turns things on and off on command or on a schedule, and it does all the smart plug tricks you might expect (except energy monitoring). But ...

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Feb 2023

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Nowatch review: a chic stress tracker for the Goop faithful

Modern life is stressful. The past three years have been particularly stressful thanks to a global pandemic, a worsening economy, and an aneurysm-inducing news cycle. But while most wearable companies...

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Feb 2023

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Apple Watch Ultra review: an aspirational debut

The Apple Watch Ultra is big, a lil' chunky, and goes hard on features that the average Joe won't need in their everyday life. And at $799, it's the most expensive watch in the current Apple Watch lin...

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Sep 2022