So what should you give as grad gifts? You want to get them something to help prepare them for things to come, be it their first “real job,” moving to a new place, or taking some time off to find their true calling. But you also want to get them something they’ll actually use and not just politely thank you for, then put on a shelf somewhere to gather dust....

In fact, studies show that indoor humidity can affect respiratory infections and allergies, and that your health and wellbeing may be better off by maintaining indoor humidity levels between 40 and 60%. A dehumidifier can help you identify humidity levels, and keep a consistent air quality. Dehumidifiers can also help pantry food stay fresh for longer, or accelerate drying time when hang-drying your fresh laundry. With all these benefits, a dehumidifier is definitely a necessary investment if you live in a damp environment....

Our modern lives and high speed-internet grant us the flexibility to work in multiple locations, and this makes it even more important to invest in the best desk organizers to keep your home office operating at its optimal potential. From pencil cups that moonlight as USB chargers to ergonomic monitor stands that offer convenient storage for your computer glasses, files, and pens, there are some great solutions to help create a pleasant and orderly desk and result in a more productive workday....

There are more than 500 million public hotspots in the world but more than 7 billion smartphones, and many phones offer tethering options that turn them into makeshift hotpots. Sometimes the best, however, is not necessarily the phone in your pocket. Rather, the best might require a hotspot device to connect, offered by numerous carriers and third-party vendors. We tend to take the internet for granted at this point in its evolution but not all of us are connected all the time....

Best overall: Nimble Disc CaseBest with wallet: Bellroy Mod Case + Wallet Best leather: Mujjo Leather CaseBest rugged: UAG iPhone 14 Pro Max Case Best waterproof: OtterBox FRĒ Series Waterproof CaseBest sustainable: Pela iPhone 14 ProMax CaseBest budget: Spigen Ultra Hybrid iPhone 14 Case How we picked the best iPhone 14 cases We’ve got multiple iPhone users on staff; our phones are currently intact. One of the reasons for that is we believe in cases....

This is great for commuters and travelers who don’t want to hear the noise of a train car or airplane but find over-ear headphones cumbersome to pack, much less snooze with. It’s also given audio companies a reason to continually improve the efficiency of their hardware and continue pursuing improvements in digital signal processing and power efficiency. If you’ve enjoyed noise cancellation on over-ear headphones, but want the convenience of wearing earbuds, here are the best noise-cancelling earbuds to get in 2023....

Read up full list of Prime Day deals here When is Prime Day 2021? When does Prime Day end? Best Prime Day deals on home appliances Best bedroom appliance: iLuv SmartShaker 3 White Vibration Bed Shaker Bluetooth Alarm Clock—Now $50 (was $80) Ditch the blaring alarm that jars you out of deep sleep and wakes up the whole house. This alternative bed-shaker Smart alarm allows you to wake up in silence, while the powerful vibration settings ensure that you don’t snooze too late....

Best 4K projector: Anker Nebula Cosmos Max 4K UHD Home Theater ProjectorBest projector for the conference room: BenQ MH760 1080p Business ProjectorBest projector for gamers: Optoma HD28HDR 1080p Home Theater ProjectorBest portable projector: Anker Nebula Solar Portable 1080p ProjectorBest budget projector: PVO Portable Projector Big thrills, compact home entertainment equipment What’s great about a modern, digital movie projector is that your image can go big—truly big—without your hardware having to take up a lot of real estate....

How we selected the best speaker wires To select the best speaker wires, we looked at wire material, gauge, and manufacturer to ensure reliability across the board. We looked at over 25 recommended brands, consulted research articles, and investigated first-hand user reviews, diving deep into the debate regarding the relationship between wire quality and price. We also looked at our own home systems, recommending wires that we have used to provide a personal touch....

Best overall: Fluance RT85Best Bluetooth: Audio-Technica AT-LP120XBT-USB Best for DJs: Reloop 4000 MK2Best for beginners: Audio-Technical AT-LP60X-BWBest budget: Fluance RT81 Best for audiophiles: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Evo How we selected the best turntables under $500 The turntable contains a vast array of options, ranging from cheap beginner models to uber-expensive devices built for audiophiles. Here, we chose to focus on what you might characterize as the lower midrange of the market....

So this was a pretty good year to play a lot of video games. If there’s a theme among the best video games of 2021, it’s creature comforts. We’re wrapping up the second year of the pandemic, with all the pains and prohibitions that it’s caused. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that this year would push us—or maybe just me—to appreciate familiar spaces and established gameplay styles....

Type of Hob: Traditionally woks have round bottoms—but unless you have a gas hob with a wok bracket at home, you’ll need one with a relatively flat base so it can sit stably on the stove. For induction hobs, you’ll need an even wider base to ensure that your wok gets enough heat. You still want a nice curvature though, as this helps to stop the food from flying out of the pan when you’re stir-frying....

That, however, did not pan out as expected. A rake of privacy scandals certainly didn’t help and, despite Alexa getting roughly a billion user interactions per week in 2018, they were mostly simple requests to play music or deliver a weather report. Not exactly the kind of asks that can easily be monetized. That year, it lost almost $5 billion. Business Insider claims Alexa is the third most popular voice assistant with 71....

This picture marks the first time scientists have seen a river system that is so vast, and in such high resolution, anywhere other than our own planet. It’s an incredible image–it has Earth-like meanders, oxbows, and general curvature, indicating it follows the trace of a fault line. This doesn’t necessarily mean Titan has plate tectonics like Earth does, but there are enough fractures in its bedrock to help form large basins–and maybe even huge seas....

You can check out more visuals based on Ignac’s computer use at his site or Flickr. marcinignac.com

We’ve already seen this happen multiple times throughout recent history. In 2020, the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia, experienced its third major bleaching event over the span of only five years—and it might see another one by the end of this month. In some instances, the bleaching is so intense that it leads to high mortality. Reef decline impacts the communities of fish that live there, as well as the populations of people who depend on reefs for food or income....

The worms, which grow to about 15 inches in length, spend their lives burrowing through the muddy seafloor and hunting small crustaceans, molluscs, and other worms. “They need their jaws to kill the more active prey,” says Herbert Waite, a marine biochemist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “They also use the jaws to fight each other off because they’re not very sociable, and occasionally the worms will collide in the burrows....

Seeing hidden landscapes But archaeology is only part of the story these environments have to tell. They are important archives of the past in other ways: the layers of moss and other vegetation that make up peat are themselves immensely valuable as archives of past environments (palaeoenvironments). The manner in which peat accumulates means that the deposits have stratigraphic integrity, meaning that contained within each layer can be found macroscopic and microscopic remains of plants and other organisms that shed light on landscape change and biodiversity on timescales ranging from centuries to millennia....

If your vacuum doesn’t have wheels, also called casters, with accessory storage holes on top of them, you’ll need to build a different kind of stand. Unfortunately, this setup can lead to an absolute mess of hoses around the shop. After a couple of years of tripping, I decided to build a stand to control and contain the entire system. My solution is built from PVC pipe and plywood, and uses the wheels of my shop vac for mobility....

STEP 1 Lay the safety goggles on the cardboard so that they’re facing forward. Trace around the shape, adding at least 2 inches (5 cm) in front. STEP 2 Roll the goggles up so that they’re resting on an end. Trace around that side, adding extra space again. STEP 3 Using the craft knife, cut out your tracing as one piece, then fold it so you have a four-sided rectangular tube that fits perfectly around your goggles....