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There’s never been a pair of regular wireless earbuds so light or comfortable that I’ve forgotten they’re in my ears, but it’s becoming an occupational hazard for the OpenFit Air 2. I’ve regularly come home from a run or stepped off my exercise bike and headed for the shower before remembering Open ear audio expert Shokz’ latest fitness-friendly model were still wrapped around my ears. 7.2g per earbud might not sound truly featherweight, but the flexible nickel-titanium alloy frames helps the drivers almost hover over my ears – crucially keeping them unobstructed for great situational awareness when working out. Being…

Looking for the best gaming headset? We’ve tested more pairs than we can count, and we know what separates a decent set from one that really enhances your play. Here you’ll find our favourite wired and wireless models, covering a range of budgets. Sure, you could stick with your TV speakers or a basic pair of headphones, but a proper gaming headset changes the experience. In multiplayer, it can give you a real advantage by letting you hear enemies before they appear. In single-player, it adds depth and immersion, pulling you further into the world on screen. Most of our…

I’ve had a Roku Streaming Stick plugged into the back of my TV for years, mostly as a launcher for Netflix and whatever else I was already paying for. It never occurred to me to actually open The Roku Channel itself until I was digging through the home screen looking for something to half-watch on a Sunday afternoon and had nothing left on my regular apps. What I found sitting there, preinstalled and free the entire time, was closer to a full cable replacement than I expected from something I’d been ignoring for years. Connective Technology HDMI Brand Roku The…

Every few months someone asks me for a Roman epic recommendation, and my answer’s always the same. Skip the movies. Watch Rome — not the city, the HBO series, two seasons between 2005 and 2007 before it got canceled right as it was hitting its stride. It’s streaming on HBO Max now, and nothing else on television has come as close to making ancient Rome feel like somewhere people actually lived and argued and died, instead of a marble backdrop for a sword fight. If it were a motion picture, it would have made our list of sword and sandal…

Post-apocalyptic shows are a dime a dozen nowadays. From the remaining The Walking Dead spin-offs to The Last of Us, Fallout, Silo, and others, the concept of the end of the world and some massive event taking out humanity as we know it is a popular theme. Every show has its own take on the genre: some lean into a virus, others focus on survival in underground bunkers, and some even add a sci-fi slant. One of the most interesting new shows of this kind bends genres in ways others haven’t. But it’s also not so much about the actual…

I keep coming back to Orphan Black, and every time I try to explain why, I end up sounding like I’m describing three different shows stapled together. That’s the point. The BBC America series ran from 2013 to 2017, and if you’ve never watched it, or if it’s been long enough that the details have gone fuzzy, it’s currently sitting on Netflix right next to the crazy The Last House, waiting to wreck your sleep schedule for a week. The premise sounds almost quaint by 2026 standards, honestly. A grifter watches a woman who looks exactly like her jump in…

Stephen King is one of the most adapted authors of all time. Whether the adaptations are actually better than the source material (The Shining, The Mist) or worse (Cujo, The Dark Tower), you don’t need to have read one of his books to be familiar with his work. There are plenty of Stephen King adaptations available to watch on Netflix, but the very best doesn’t fall within his preferred genre: horror. Instead, it’s a time travel thriller with a historical bent. What happened on 11.22.63? A boomer’s savior fantasy come to life 11.22.63 is adapted from King’s novel 11/22/63, with…

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I used my TV’s built-in speakers for years before taking the leap and building a Dolby Atmos home theater. I started off small, buying affordable bookshelf speakers in JBL’s Stage2 lineup. From there, I added floorstanding speakers, up-firing Dolby Atmos height speakers, and a center channel. I threw in an Edifier T5 subwoofer I already had from a previous setup, and two years later, I had a functional Dolby Atmos home theater. I learned a lot along the way, and made a few mistakes in the process. If you’re ready to start building a Dolby Atmos home theater of your…

The sometimes-problematic Roku remote disappeared for most of a week. Not dead batteries, not wedged in the couch cushions where I’d already checked — actually gone, the kind of gone where you look in the same three spots four times each and it still isn’t there. Rather than dig through a junk drawer for AAA batteries and a remote I still couldn’t find, I pulled up the Roku app on my phone, mostly just to buy time until it turned up. It turned up eventually, days later. By then, I’d stumbled into enough of what the app actually does that…