Thanks to the coronavirus, we need more ways to entertain ourselves than ever, and pico projectors are handy ways to blast Netflix onto whatever wall you happen to be self-quarantining in front of. You might be familiar with Anker’s extensive family of projectors, which tops out with the Nebula Mars II Pro, an HD model …

Many spouses have what I have come to call “The $300 Rule.” In a nutshell, you can make any impulse purchase without consulting with your significant other as long as the price tag comes to less than three hundred bucks. Of course, you might adjust that number up or down based on finances, but almost everyone has a version of …

Odds are that your office desk has a few toys on it — you might have a Rubik’s Cube, an action figure or some sort of kinetic art. But they may not be right for idly fiddling with while you brainstorm, though, or for relieving stress by mashing stuff together. For that, you might want to check out some of …

Your tax refund might seem like new money, but in reality, it belonged to you all along. You simply overpaid on taxes, and now the government is returning your money. While you might be tempted to invest that cash in Future You — college fund, retirement, leaky roof or the like — I’m here to say that it’s a lot …

I met an old friend for lunch recently and was shocked to discover that she was carrying not one, not two, but three different power banks in her purse. Each one offered, at most, a paltry 10,000-mAh of power, so she felt the need for several of them to rattle around in her bag all the time. This deal is …

If you’re always losing or misplacing your Lightning cables, you have two choices. You can get better organized, or just lean into your disorganization and buy a few spare cables. It’s easiest to stock up on cables, especially if they’re cheap. Here’s a price you probably won’t beat anytime soon: Aoshitai has a four-pack of Lightning cables for $4.99 when …

We now live in a world in which we can’t seem to go more than a few months without expecting some sort of blowout bonanza of a sale. Hot on the heels of the recent holiday sales, for example, we just had a surprisingly full-of-deals Presidents Day, and Amazon Prime Day is on the horizon as well. To tide you …

Getting great audio at home is a lot easier (and less expensive) than it used to be. Thanks to Dolby Atmos, modern home audio systems can replicate the cinema sound system experience better than ever, and Atmos is finding its way into ever more affordable speaker systems. Vizio’s SB36312 is just such a package. Armed with a pair of upward-firing …

The dashcam — once just a source of entertaining Russian YouTube videos — has become an essential tool for rideshare drivers. Forward-looking cameras can provide evidence to insurance companies if you get in a collision, and interior dashcams can help protect you from unruly or dangerous passengers. No one wants to juggle two cameras in their car, though, so you …

I can count on one hand the number of wireless noise-canceling headphone models I would recommend. Unfortunately, there are few budget-price wireless noise-canceling headphones — if they do both ANC and Bluetooth audio well, headphones tend to be expensive. Bowers & Wilkins PX headphones are a great example; in a hands-on CNET review, David Carnoy gave these headphones high marks …