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Go camping with a pair of portable wood

I’m not much of an outdoorsman, but when I do go camping, I desperately crave a hot meal. Dealing with camping stoves is always a hassle, and I hate having to handle fuel like propane or kerosene. That’s why I love the idea behind Solo’s portable wood-burning stoves. They run on whatever twigs and sticks you can scrounge up when …

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iPhone 12: I had high hopes for a return to USB

I had high hopes that the iPhone 12 would move to a universal port that’s already everywhere. Instead, it’s traded one proprietary format for another. The iPhone 12 didn’t get USB-C at Apple’s October event. (Here’s how to buy all four Apple 12 models.) Instead, it kept Lightning and added a new MagSafe connector.  I’ve been impressed by MagSafe on …

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