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I have a garage full of Ryobi tools. I’m a huge fan of the company’s One Plus line, which lets all sorts of hardware — from drills to sanders to saws to spotlights all work interchangeably with the standard  18-volt battery. And now that we’re all spending a lot more quality time at home, thanks …

Well, friends, we made it to the end of another week. I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and home — and finding things to do during these crazy but often downright boring times. With that in mind, I’ve rounded up a whole mess of cheap or free reading material, along with a few essentials and, for those making exercise …

You might not have had time to notice, what with the global pandemic occupying so much of our attention, but it’s Easter Sunday. Easter isn’t traditionally a big gift-giving holiday — unless you count all the chocolate bunnies and Peeps for the kids — but Best Buy is having a one-day flash sale today. The retailer is cutting prices on …

You’re inside nearly all the time now, and time is meaningless. You’re free to binge Netflix or work from bed, and lounge around in a bathrobe and bunny slippers all day, skipping showers and “forgetting” to shave. Such unbridled sloth sounds fun, but in reality there’s a better way to keep yourself happy and sane in the probably months of …

The first smart speakers, the Amazon Echo and Google Home, broke new ground in voice control and artificial intelligence wizardry. But they simply didn’t sound very good for music. It took until the creation of the Sonos One for a relatively affordable smart speaker to couple voice assistants with proper sound quality. The Sonos earns our Editors’ Choice Award for its sound and reasonable price. …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon this week has been promoting one of its latest coronavirus safety efforts, saying it’s now made millions of face masks available to its employees and delivery partners throughout its worldwide logistics network. But some of these workers said Thursday that only a portion …

State and local governments are evaluating an MIT location-tracing app to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, an MIT researcher leading the app effort said Friday. “We have lots of pilots going on and lots of discussions,” said Ramesh Raskar, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who’s involved in creating the app, called Private Kit SafePaths. “There are many …

Once upon a time, everyone wanted us to use our phones as VR headsets. Do you remember this? There was the folding, giveaway Google Cardboard, that ended up in magazines and promo giveaways. There was Samsung’s Gear VR, sold alongside every Samsung phone. There was Google Daydream View. I wrote a eulogy for phone VR last year, because for the …

Want to raise your TikTok-video game? Add a sky camera to your toolkit in the form of a drone. Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, B&H has the preowned DJI Mavic Mini for $329.95. That’s one of the lowest prices I’ve seen to date. The Mini still sells new for $400 pretty much everywhere. (Consequently, …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Ben S. stopped driving for Lyft in mid-March. He was worried about his dad, who had a heart condition. A handful of stent surgeries held his condition in check, but since contracting COVID-19, he wasn’t doing well. “His heart rate was up to …