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Say hello to Zepp, a wearable-tech brand that in 2018 was acquired by Huami, which also owns Amazfit. Amazfit makes wearables as well, including one of my personal favorites, the $80 Bip S. The new Zepp E is the posh ying to that affordable yang, a $250 smartwatch with a gorgeous display and plenty of …

Perhaps you’ve noticed that as a species, we spend a lot of time and money acquiring things that hold other things. Case in point: Everyone needs a good backpack to hold their laptop, tablet, charger and other miscellaneous belongings. If you need a thing to hold your other things, you’re in luck. From now through the end of October or …

It’s true that it’s almost never too early to help your kids learn to code. codeSpark is an app that teaches the rudiments of programming to kids starting as young as 5 years old, thanks to a wealth of games and activities that don’t even require reading skills. For the month of October, you can start a subscription to codeSpark …

Nothing ruins decor like ugly black cords. If you’ve ever wall-mounted a TV, you know what I mean. But even the cords running along your baseboards are an unsightly mess. Before you start drilling holes in walls and enduring the grief of fishing those cords through them, consider a simpler solution: a raceway kit. Like this one: For a limited …

Prime Day was just last week, but it already feels like a distant memory. Truth be told, we’re already scoping out the pre-Black Friday deals coming as soon as the first weekend in November. But before you can score the AirPods for $99 at Walmart (yes, really), there may be a bit of a quiet before the storm. So we’re …

It took a little longer than usual, but this year’s Apple event has come and brought new four new iPhone models, with prices starting at $799 (£799, AU$1,349). As always, there are incremental improvements to the processors and cameras, but the real news for 2020 is 5G: All the iPhone 12 models are ready for it. Do you need it? …

There’s an inherent tension between sound quality and price, which is why we’re always jazzed to run into speakers and headphones that punch well above their weight. Portable Bluetooth speakers are a great example: Below a certain price, you tend to get mediocre sound quality pumped out of a housing with a cheap feel. That’s not true of the DOSS …

Do you want a new iPhone, or a new iPad? Apple’s October product lineup is offering both at once. The new iPad Air, announced a month ago, is arriving Oct. 23, and it went up for preorder early Friday. It has a redesigned look and a new A14 processor, which should be similar to the processors on the iPhone 12 …

Cheap phones come to those who wait, I always say. Witness the iPhone XR, which debuted two years ago at $749 and can now be had for just $499. And then there’s the Galaxy S20, the Samsung flagship that arrived earlier this year with a $1,000 starting price. You were wise to sit tight. For a limited time, and while …

It’s the rare TV that wouldn’t benefit from an audio upgrade, in part to get speakers that are actually pointed at you (rather than down) and in part to bring bass into the mix (courtesy of a subwoofer). Let’s not forget overall volume, either. Even a cheapie soundbar would improve your aural experience — though, as evidenced by today’s deal, …