Michael A. Prospero is the U.S. Editor-in-Chief for Tom’s Guide. In his spare time, he also tests out the latest drones, electric scooters, and smart home gadgets, such as video doorbells. Before his tenure at Tom's Guide, he was the Reviews Editor for Laptop Magazine, a reporter at Fast Company, the Times of Trenton, and, many eons back, an intern at George magazine. He received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, where he worked on the campus newspaper The Heights, and then attended the Columbia University school of Journalism. When he’s not testing out the latest running watch, electric scooter, or skiing or training for a marathon, he’s probably using the latest sous vide machine, smoker, or pizza oven, to the delight — or chagrin — of his family.
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Don't want anyone else seeing your Ring Video doorbell footage? Here's how to enable end-to-end encryption.

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RecommendedGet the Aura Ink if you’re looking for the best digital photo frame that looks like an actual printed photo. But it’s very expensive, and Aluratek makes a pretty good alternative for $150 less.

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RecommendedThe Amazon Echo Dot Max is a very good Alexa+ smart speaker, but doesn’t have enough new features to warrant an upgrade over the 4th-generation Echo.

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Editor's ChoiceThe Echo Studio is the best smart speaker for an Amazon-centric home theater system and smart home, but those focused more on audio quality will still prefer the Sonos Era 100.

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Editor's ChoiceThe Ray-Ban Meta (gen 2) smart glasses are a modest upgrade over the previous generation, but absent any real competition, remain our top pick.

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Big-screen phones are all the rage, but sometimes you need something smaller, as I learned when going out for a recent run.

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RecommendedThe Segway Ninebot E3 Pro isn’t going to blow you away with its performance, but it’s a well designed electric scooter at a reasonable price.

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I found five spooky-great Home Depot Halloween decor deals that you can take advantage of right now.

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Want to win your neighborhood's Halloween decorating contest? I put up both Lowe's 20-foot inflatable skeleton and Home Depot's 12-foot Skelly to see which was the best.

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Peloton refreshed its entire lineup of treadmills, bikes, and rowing machines and introduced a new AI-powered training tool called Peloton IQ.

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Google's refreshed lineup of smart home devices, as well as new Gemini Home features.

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We sat down with Daniel Rausch, VP of Alexa+ and Echo, to talk about Amazon's latest announcements, and where its voice assistant is headed.

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Here's what we expect to see at Amazon's Devices & Services event on Sept. 30.

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RecommendedThis digital photo frame, which has an ePaper display, looks like an actual picture mounted in a frame. But while it looks great, it may not be for everyone.

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Over the years, I've tried four different tools to rake leaves. Here are the pros and cons of each.

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After my hands-on with the Meta Ray-Ban Display, these are the 5 features I think will make or break these premium smart glasses.

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At the Meta Connect event, two of Mark Zuckerberg's demos failed to work. The day after, CTO Andrew Bosworth took to Instagram to describe what happened.

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Not yet ratedWe went hands-on with the Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, and were very impressed with what they could do.

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Here's everything that was announced about the Meta Ray Ban Display smart glasses.

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Is the AppleCare+ subscription worth it? Here's how much it'll cost to fix your iPhone 17 if you have - or don't have - Apple's insurance.

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Apple is well behind its rivals in deploying AI on its phones, and nowhere is that more evident than with its photo editing features.

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Solo Stove's new Summit 24 smokeless fire pit is designed to make it much easier to light fires — if you use the company's new fire-starting gel.

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A good option for smaller lawns.
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