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May 2025

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May 19
- iPhone 17 Air may not have all-day battery life — and the solutions defeat the purpose of a skinny phone
May 18
- PS5 Pro 6 months later — 3 things I love and 3 things I hate
- Sorry Samsung, thinner phones like the Galaxy S25 Edge are not a selling point to me
- I tried 60 minutes of silent walking every day for one week — here’s how it helped boost my mental stamina
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2 makes me nostalgic for the Dreamcast
- 'Weapons' just took the lead as my most anticipated movie of summer 2025 — here’s why
May 17
- One of the most intense survival thriller movies I’ve ever seen is now streaming for free — and it’s a relentlessly gripping watch
- I ditched my $170 Hoka running shoes for these $85 Skechers — and I'm blown away
- I just discovered 5 IKEA outdoor essentials for your yard this summer that are so underrated
- I got tired of having a bad remote play experience so I used Wi-Fi 7 and this powerful gaming tablet to fix it for good
- This one Friday in June is the best day of the summer for movie lovers — here’s why
- I went to the 'biggest coffee party on earth' — and these 5 coffee gadgets caught my attention
May 16
- 'Welcome to Wrexham' season 4 sees Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds go for broke — can they go 'back-to-back-to-back'?
- Apple TV Plus' new sci-fi action comedy is definitely worth watching — there's just one problem
May 15
- ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ review — a flawed thriller with some of the best on-screen action I’ve ever seen
- I thought blockbuster gaming on iPhone was a gimmick — until I tried Death Stranding
- Disney's latest streaming service could dethrone Netflix and cable — there's just one big problem
- I tried this cordless lamp, and it solved the one thing I’ve always loathed about rechargeable lighting
- I tried one week of 'caterpillar walking' every day — here are my results
- The iPhone 17 Air has nothing to worry about now that we've seen the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge — here’s why
- Please headphone makers, stop making the names so confusing
- The iPhone Fold needs to break this Steve Jobs commandment if it wants to succeed
- I streamed every ‘Final Destination’ movie in a single weekend — these are the 3 to watch before ‘Bloodlines’
May 14
- I’ve been playing fighting games for over 30 years — here are my top 3 current favorite games (and controllers)
- I love my more powerful Xbox but the Xbox Series S still holds up in 2025 — here’s why
- One of my favorite horror movies is now streaming on Netflix — and it's mind-bending nightmare fuel
- I test audio gear for a living — here's the headphones, earbuds and speakers I use daily
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: 6 reasons to buy and 3 reasons to skip
May 13
- This is the best gaming service you're not using — here's why you shouldn't ignore Apple Arcade
- Is the Tempur-Pedic early Memorial Day mattress sale any good? Here's how it compares to the brand's normal deals
- Google just made setting up its TVs a breeze — here’s why Samsung should copy it
- Prime Video's 'The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg' is a true crime train wreck — here's why it still fascinated me
- I test Bluetooth speakers for a living — and this is my go-to compared to everything else
- Apple is working on a 'product renaissance' for 2027 — here's the potential products I'm most excited about
- The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge has 3 big trade-offs for its thinness
May 12
- The one dark thriller movie that left me on edge is now streaming on Hulu — and it’s a psychological nightmare
- I held off buying Ninja's Luxe Café coffee maker, but the new Pro model has just persuaded me
May 11
- iPhone 18 release schedule could be changing — but this rumor makes no sense
- 2025's most romantic horror movie just crashed the Netflix top 10 — and it’s a frontrunner for my favorite film of the year
- I've been using this 3-in-1 wireless charger for 2 weeks — and it's a must-have for travel
- I love my Shark wet and dry floor cleaner but these are the 3 things I wish I'd known before buying it
- My mom found the perfect comedy-drama movie on Netflix for Mother’s Day — and it’s packed with emotional twists
- The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 could be the world's thinnest foldable — there's just one problem
- You don't need leg raises to strengthen your deep core muscles — I’m a personal trainer, and I prefer the 'in-and-out’ exercise
- The Last of Us 2 is one of the best video games ever made — but season 2 of the HBO show is getting it all wrong
May 10
- I just tested the iconic Breville Bambino Plus — and it's the perfect espresso machine for small spaces
- This Josh Hartnett action comedy is the wildest movie I've seen in 2025 — it's an absolute riot
- I ditched Gmail for Notion Mail for 3 weeks — here's what it's like to use AI-powered email
- I did 30 inchworm push-ups every day for a week — here’s how it boosted my body
- I just tested Doom: The Dark Ages on an RTX 5090 PC — and I’m still in shock
May 9
- Netflix's new Vince Vaughn drama is the perfect Mother's Day watch — and it really surprised me
- Kerry Washington's new action movie is a blast — 'Shadow Force' blew my expectations away
- Why Windscribe's court case proves how important VPN no-logging policies are
- iPhone Fold 'creaseless' display could make it a day 1 purchase — there's just one problem
- Tim Robinson is hilarious in 'Friendship' — but you should wait to stream it on Max
- 5 movies I’m watching to pass the time till GTA 6
May 8
- Prime Video just added one of my ultimate guilty pleasure movies — and I’m almost embarrassed by how much I enjoy it
- I tried to find my dream job with LinkedIn’s new AI features — here’s what happened
- GTA 6 is my most anticipated game of 2026 — 3 reasons I can’t wait to play
- I can't wait to try the Fellow Espresso Series 1, but this design feature has me concerned
- I miss when every other iPhone release featured an S-series — Apple should bring that back
May 7
- I tried the Backbone Pro and it's an excellent mobile controller — but it's even better on PC
- I use my induction cooktop for every meal, but there's one thing it just can't do
- iPhone Fold invisible crease sounds great — but this is the feature Apple can't afford to ignore
- 'Andor' season 2's release schedule is killing the show — here's why it's a disaster
- I just watched Netflix's 'Turning Point' documentary on the Vietnam War 50 years later — and it chilled me to the bone
- I'm a TV expert and this is the one picture mode you should avoid at all costs
- Apple's rumored iPhone release date shake-up is good news for the iPhone 17 – here's why
May 6
- Everyone’s forgotten this indie movie except me — and I’m psyched it’s streaming free on Tubi
- I did 100 reverse flyes every day for a week — here's what happened to my body
- The best war movie I’ve seen in years is now streaming — and it’s a frontrunner for my favorite film of 2025
- OnePlus 13T isn't coming to the US or Europe — and I don't get why
May 5
- I just saw the future of computing — and it makes me a believer in AR smart glasses
- I've been using the AirPods 4 for 6 months — what I like and don't
May 4
- I test TVs for a living, and this is the one spot in my living room I would never put my TV
- I have no artistic bone in my body, but this Meta Quest VR app just taught me how to draw
- Netflix just added one of the best apocalyptic action-thrillers ever — and it's 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
- Wireless TVs are on the rise and could be the future of displays — here's why they're both good and bad
- The best Pedro Pascal movie you (probably) haven’t seen is now on Hulu — and it’s a gripping sci-fi thriller
- This robot vacuum is such a part of our family we brought it on vacation
- This is the one movie I always watch on Star Wars Day — and it’s the perfect companion to ‘Andor’
- I love my Dyson vacuum cleaner, but these are 5 things I wish I'd known before buying
- I just tried Nacon’s new Xbox controller — and I never want to play with a regular controller again
May 3
- I thought the iPad mini was the perfect small tablet until I tried the Lenovo Legion Tab 3 — here’s why
- 5 ways the Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 can revive the series and beat the AirPods
- I went to my first film festival this week — 3 reasons why everyone should go to one too
- I needed to get in better shape — my iPhone played a big part in getting me on the right track
- Cloud gaming services hit LG TVs — but they can’t replace my console
- I just experienced DLSS 4 and now I can never go back — here’s why
- I tried these 3 expert-approved tips to reduce hay fever symptoms
- 3 red flags to watch out for when buying a cheap mattress online or in store
- Samsung Galaxy G Fold sounds impressive and I don't understand why Samsung is making it
May 2
- My 5 top tips for buying a cheap cooling mattress that actually works
- This new psychological thriller is the must-watch movie this weekend — here's why
- Saoirse Ronan is essentially a superhero in this underrated action thriller — and it's now streaming on Netflix
May 1
- I’ve tested medium-firm mattresses — here’s why I don’t think they’re for everyone
- I loved ‘A Simple Favor’ — but ‘Another Simple Favor’ left me mostly disappointed
- I found the perfect AeroPress accessory for cold brew — but you'll need to be patient
- Netflix and Tina Fey are a perfect marriage in 'The Four Seasons' — stream the whole series now
- Is Apple playing the waiting game? Smartwatches still lack key health feature
- I was skeptical of RTX 50 GPUs but now I'm a believer — here's why
- iPhone 17 Air isn’t what the iPhone family needs — Apple should have tried this with the mini and Plus
- How much battery life do you really need in your wireless headphones?