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5 Best Food Processors and Choppers (2023)

28Dec

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5 Best Food Processors and Choppers (2023)

If you’ve already got a blender, stand mixer, or juicer, you may feel like you’re all set for prepping for meals, but—as the best chefs will agree—no kitchen should be without a decent food processor. The perfect multitasking tool for slicing, dicing, chopping, and more, with a good food processor you’ll always feel like you’ve got an extra pair of hands helping you in the kitchen.The latest appliances can chop, shred, slice, grind, grate, dice, knead, and puree at the touch of a button. A food processor is particularly good for shredding vegetables to spice up salads and for smoothing homemade sauces such as pesto or hummus. You can also use it to puree ingredients for whatever stage you’re at in life—be it for weaning a 6-month-old baby or making champagne Bellinis for a Friday night.In...

26Dec

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The Best Photography Books of 2023

It's not all words here at WIRED. Every one of our stories is brought to eye-popping life on the web and in print by our newsroom's photo desk. Each year, this award-winning team of photo editors compiles a list of their favorite photography books. What follows is a selection of their picks from 2023. (Most were released this year; there are one or two you can preorder for delivery in early 2024.)The list covers everything from intimate portraiture and human storytelling to the harsh and industrial environments of modern factories and defense-tech trade shows. We know photography books can be pricey, but they’re worth the investment. If you’re someone who can’t find the time to commit to a novel but still craves that sublime experience of being transported to a faraway country or taken on...

10 Best Strollers for Almost Every Budget and Need (2023)

24Dec

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10 Best Strollers for Almost Every Budget and Need (2023)

When I started shopping for a stroller, I purchased the cheapest one that worked with my car seat and called it a day. To no one's surprise, that stroller is terrible, and both my child and I hated using it.A good stroller, it turns out, goes a long way for you and your little one's enjoyment while going for a walk, running errands, or just lugging them from one location to the next. When your kid is small, safely using a stroller requires car seat adapters or the right bassinet-style attachment. Then, they get bigger, and so does all the stuff you have to carry around. But if the wheels don't work or something breaks? I don't know about you, but I'm going home.It's easy to get overwhelmed with all the options and scared off by the sticker shock. After a bad experience with a cheap stroll...

25 Work From Home Gift Ideas: Chairs, Desks, Webcams, and Peripherals

22Dec

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25 Work From Home Gift Ideas: Chairs, Desks, Webcams, and Peripherals

If someone in your life needs a home office upgrade (that includes yourself!), you've come to the right place. WIRED's Gear team has been working remotely since well before the Covid-19 pandemic—we've been testing headsets, standing desks, office chairs, and peripherals in our own lives for years. Whether you're tired of your loved one working at the kitchen table, or you just want to treat them, we've got several work-from-home gear gift ideas that can make remote work even sweeter. Check out our Ultimate Work From Home Gear guide for more recommendations.Special offer for Gear readers: Get WIRED for just $5 ($25 off). This includes unlimited access to WIRED.com, full Gear coverage, and subscriber-only newsletters. Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day.Updated December 2023: W...

Best MP3 Players, Portable Media Players and Digital Audio Players (2023)

21Dec

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Best MP3 Players, Portable Media Players and Digital Audio Players (2023)

we’ve got nothing against your smartphone, not really. After all, it’s a handy GPS, a very acceptable camera, a brilliant internet portal, and probably quite a decent telephone. But you know as well as we do that it’s not much of a music player.How could it be? After all, the digital-to-analog converter, the headphone amplification, and all the other hardware that goes into delivering a great music player are nothing more than afterthoughts when a company is specifying a smartphone. It’s the same as the sound of your laptop in this respect—the design prioritizes loads of other things, and there’s an incredible amount of electrical activity and noise going on inside that basically scuppers the chances of it sounding in any way good. Even if you toss out those dreadful headphones that came ...

We Found 14 Popular Christmas Toys Worth Gifting (and 3 to Avoid)

21Dec

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We Found 14 Popular Christmas Toys Worth Gifting (and 3 to Avoid)

Photograph: AmazonMagnetic tiles are one of the most amazing little inventions for toddlers. It takes a while before littles are coordinated enough to put Legos or a lot of other building toys together, but they tend to pick up these snap-together tiles at a much earlier age—and get very creative! This Picasso set is perfect for filling out your collection so you can smash giant buildings like Godzilla—or build something totally calm and serene if you have that lovely kind of child. We intermingle Picasso Tiles with standard Magna-Tiles and haven’t had any issues. They also don’t seem to crack or break easily, so they should last through multiple children. —Jeffrey Van CampLalo 13-15 Month Photograph: LaloThere’s a lot to keep in mind when you’re shopping for baby toys. You’re looking for...

Best 4K Blu-Ray Players (2023): Sony, Panasonic and More

20Dec

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Best 4K Blu-Ray Players (2023): Sony, Panasonic and More

How many video streaming services do you subscribe to? And how many of those reckon they can deliver you full-on, state-of-the-art picture and sound quality for your monthly fee? The answers are likely to be “plenty” and “almost all of them.” But true home-cinema aficionados know the truth: The best picture quality and the best sound quality are only available from a physical storage format. Which is 4K UHD Blu-ray.Streaming services have made big strides with picture and sound quality, but the difference between a movie streamed in 4K HDR and Dolby Atmos from, say, Netflix or Disney+ is night and day. If you want to truly see and hear the benefits of the latest home entertainment technologies, 4K UHD Blu-ray discs are where it’s at. Honest. And a good 4K UHD Blu-ray player will make the ...

Best Apple Watch (2023): Which Model Should You Buy?

19Dec

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Best Apple Watch (2023): Which Model Should You Buy?

Do you want an Apple Watch that can replace your satellite messenger, your cycling computer, and your running watch? Then, my friend, the Watch Ultra 2 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is for you. Like the Series 9, it has the new S9 chipset for faster processing and Double Tap and the new ultra-wideband chip for precision-locating your phone, and it will be more sustainable when paired with the Alpine Loop strap or the Trail Loop. It also has a new, shockingly bright 3,000-nit display. I didn't see a difference on a sunny day on the water, but you might, on a glacier somewhere.However, like the Series 9, many of the Watch Ultra 2's best new outdoor features are only fully apparent when you're also within reach of your iPhone. The touted offline maps are only visible on the watch when you downloa...

10 Best Travel Coffee Mugs (2023): Insulated, Steel, Thermal

18Dec

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10 Best Travel Coffee Mugs (2023): Insulated, Steel, Thermal

We run through so many travel mugs, and not all of them are winners. These are a few we like, just not as much as the ones above.Contigo Luxe Autoseal for $36: What makes the Contigo “automatic” is a button on the side of the lid that opens the sippin’ hole. There’s a lock to prevent the button from opening the hole too. With or without the lock activated, the Contigo never leaked a single drop. Of all the tumblers and bottles I’ve tested, this is the easiest to reach down and quickly use one-handed. You don’t want to mess with latches while you’re piloting a wheeled missile down the road. Some buyers have complained that the metal lid gets too hot, but I filled up the Luxe Autoseal with scorching, molten coffee, and the lid barely even got lukewarm, so consider that myth busted.KeepCup T...

The Best Pet Cameras (2023): Treat Dispensing, Laser Pointer, and 360 Degrees

18Dec

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The Best Pet Cameras (2023): Treat Dispensing, Laser Pointer, and 360 Degrees

Our furry friends are important members of the family, and leaving them at home while we go out to do people things can be hard. However, pet cameras—specifically designed to keep watch over dogs and cats—can make the human's absence from the home less stressful for both parties. If you've considered getting a pet camera, there's no better time than now.Read our Best Indoor Security Cameras, Best Outdoor Security Cameras, Best Dog Tech and Accessories, Best Dog Beds, and Best Cat Tech and Supplies guides for more.Updated December 2023: Eufy's Pet Camera Pro is our new top pick. We've added Furbo's cat-specific 360 camera, and options from Petcube and Catit. We've also updated prices and links throughout.Table of ContentsSpecial offer for Gear readers: Get a 1-Year Subscription to WIRED fo...