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January is peak return season. Maybe you got holiday gifts that weren’t quite right, or you’re just clearing out the things you over-ordered. But where does all that stuff actually go? In this episode, Deputy Editor Annemarie Conte walks us through her investigation into the hidd ... Show More

In the final installment of this series, we examine the longer-term costs–the time, the money, and the emotional toll–that finding your feet after a natural disaster can take. Mike and his family are still displaced. The possibility of a future natural disaster looms over them, o ... Show More

Exactly one year ago, on January 7, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton Fires erupted, eventually burning down more than 16,000 structures and killing at least 31 people, becoming among the most destructive and deadly wildfires in California’s history. Two Wirecutter writers, Gregory H ... Show More

This tip is based on what is probably the most common question I get, which is “Why is my computer running so slowly??” It is definitely frustrating when the computer lags behind. If your computer suddenly starts to run a lot more slowly than you think it should, there are a coup ... Show More

When you know someone’s musical tastes, it can affect what you think of that person. It can even impact how attractive you find someone. I begin this episode with an explanation of the link between music and relationships. https://www.medindia.net/news/Music-Predicts-Sexual-Attra ... Show More

Safiya is one clumsy coffee spill away from catastrophe. A Gen Xer who hasn't yet embraced the cloud, she stores thousands of digital files, documents, and photos on devices with maxed-out storage limits. On today's episode, Carvell Wallace brings on Caitlin McGarry, senior edito ... Show More

<p>We&#39;ve all been there: you&#39;re in the middle of a big project, you&#39;re about to save, and... nothing. Your computer is frozen. Nothing to do but shout in anger and beg the tech. department to come over and see what the bigger problem is. A virus? A hardware issue? Tun ... Show More

Imagine a world where everyone could have a personal assistant to schedule meetings for them. Checking in with your team? Ask for it by next Friday and it shows up on your calendar a few minutes later. Drinks with friends? Handled. This is no longer the luxury of executives. Huma ... Show More

<p>Now that we're both on new PCs in the last six months, it's time for us to run through some of our experiences and offer a few (hopefully new) tips for anyone else building a machine. Join us as we talk shop this week about recent BIOS trends, our love of portable apps, unconv ... Show More

Today on the flagship podcast of configuration changes: The Verge's Tom Warren joins the show to to talk about the story and legacy of the CrowdStrike crash. CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage Major Windows BSOD issue hits banks, airlines, and ... Show More

Timestamps: 0:00 The AI has won. sorry 0:09 Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs 1:58 Surface Pro, Surface Laptop 3:06 HP, Dell, ASUS, Lenovo, Samsung 4:24 new Windows AI features 6:15 Intel to answer? 7:28 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:40 OpenAI changes the "Her" voice 8:03 Apple fixes iOS photos bu ... Show More

Slickdeals -- my favorite website, app and browser extension – has a lot to offer this fall, and so we’re joined by Slickdeals’ Pete King for the 4-1-1 Windows 11 gets a huge update on the eve of its first anniversary. We talk with Microsoft’s Nicci Trovinger all about it Intel t ... Show More