Month: March 2024
She Is Conann is a glamorous fever dream about finding beauty in barbarism
Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian is so deeply rooted in the golden age of cartoonishly hypermasculine pulp fantasy that it’s hard to imagine a bold, feminist take on the character. But Altered Innocence’s new film She Is Conann, from French writer / director Bertrand Mandico, takes the classic Conan…
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6 Best Cheap Smartphones (2024): iPhone, Android, 5G
There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $150 to $500—stood up to WIRED’s testing. Source
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Rad Power Bikes Has 4 New Models—and Safer Batteries
Plus: Reddit helps brands find all your comments, Dodge debuts an electric muscle car, and Nikon buys the cinematic camera company Red. Source
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Withings ScanWatch 2 and Light review: simple vibes for the tech-fatigued
These days, there’s been an uptick in people asking me about simple yet stylish smartwatches. Emphasis on simple. Begone fancy health and training features! Stuff the third-party apps! All they want is a device that looks nice, has bare-bones tracking, and doesn’t need frequent charging. Everything else — the Apple…
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Obscure laptop brand is first out of the blocks with revolutionary Qualcomm 5G modem — 5G RedCap Snapdragon X35 is 4G on steroids and deserves better than the NL73
5G RedCap (reduced capability), also called NR Lite, maintains key 5G characteristics like quick response time, low energy usage and improved security, while restricting the bandwidth to a few hundred Mbps. When Qualcomm announced its 5G RedCap Snapdragon X35 Modem-RF System last year, it envisioned the modem appearing in a…
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18 REI Deals: Tents, Backpacks, Sleeping Bags, and Outdoor Gear
Some of our favorite outdoor gear is on sale at REI. Now’s the time to upgrade your pack or grab a comfy new camp chair. Source
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