Product Review: I Want This Twisted Firestarter Smartphone in My Camping Essentials

We're in a world where you can dream up an app and have AI create it for you, just by having a conversation with a chatbot. That's vibe coding. Just about anyone can do it, and there's no real learning curve. The final app you create is only as good as the prompts you give…

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Sound significantly influences your sleep quality -- positively or negatively -- depending on the scenario. Here are examples of each: Negative impact: Recent studies have shown that environmental noise (especially cars, city or transportation sounds) can decrease your deep and REM sleep while increasing your awake time. Those annoying extraneous noises keeping you up at…

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Bacon is one of those things that's hard to mess up, thanks to all that delicious fat. Even subpar versions are worth eating, but cooking bacon well while keeping cleanup minimal is a different challenge altogether.

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Part phone, part lighter. It can make calls and make fire. Have you ever wanted your phone to last for days in the wild and light your campfire, too? At the Showstoppers press event ahead of MWC 2026, I saw a new smartphone from outdoor electronics company Oukitel that aims to be an all-in-one device for the…

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