Hexgears Impulse Review: a Mid-Range Mechanical Keyboard That Hits All the Right Buttons
Hexgears After an impressive debut with the low-profile X-1, I was eager to check out some of the other designs from rookie keyboard maker Hexgears. The...
How to Optimize USB Storage for Better Performance on Windows 10
Alexey Rotanov/Shutterstock According to Microsoft, Windows 10 no longer optimizes external storage devices for “better performance” as of the October 2018 Update. Instead, it optimizes them...
Anker Upgraded Our Readers’ Favorite Bluetooth Earbuds, and They’re Just $22 Today
Our readers voted Anker’s SoundBuds Slims as their favorite affordable Bluetooth headphones, but we may need a recount, as Anker recently released the upgraded SoundBuds Slim+,...
In “Women Talking,” Mennonite Women Grapple with Faith and Justice
What can I say about Miriam Toews’ Women Talking? Ostensibly it’s a novel, but it reads like a play. Substantially it’s a #MeToo story, but it...
Eight Novels That Blur the Line Between Memoir and Fiction
A month after I finished the first draft of my novel, The Risk of Us, I took the full manuscript to one of my most trusted...
Netflix Has Hired a New Screenwriter to Write an Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz Crossover
The public domain produces some wild crossovers—one of its many virtues—and Netflix is hoping to capitalize on that madcap joy by bringing two of classic literature’s...
Lucifer’s First Netflix Promo Is Playful and a Little Racy
Lucifer, like many shows before it, is finding a second life in streaming, and the first promo for the Satan-starring TV show is eager to seize...
John Oliver’s deep dive into the shady world of mobile homes is a real eye-opener
If there’s one thing John Oliver has really nailed, it’s taking a seemingly innocuous topic and showing just how grim the reality behind it can be....
Why We Can’t Recommend Wink Hubs Anymore
Wink We love Wink’s smarthome hub and have recommended it highly in the past. But the Wink Hub has been “temporarily unavailable” in stores for over...
5 Overlooked Nonfiction New York Review of Books Classics
For 20 years, The New York Review of Books‘s publishing division, NYRB Classics being its most famous imprint, has offered a steady supply of under-read and...
