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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 5/1)
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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 5/1)
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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in April 2026.

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Review: One Year With the Tiami Mattress

Upgrading to Tiami turned sleep into something I look forward to every night. Don’t miss their Memorial Day Weekend Sale.

By Adam Szafranski
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The Mexico Hideaway No One’s Talking About (Yet)

Tucked away in Punta de Mita, Susurros del Corazón is barefoot luxury done right.

By Lola Méndez
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The Most Insane Competitive Eating Records

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is like the Super Bowl of competitive eating. But just like with the NFL, there are other matchups that matter that don't receive the same fanfare as the big game. Competitors battle over plates of wings, Twinkies, burgers, and all-out T.G.I. Friday's sampler platters. So, before…

By Mike Newman
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The 9 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

July is going to be a pretty tough month for Netflixers everywhere. We’re losing some real classics: Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey (the original!), The Perfect Storm, and quite a few others. Total bummer. Luckily, there’s…

By Maxwell Barna
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7 Videos of Fireworks Captured by Drones

Why pack a blanket and venture out into the heat this Fourth of July when you can enjoy a spectacular fireworks display from the comfort of your own home? No, we're not talking about watching someone's crummy iPhone video laced with muffled oohs and ahhs, we're talking about something far…

By Mike Newman
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5 Underwater Cameras to Consider for Your Summer Vacation

People are doing more with photography than ever before. Photos from iPhones are used to make billboard-quality graphics. Companies like GoPro are putting out entire 360-degree virtual reality camera rigs. Brands like Canon are putting out consumer-grade DSLRs with 50-megapixel sensors. Fifty. Who the hell even needs that many megapixels?…

By Maxwell Barna
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Fashion
6 Summer Shirts That DGAF

Make this the summer you step out of your stylistic comfort zone. Instead of only considering shirts in shades and patterns you're comfortable with, give one of those "I could never pull that off" shirts a try. You'll have a shirt that feels fresh, garners you attention, and looks better…

By Mike Newman
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