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My Favorite College Dorm Smart Devices That I’ve Personally Tested

My Favorite College Dorm Smart Devices That I’ve Personally Tested

Published by skeptic

Dorm rooms are often low on space, but that doesn’t mean they need to be dumb. As move-in day draws closer, it’s time to add useful smart devices that can make all the difference. I’ve included several of my favorite picks, including an AI table lamp, one of the newest smart speakers, tiny but clever security devices and more. Let’s take a look at what they do, and how both new and returning college students can use them. Oh, and don’t worry: Nothing on my list requires an ongoing subscription to use. Lepro A1 Table Lamp Lepro can come up with so many interesting color cycles for this lamp.  Tyler Lacoma/CNET When I tested this spiraling table lamp, I found it’s use of AI prompts fun and incredibly versatile. The lamp can use voice or text ideas to suggest all kinds of light schemes, including colors, patterns, movement and much more. You can say anything from “Star Wars” to “workout mode” to get several interesting ideas.  It can also sync to music if you prefer. …

These Are the 12 Ikea Products the Company’s Design Chief Personally Owns

These Are the 12 Ikea Products the Company’s Design Chief Personally Owns

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The Svarva lamp can be twisted into different shapes. Courtesy of Johan Ejdemo PS Svarva Floor Lamp “Some stuff I did myself, like this one. The Svarva lamp we made with the design group Front for the PS 2009 collection. They were quite newly established and so we did an armchair and this lamp. The desire was to do a wooden turned lamp, but you should also be able to twist it, articulate it.” “I felt that that would be very difficult to do. Along with a colleague in lighting at the time, I went to Hungary to this factory that was producing lamps for us. It was all metal tubes that they were doing, so we were a little bit hesitant whether they should be able to solve this. But they made some mock-ups based on the designer drawings. So we went there to have a look, and it was standing there. It was this floor lamp, and also a table lamp where the wooden beads were going in a circle and then up, …

The best Lenovo laptops on sale for Prime Day: 8 models we’ve tested personally

The best Lenovo laptops on sale for Prime Day: 8 models we’ve tested personally

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When is Amazon Prime Day?  Amazon Prime Day runs from Tuesday, June 23 through Friday, June 26, 2026.  Is Prime Day a good time to buy a new Lenovo laptop? Yes — the summer is the halfway point in the year when new laptop models that were announced in the spring become available, which means discounts on devices that launched last year (or in the fall). Lenovo typically announces a swath of new products at the end of summer, so devices go on sale now.  How did we choose these early Amazon Prime Day deals? We see lots of laptop deals every Prime Day, but we only highlight devices that we’d actually buy ourselves. That means models we’ve either tested personally or are familiar with, and almost always from the major laptop brands, which have the most reliable devices in terms of product quality, build, and performance.  We look for deals that are at least 20% off (or are hardly ever on sale), using established price comparison tools and trackers to determine whether the deal …

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

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Embracing quantum physics could make you see the world differently KamilSD / Alamy In December 2019, a bad tooth almost killed me. A terrible toothache turned into the biggest health crisis of my life, ultimately landing me in an intensive care unit for a week. Once I recovered, I had to make sense of why this happened to me. Personal negligence? Terrible luck? A fault of the US healthcare system? Rattled and unsure of how to feel, I turned to a place where I had long found answers to existential questions – quantum physics. Physics is often considered to be humanity’s oldest science, getting its start with early astronomers. Much of our understanding of the world is built on physics as a solid, rigorous, objective foundation. It is a science that breaks the world into pieces, analyses each of them, then reassembles them all into a whole that we understand better. This process, based on empiricism and mathematics, doesn’t care about feelings. Physics isn’t personal: for example, regardless of who you are, you cannot escape …

Driscoll on Army Gen. George’s ouster: I ‘personally regret’ he’s no longer in active service

Driscoll on Army Gen. George’s ouster: I ‘personally regret’ he’s no longer in active service

Published by Sam Flores

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on Thursday addressed the firing of the service’s former chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, saying he deeply respects the ousted officer but that civilian officials “get to pick the leaders that they want.” “I was in North Carolina when Gen. George was asked to put in his resignation paperwork, with my… Source link

How to Stop Taking Things Personally When You Have ADHD

How to Stop Taking Things Personally When You Have ADHD

Published by Jenni Sidey

Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “Were they mad at me? Did I say something wrong? Was that about me?” If that feels familiar, you’re not alone. And if you have ADHD, it can feel even more intense. Taking things personally isn’t about being overly sensitive or dramatic. It’s often about how your brain processes emotion, past experiences, and social cues. When it becomes a pattern, it can drain your energy, fill your head with self-doubt, and quietly create distance in your relationships. The good news is that this is something you can shift. Why ADHD Makes This Happen ADHD isn’t just about attention. It also affects how you experience and respond to emotions. Many people with ADHD feel things quickly and deeply. You may be highly aware of tone, body language, and subtle changes in energy. But sometimes those cues get misread. Layer onto that a history many people with ADHD share of feeling deeply misunderstood, often corrected by others, or dismissed outright, and your brain starts to stay on alert. …

Dynasty’s Linda Evans, 83, addresses Joan Collins ‘feud’: ‘We never had one fight personally’ – exclusive

Dynasty’s Linda Evans, 83, addresses Joan Collins ‘feud’: ‘We never had one fight personally’ – exclusive

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Eighties was a world of conspicuous consumption, shoulder pads, power suits and big hair. And at the centre of it all stood Linda Evans as Dynasty’s Krystle Carrington. It is 45 years since she and her fellow cast members burst on to TV screens in a US soap opera so outrageous that she recalls sitting up in bed as she read the script and exclaiming, “We’re doing what?” © Marius Engels PhotographyDynasty actress Linda Evans The actress, whose CV includes performances opposite Steve McQueen and Lee Majors, is grateful to the show, which renewed her career after the collapse of her second marriage. In this exclusive interview with HELLO!, Linda, 83, opens up about her fond memories of Dynasty, the rumoured feud with her co-star Joan Collins and her peaceful life in Washington. Memories of Dynasty She recalls vividly how Dynasty liked to shock its audience, reaching a high point at the end of the fifth series during a wedding between a family member and a prince of the fictional country of Moldavia. As …

US Jews see a rise in antisemitism, but few are personally targeted

US Jews see a rise in antisemitism, but few are personally targeted

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — A new poll of 1,222 U.S. Jews suggests Jews overwhelmingly view antisemitism as a problem, with 86% saying it has increased “a lot” or “somewhat” since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, on Israel, and Israel’s retaliatory two-year military campaign. But the poll, commissioned by the American Jewish Committee, a 120-year-old Jewish institution increasingly outspoken in its defense of Israel, does not show any uptick in the number of Jews who have personally experienced antisemitism. Asked “Have you, yourself, been the target of an antisemitic attack in person?,” 97% of U.S. Jews polled said no, though 71% said they had “seen or heard” antisemitic content, such as comments, posts or videos, online or on social media not directly related to them. Seventy-nine percent of U.S. Jews said they did not feel physically threatened by such posts. Courtesy of American Jewish Committee The poll does show that U.S. Jews reported avoiding specific behaviors in 2025 out of fear of encountering antisemitism; 41% said they “avoided publicly wearing, carrying, or displaying things that might …