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Sonos Ace Ultra Review: 35 Hours of Quiet and a Battery You Can Swap Yourself

Premium headphones usually come with an expiration date. The battery fades, the ear pads flatten and crack, and a few years later you’re shopping again. Sonos is trying to break that cycle with the Sonos Ace Ultra, its new $449 flagship. It pairs longer battery life and stronger noise cancellation with ear cushions and a replaceable battery. We spent close to a month wearing them on a daily commute between New Jersey and New York City to see how they hold up and whether they make sense outside a Sonos home.

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Smartphones & Gear

TORRAS Ostand Q3 Air Case Review: MagSafe Compatible with Built-in Rotating Adjustable Stand and Drop Protection up to 4m (13ft)

I recently purchased a Pixel 11 Pro XL. When I purchase a phone for $1,000 to $1,300 (or more), I need an impact-resistant case to protect it from inevitable drops. I initially purchased an inexpensive impact-resistant case, but then I heard from other Gear Diary Pixel owners that TORRAS makes a military-grade drop-protection case with a built-in stand for my Pixel: the TORRAS Ostand Q3 Air case. I wanted to try it out. Now for the important question: do I trust it to protect my phone?

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Home Tech

Lepulse Smart Health Gadgets Review: Can a $119 Scale Rival a DEXA Scan and Change How You Track Your Fitness?

Over the past year, I’ve cleaned up my diet, tracked what I ate religiously, and lost almost 50 pounds. I was measuring my weight with a regular scale, but I had a lot of discussions with my personal trainer about how to better track my progress as I got closer to my goals. Luckily for both of us, the good folks at Lepulse offered up their Food Scale, Smart Tape Measure, and P1 scale at just the right time, and they’ve definitely been a boon to refining my health journey!

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