On the Road to Autonomy

The much anticipated Consumer Reports annual top 10 picks for new cars, SUVs and light trucks is out again, and it reveals some interesting trends. Subaru is tops. While electrics have been growing in popularity and reliability, this is the first year that every model on the list is either fully electric, a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, or available as one. It's both a reflection of the market and a reflection of CR's extensive testing. Simply put, hybrids and electrics are more

Traditionally, if a company introduced a couple of new products at the annual CES consumer electronics show, it was considered to be significant news. Dreame just exploded that quaint idea by introducing dozens of products, from laundry handling robots to health monitoring rings to action cameras--all at once. Dreame calls it a "Whole Home Ecosystem." We call it overwhelmingly impressive. At the CES 2026 show (January 6 to 9) in Las Vegas Dreame (pronounced "dreamy") rolled

Soundbars are fine for bringing some oomph to soundtracks, but they are terrible at playing music. The Devialet Dione overcomes the limitations of the format and brings true musicality to your TV. Soundbars are by design a compromise. They are inherently limited by their compact size, single chassis, and demand for convenience over complexity. So many sound bars sacrifice musical fidelity in favor of big bass bombast, and honestly, that's what attracts many buyers. But I've