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Floss without the faff with our expert-tested water flossers, from travel-size models to countertop jets• The best electric toothbrushes, testedThere isn’t much I miss from my pre-Invisalign “gappy teeth” days, but it was far more difficult for food and plaque to get stuck in the gaps – something I took for granted at the time. […]
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Our seasoned traveller braved obstacles and mud to put the best cabin bags to the test – from hard-shell to budget, wheeled to lightweight• The best travel pillows, testedLet’s start by saying that if you can avoid taking a flight, that would be best. Aviation accounts for 2.5% of global carbon emissions – and the
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These are the best USB chargers in the US to keep devices juiced up quickly and safely for all your tech needsSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsUSB chargers power the world. From phones to laptops and even bike lights, the gadgets we use every day increasingly
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week’s replies: has a call for restraint from an authority figure ever put a stop to war?I always say please and thank you to my Alexa. Why is this? I am
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From a subtle Princess Peach lip jelly to a Yoshi egg that’s been traumatising children, the cosmetic chain’s latest tie-in is out of this worldWhen The Super Mario Bros Movie came out in 2023, it came with a rather unlikely tie-in: a range of skincare and bathing products from cosmetics chain Lush. The store, known
Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’tI recently heard an exchange at a playground that should worry the executives at AI companies more than any analyst’s prediction of a bubble. A boy and a girl, maybe
In week five of Rhik Samadder’s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it’s thisI’m single. Is it because I am emotionally avoidant, waiting on a unicorn, or under 6ft tall? Perhaps a spicy meatball of all three?Or could it
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Slumped on the pavement, she wasn’t breathing – and I wouldn’t have realised if I’d been listening to music as usual. Time to stop blotting out the world …For years I walked the streets of London wearing noise-cancelling headphones, absorbed in playlists, politics podcasts or long voice notes from friends, and a million miles away
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The relationships therapist sat down with a lovestruck man and his chipmunk-voiced companion. But could the bot provide him with what he really craved?I heard celebrity therapist Esther Perel provide a couples counselling session for a man and his AI “girlfriend”. As a result, my soul will never know peace.Something very, very drastic needs to
We would like to hear from holidaymakers about their experiences of using AIMore people are turning to AI to design their holidays, whether that’s asking ChatGPT for inspiration or using AI trip planners. Almost a fifth of adults under 25 now use AI to plan breaks, according to a 2025 survey of 2,000 people by
