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Stan Horaczek

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Executive Commerce Editor at Popular Science

Executive Commerce Editor at Popular Photography

Executive gear editor at Popular Science and Popular Photography. My tweets don't represent the brands. Photographer. He/him. Self-driving human.

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  • 22 hours ago | popsci.com | Stan Horaczek

    We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › A few years ago, I hired an electrician to install a wired video doorbell in my house. He quoted me $1,500 because my house has a “unique” shape and it would require a lot of work to get wiring over there. The following week, I bought a battery-powered video doorbell for $99 and installed it myself in five minutes.

  • 2 days ago | popsci.com | Stan Horaczek

    We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Even if you’ve already scrubbed the winter grime from your floors, Spring is undeniably the dirtiest season. Right now, Walmart has Ninja-Shark vacuums and floor cleaners at clearance prices, with some more than half off their original price. The sale includes stick vacuums, robot vacuums, and even steam mops for deep cleaning those hard surfaces.

  • 5 days ago | popsci.com | Stan Horaczek

    We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › I can’t sleep without a fan. I’ve tried a ton of white noise and sleep machines, but none of them provide the calming hum of an actual electric fan. You may know Dreo best for its space heaters, but we’re getting into warm weather season. The company also makes a wide selection of fans, air purifiers, and humidifiers for your home.

  • 1 week ago | popsci.com | Stan Horaczek

    Popular Science started writing about technology more than 150 years ago. There was no such thing as “gadget writing” when we published our first issue in 1872, but if there was, our mission to demystify the world of innovation for everyday readers means we would have been all over it. Here in the present, PopSci is fully committed to helping readers navigate the increasingly intimidating array of devices on the market right now.

  • 1 week ago | popsci.com | Stan Horaczek |Tony Ware

    We got our first news about Samsung’s 2025 TV and soundbar lineup back at CES 2025. Now, those new models are starting to roll out onto store shelves and into living rooms. Like last year, we got an early chance to see (and hear) Samsung’s entire 2025 lineup, including the new glare-fighting QLEDs, the upgraded OLED, and the Quantum Dot-enhanced Frame. We got time with all of them. Here’s what we found. We spent several hours cycling through the various TVs with their companion soundbars.

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Stan Horaczek
Stan Horaczek @stanhoraczek
22 Nov 24

I thought I was banned from Twitter for some reason, but apparently I'm not. Welp, see ya later.

Stan Horaczek
Stan Horaczek @stanhoraczek
14 Jul 24

This interaction is way funnier than any of the Trump jokes I’ve seen so far. People’s brains are broken. https://t.co/0kTwFtTysi

Stan Horaczek
Stan Horaczek @stanhoraczek
14 Jul 24

Hahahahahaha “why didn’t they just point AI at it?” I was off of here for a while but see it’s still very stupid here.

Ed Krassenstein
Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen

You would think that the US Secret Service would, by now, have some sort of automatic, AI-driven potential shooter detection in place. Why can't they use multiple cameras to monitor the entire location from different angles, and then have AI analyze everything instantly in