Thought Y2K nostalgia couldn’t go any further? Wrong. Whirlpool is rolling the world’s first hip-hop playing appliance. Big Boi --perhaps better known as 50% of Outkast -- has signed on, with the hit ...

The front-loading washing machine was meant to be the panacea of laundry. Launched with a big push in the late ’90s, the machines were supposed to use less water than the old top loaders and be easier ...