Modern TVs deliver stunning visuals. They offer ultra-high-definition images with impossibly bright HDR colors. They’re also impossibly thin, perfect for hanging on a wall. But that svelte design is also […]
Anker’s Sleep 4 Pro earbuds could replace your AirPods, smartwatch, and phone at bedtime
Anker’s Soundcore brand earned a name for itself in the budget audio space, but it makes particularly excellent sleep earbuds. Compared to your regular wireless earbuds, sleep earbuds are uniquely […]
I’ve used premium Macs for years, but this Lenovo all-in-one won me over in two weeks
I didn’t expect a Windows PC to make me miss the flat, colorful iMac Apple redesigned a few years back, but here we are: the Lenovo 31.5″ Yoga AIO i […]
Linux hardware support isn’t a gamble on these 6 laptops
Installing Linux on a laptop is easy enough now that I’m far more interested in what happens after the installer disappears. Wi-Fi should connect, suspend should wake back up, the […]
The best Google Pixel phone for the next six years isn’t the newest one
I love my Pixel 10 Pro and seriously considered upgrading it when the Pixel 11 Pro/Pixel 11 Pro XL came out recently. This is because I upgrade my Pixel nearly […]
Microsoft has a better 25-year-old Task Manager that nobody knows about
Whenever my Windows laptop starts lagging or an app freezes, my immediate instinct is to open Task Manager. I know I’m not alone. Task Manager has been a core Windows […]
I installed a free firewall, and one blocked connection led me somewhere I didn’t expect
My PC doesn’t have much going on most of the time. It’s a low-end HP-15 laptop, so I keep things lean, with nothing more than Windows services, Chrome, Slack, and […]
Dark mode doesn’t even save that much battery, even on OLED
Most folks turn on dark mode hoping for extended battery life. If you have an OLED phone, this logic may feel airtight. After all, when black pixels turn off, they […]
The most important letter on in-wall Ethernet cables isn’t the CAT rating
Most people planning an in-wall Ethernet run put all their energy into one question: CAT5e, CAT6, or CAT6A. I’ve been there, and I’ve already made the case for the CAT […]
This iconic horror novel is finally ready for the big screen
“The book is better than the movie,” the saying goes. And then there are some books so unique even trying to adapt them to the screen seems like a fool’s […]