We may earn a commission from links on this page. This year was an interesting one for smart rings and smart bands, and we ended up with a few new […]
Lifehacker 2026 Early Labor Day Sale Live Blog
Daniel Oropeza Daniel Oropeza Shopping Editor Experience Daniel is Lifehacker’s Shopping Editor covering tech deals and reviewing TVs, headphones, speakers, and projectors. He earned his master’s in journalism from Columbia […]
The Best Deals From Best Buy’s Labor Day Sale 2026
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. This year has delivered great Labor Day sales from […]
2.5-gigabit Ethernet (probably) isn’t the upgrade your router salesman claims it is
If you’ve shopped for a new router recently, you’ll likely have seen something new. Router manufacturers are making a big deal about the use of new 2.5-gigabit Ethernet (2.5GbE) ports. […]
I deleted 9 apps and replaced them with an Android app that takes 15MB
Because the Android smartphone experience is designed to be single-user-focused, we don’t get many options for managing multiple accounts in third-party apps. One common solution to this problem is app […]
I benchmarked GPU performance on Windows vs. Linux, and the driver tax was unbelievable
Linux and Windows use very different methods for distributing and updating drivers. Windows takes a more hands-on approach, where you’ll have to download and update most packages manually. This is […]
Hulu buried one of its smartest sci-fi thrillers inside a sinister Silicon Valley lab
I found Devs the way I find most things worth watching now: by accident, scrolling Hulu at 11 at night, looking for something to put on while I did the […]
These awesome Linux distros run completely in RAM and barely touch your SSD
You can’t install Windows 11 on any machine with less than 4GB of RAM, but there’s a whole slew of Linux distros that not only run comfortably within those constraints, […]
Your smart switches won’t work in half of American houses, and it’s all because of this wire
I’ve got smart dimmer switches in my home office, my gym, the kitchen, and most of my basement, and in three years not one has failed to turn on. That […]
These registry tweaks made Windows 11 finally feel like the OS I actually wanted
Windows 10 reached the end of support on October 14th, 2025, yet nearly 30% of Windows users are still on the now-discontinued OS — including a few folks at MakeUseOf! […]