I don’t know about you, but I get a ton of notifications on my Android phone, and they’re not always important. I’m constantly swiping them away, fast, to get to […]

My Home Assistant setup didn’t begin with lofty ambitions. I just wanted to stop fumbling around in half a dozen smart home apps and wanted a unified dashboard where I […]

I have a simple test for navigation apps now: what happens when my phone stops pretending mobile data is a human right? A lot of maps are brilliant until the […]

When I moved into my new house, I didn’t give much thought to where the Wi-Fi router should go. I simply left it where the previous owners had kept it: […]

Smartphones have been evolving over the years, becoming more powerful. They have built-in cameras that rival DSLRs, integrated AI, amped-up processors, and larger, more efficient batteries in slimmer designs. But […]

My 4Runner carries a small pile of gear I genuinely hope to never use: a window breaker on the keychain, a dash cam quietly recording, a tire inflator riding in […]

From sci-fi shows to crime dramas to documentaries, there’s something for everyone on Netflix, and new shows and movies are being added all the time. If you’re looking for a […]

A lot of my work lives in Excel (and Sheets), and for a long time one repetitive chore took up more of my week than anything else: joining a handful […]

When it comes to tech, I tend to go for the best thing I can get. But with networking gear, “best” has a way of meaning most expensive without actually […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Apple’s MacBook Air is a great value—even now, after the company significantly raised the price of the machine. The Air […]