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“Hey Google, turn off the lights!” is what my kid says every night after he’s gone up the stairs to his loft bed — and a second later, this SwitchBot Button Pusher does exactly that.

This clever little device lets you flick any switch on your house remotely from your phone, compatible with most switch designs ranging from rocker models to one-way buttons. I

Microsoft wants you to use a Microsoft account when setting up a brand-new PC, but what if you don’t want to? Fortunately, Windows 11 (Home 24H2) works in the same way previous Windows 11 iterations used to–without a Microsoft account or the need to go online.

The best way to do this is to use

If you want to put a PS5 under the tree this year, now’s the best time to get one because several slim digital edition bundles are on sale for just $375 (in other words, up to $125 off their original prices).

For starters, the

We keep saying that Black Friday is the perfect time to get a new laptop, and this HP Omen deal is yet more proof of that. Now down to $950, you can save $350 on it at Best Buy in this Blac

Portable apps are applications and tools that can be started directly upon clicking them, with no prior installation needed.

The advantage of this is that the programs are immediately ready for use and can be started from any storage drive — including a USB flash drive. These useful tools are then available for analyzing and maintaining any computer you sla

Though it was a bit rough around the edges in terms of backwards compatibility, my first look at 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 storage reveals a very nice uptick in performance — about twice the 40Gbps of Thunderbolt 3/USB 4 in certain benchmarks. Logical.

By way of comparison, that’s roughly as fast as an NVMe SSD on the PCIe 4.0 bus. And a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD is exa

As a tech journalist who writes and edits daily, AI-generated content is a real concern for me. Will AI eventually render me useless in the industry I’ve given years of my life to by replacing human-produced content with AI-generated content? 

It can be difficult to discern AI-generated content from human-made kind. If you’re not looking out for the telltal

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Best Buy’s Black Friday deals have already started—so if you’re eager to get a jump on your shopping, you can already pick up TVs, streaming devices, Apple gear, and more for a whole lot less than usual right now.

Of course, not every discount is a good one, but that’s where we come in. Our selections for the best bargains either scored high in our reviews