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The unpredictable chaos of the Trump administration’s tariff whims put modular laptop maker Framework through a gauntlet this week, who removed its lowest-cost designs and delayed the scheduled pre-order of the
Password managers are something everyone should have, but you probably don’t want to spend much time or energy thinking about it. You want to set it, forget it, and let it do its thing.
But as the various password managers compete with each other, they
If you want a proper high-performance gaming laptop, then you can’t overlook the Asus ROG Strix G17 that’s on sale at B&H right now. Normally priced at $1,999, you can now snag it for just $1,529. That’s a hefty savings of $470 on a powerful machine that’ll last
Whenever Tablo issues a big software update for its latest over-the-air DVRs, I always hope it’ll finally make them worth recommending again.
So after reading about what Tablo called a “MASSIVE” update for its Roku app, I was excited to give the system another try.
The new Matter standard is getting better at helping Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings play nice with each other, but it often does so at the expense of finer-grained features.
Some Matter-enabled smart lights, for example, can be turned on or off via Matter or change their color, but Matter controllers might not be able to access
Know what’s the best thing to fit in that spot just beneath your monitors? A mini PC! Free up all that space taken up by your laptop and get more performance while you’re at it with something like this Acemagic F1A mini PC that’s on sale for $382 on Amazon. That
Tariffs here, tariffs there. No matter where you stand, one thing is true: consumer tech prices are going to go up since most consumer tech isn’t made within the United States. That’s why you might want to stock up now while you can, on things like this 100W Baseus USB-C cabl
When you surf, you leave many different traces. For example, servers and web services store information about you in cookies and super-cookies. The more often you use a provider’s service, the more accurate their picture of you becomes. And the better the providers are networked with each other, the more information they have at their disposal to create surfing profi
Valve was working on the Steam Deck for a long time, pouring its successes and failures from the Steam Machines, Steam Controller, and Steam Link into one portable device. We know this because Valve showed off a bunch of prototypes leading up to the final Steam Deck—and it looks like one of those prototypes somehow managed to slip the surly bonds of Bellevue and make