An Apple AirTag was used to stalk a Sports Illustrated model. Thieves are placing AirTags on cars to track them home, where they can later be stolen. If you’re like me, you may have been freaked out by those recent headlines pushed your way. But since a lot of headlines can be overblown, I decided to experiment with an AirTag to see if the headlines are justified by tracking my wife and kids.
In full disclosure: I’m an Android user and I’ve used Tile devices for somet
When you sell, recycle, or donate any gadget, you wipe your data off it. That’s just basic computer security, right? It’s why the “Reset this PC” option, a staple of Windows for years, includes the option to “Remove everything,” ostensibly wiping the storage drive clean of anything close to personal data. But with the latest versions of Windows 10 and 11, everything doesn’t necessarily mean, um, everything.
In a support document posted yesterday an
If you’re looking to make the jump to a high refresh rate monitor, today is your day to get started. Dell is selling a 24-inch gaming monitor for $170. That’s $130 off the usual price of $300.
Dell’s S2421HGF is a 1080p TN display with a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz and a response time of 1 millisecond. A TN panel usually has excellent response times, but they have a narrower viewing angle and the colors aren’t as vibrant on an IPS display. Nevertheless, some peopl
If you want a scale that explains in excruciating detail why you shouldn’t have had that bucket of ice cream last night, we’ve got the deal for you. Amazon is selling the Wyze Smart Scale S for just $20.38. That’s $6.60 off the usual price. You’d probably spend about $20 on most dumb scales, so why not get a scale for the same price that hooks up to your smartphone?
The Wyze Smart Scale S claims the ability to track a whole host of health metrics including body weigh
Did you know that blank keycaps exist for mechanical keyboards? They’re keycaps with no lettering on them whatsoever. They come in all kinds of colors to fit your personal tastes, too. (The pastel color options actually remind me of the marshmallows in a kid’s cereal.) While it looks cool on a purely aesthetic level, personally, blank keycaps would make me want to scream.
An opinion piece about unlabeled keycaps over at PC Gamer reignited my feelings on the matter and inspired
Mid-tower PCs haven’t gone out of style—as one of the most flexible (and affordable) sizes, they’re an easy choice for builders. But these days, small form factor (SFF) DIY PCs are fashionable. The enthusiasm around them continues to spread too, with big component vendors hopping on board to add their spin to the process.
For the uninitiated, a tiny desktop computer may not make much sense, since a mid-tower system is fast and straightforward to assemble. Prices start much
We downloaded more apps in 2021 than ever before. And trends indicate that we’ll download even more this year. The point? If you’re looking for a career that offers growth, then you might consider becoming a professional app developer. And there’s no better way to get started than with The Complete 2022 Java Coder Bundle, priced at an affordable $39.99.
This web-based training package is an ideal way for beginners to explore the programming languages used in
In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray go over Intel’s aggressive roadmap, its new Alder Lake P CPUs, and Newegg’s PR disaster.
The Full Nerd crew kicks off the discussion with Intel’s roadmap including its 24-core Raptor Lake CPU due later this year, and what it means for consumers. The crew then ponders the performance claims of Intel’s upcoming Alder Lake P CPUs and what it means for AMD’s Ryzen 6000 laptop CPUs.
Windows 11 has continued to tack away from its launch state, issuing new features that are mainly course corrections from its initial approach. Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22563 is a case in point, bringing fixes to the taskbar for tablets and an improved Widgets experience.
It’s a theme we talked about in our recent video describing the Windows 11 spring 2022 “update”: Microsoft released its new Windows 11 OS, users complained, so Microsoft backtracked. For example,
So, you’ve just closed a browser window with a bunch of important tabs. Whoops. Even if you’ve got another Chrome or Firefox window still open, Ctrl + Shift + T can’t bring them back. That trick only works if your one killed window quit you out of the browser entirely. But don’t worry, not all is lost. You can still restore those tabs and I’m going to tell you how to do it.
Chrome
In a Chrome window, click on the three-dot menu button in the upper right of y