Ultrawide monitors are my jam, and I’ve been resisting the siren song of handheld gaming PCs ever since the Steam Deck came out. This custom project from a modder might just be my personal silver bullet, the thing that finally gets me into the form factor. This is my hole, it was made for me. […]

Mammotion announced a new robot mower navigation platform ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin on Thursday: Its Tri-Fusion Positioning System combines LiDAR, Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), and vision capabilities into a single system. Combining two of these technologies is not uncommon. Older mowers have used a combination of LiDAR and RTK for much of

In case you missed it last week among other big news items, Google shipped a phone camera with a zoom feature that uses generative AI. That’s right: the Pixel 10 Pro comes with AI right inside the camera app that cleans up otherwise crappy digital zoom images all the way up to 100x. It’s a

The latest HDMI® 2.2 Specification was launched in June of this year and it’s important to consider the impact on new product development, upcoming launches and integration support designs and systems. HDMI Technology is the foundation for the worldwide ecosystem of HDMI-connected devices. It is the digital interface technology integrated inside displays, set-top boxes, laptops,

Maybe your gaming laptop doesn’t have enough storage. Or you simply want an easy way to make your game library portable. An external SSD can fix both of these issues (and more) by providing an easy way to expand storage that you can take on the go. But choosing an external SSD means sorting through

Usually I consider a Windows laptop a deal if I can find one with 16GB of RAM — the lowest I would recommend at this point — for around the $500 mark. But today you can get one with a full 32GB, practically bougie, for under $300. Newegg’s official eBay store has an HP EliteBook

If you haven’t tried PowerToys—Microsoft’s official add-on pack that gives Windows dozens of extra features—you really should. I’m a huge fan of the FancyZones tool that lets you customize Windows’ snap functionality. But a big update is coming to the fan-favorite program: an option to automatically shift between light and dark modes in Windows 11.

Acer’s new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company’s first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and marathon battery life in that

Ready to turn your house into a smart home? Replacing your dumb bulbs with smart ones is perhaps the easiest way to start. Many smart bulbs can be screwed into existing light sockets, and they can be controlled remotely, put on schedules, change colors, and more.  If you’re feeling more ambitious, you can venture into

After years of waiting for new Nest smart gear from Google, it appears we’ll actually get our wish next month.  “Gemini is coming to Google Home,” a post reads on Google’s official X account. “Come back October 1st,” the message continues above an animation of a Nest camera peeking into the frame.  A link labeled