When you want to find information online, where do you go? For a long time, Google was the answer. The search giant has become so embedded in modern culture that we use “to Google” as a verb. But there’s a new player on the block—one that has upended everything. More and more people are flocking […]

I know my way around a pair of joysticks — but I’d prefer to soar. I don’t want to think about filming while I’m flying. I’d rather explore. Now, camera maker Insta360 is launching its first drone, under a new drone company, to serve that exact demand. It’s called Antigravity, and in January 2026, it’ll

Windows PCs are incredibly powerful and flexible, and that’s true even before you install any apps. As it turns out, Windows itself is chock-full of useful features that few people actually know about. If you’re a college student who wants to take your college laptop to the next level, here are several obscure Windows features

Nobody really expects Windows on Arm PCs to keep up with their cousins running games locally on AMD or Intel CPUs — but until now, they had trouble simply being allowed to do so. Now, Microsoft is testing a way to enable local gaming via the Xbox app on Windows on Arm PCs. You’ve always

I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the cloud. Starting today, Home Assistant users have an awesome new toy to play with.  The Home Assistant Connect ZQA-2 ($69) is a

I don’t recommend anything under 16GB of RAM if you want a laptop that runs Windows 11, but it’s often hard to find that at a budget price. Today, an eBay seller is offering an MSI laptop with double that (32GB) and a screaming Intel processor for just $519. It’s a refurb model, but still

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Smart entry locks are the biggest improvement to home security since the lock-and-key system was invented more than a thousand years ago. In many cases, smart locks dispense with physical keys altogether in favor of PINs, fingerprints, NFC tags, smartphone apps–even your smartphone or smart watch. And with some of the latest models, you can

As a federal antitrust investigation into Google’s Chrome browser wraps up, rivals are striking: Perplexity has launched an unsolicited bid to buy Chrome for a whopping $34.5 billion, according to reports. Bloomberg reported the proposed deal, confirmed by a Perplexity representative, as did The Wall Street Journal. But there’s a hitch: Perplexity doesn’t have $34.5

What’s one thing you can never have enough of? USB-C cables. If you’re like me, your charging cables vanish unexpectedly all the time—and that’s why I like to stock up when they’re cheap. Today, you can score a 2-pack of fast-charging Anker USB-C cables for only $9 on Amazon! With a max throughput of 100W,