We all think of wireless when it comes to smart home and home entertainment—Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Thread, Z-Wave, and what have you—but a surprising number of smart devices depend on good, old-fashioned…
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Hundreds of Chrome extensions create a web-scraping botnet
Browser extensions can be just as dangerous as regular apps, and their integration with the tool everyone’s constantly using can make them seem erroneously innocuous. Case in point: a collection of more…
This ludicrously cheap $35 monitor arm clears your desk for less
If you’re looking for the best upgrade for your desk, this Huanuo monitor arm might be it. It usually sells for $50 — already a bargain — but during Prime Day you…
Windows 11 now lets you remove unwanted Microsoft apps natively
Microsoft is currently working on the next major update for Windows 11, which will be released under the name 25H2. This update includes a way to remove unwanted Microsoft apps from Windows…
YouTube cracks down on AI slop — while enabling AI slop
YouTube has an AI slop problem, with both the main site and the booming Shorts section filling up with low-effort crap shoveled in front of viewers by the millions. New policies are…
Every Windows PC has a secret tool to identify ‘real’ Prime Day deals
There are a number of ways that you can tell whether a Prime Day deal is a good deal, including sites that you can visit, browser plugins, and more. But there’s another,…
Should you buy a Copilot+ PC? What you need to know about AI computers
As artificial intelligence becomes more and more prevalent modern day computing, Microsoft’s new Copilot PCs bring powerful AI capabilities right to your fingertips. Equipped with specialized hardware and advanced software, these devices…
Grab this AI-ready Lenovo laptop with all-day battery life for just $500
It’s affordable and surprisingly powerful than the price would suggest—the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X is a great purchase even at its full MSRP, but who can ignore a 26 percent discount, right?…
This smart lighting brand is Matter agnostic, and that’s fine by me
Lutron, the smart lighting company that developed the world’s first dimmer switch, has a seat on the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s board of directors, but its products don’t support Matter, the smart home…
I started ‘vibe coding’ my own apps with AI and I’m utterly loving it
On February 2nd, 2025, computer scientist and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy made a flippant tweet that launched a new phrase into the internet’s collective consciousness. He posted that he’d “fully given into…