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This Samsung phone's feature costs so little battery, it's worth keeping on
A battery tip told me to turn this off. My phone barely noticed either way.
This HP laptop might just be the ultimate executive convertible
The HP EliteBook X Flip G2i packs serious AI muscle, top-tier security, and a garage-stored stylus—though its SSD speeds could be faster.
I copied a real object with my phone and turned it into a printable 3D model in under 5 minutes
This app is pretty magical, but it'll cost you
Samsung renamed Adaptive Battery to hide it, and it could cost you notifications
My Galaxy Z Fold 8 buried Adaptive Battery so well I couldn't find it, which is exactly how my notifications kept vanishing too.
The man who invented the web could have owned it, but he gave it away instead
Tim Berners-Lee had every reason to patent the web. He filed the paperwork to give it away instead.
The QR code conquered the world because its inventor chose not to cash in
Masahiro Hara could have charged royalties on every single scan, but he filed the patent away instead.
5 things your Roku can do that have nothing to do with streaming shows
Now that my Roku doubles as a photo frame and private listening system, watching shows is almost beside the point.
I swapped Chrome for its de-Googled twin on my Galaxy Z Fold 8, but one thing made me hesitate
There are trade-offs to get away from Google with this browser.
Don't panic over Windows' new 'no antivirus detected' warning just yet
Your antivirus is probably just fine; here's how to check.
Nokia hasn't made a phone in over a decade, and it's still making billions from every one sold
Nokia hasn't built a phone in over a decade, but it still gets paid every time your iPhone connects to 5G.
I found 4 settings draining my Pixel overnight and got back 19% of standby battery
Not sure why these are all on by default, but you can easily turn them off.
Toshiba ordered the inventor of flash memory to discontinue it — he refused
He presented the tech anyway, and Intel got rich off the idea Toshiba almost buried.
I stopped missing my MacBook the moment I opened this Dell
Dell's XPS 13 kept feeling and working like a MacBook, making me like it even more
I turned off 3 iPad settings and my 8-year-old iPad Pro finally stopped lagging
My 2018 iPad Pro felt slower under iPadOS 26, but with three quick toggles, it swipes like it used to.
I haven't found a parking ticket on my windshield since I added this app to my Android phone
SpotAngels tattles on street cleaning before the meter maid does.
The new Siri's privacy story has a Google-shaped asterisk
Apple says the new Siri never leaves home, but now home has a Google Cloud room built into it.
5 sites packed with useful things you can 3D-print today
Never mind the dragons and skulls, these sites are full of brackets, bins, and broken-part fixes.
My 3DS XL was collecting dust until I hacked it — now I use it more than my Switch
There's a whole new world of homebrew to discover.
I turned off 4 Windows settings and my Wi-Fi jumped from 330 Mbps to 730 Mbps
My gigabit Wi-Fi was stuck at a third of what I paid for, but four tweaks later, it's finally earning its keep.
Every AI feature in Google Pixel phones, ranked from genuinely useful to pure gimmick
Magic Cue is Google's most hyped Pixel feature ever, and the one that shows up the least.