Lysenko Andrei/Shutterstock AirPods represent a quintessential Apple product as far as they work, and they’ve only gotten better since their initial release in 2016. Over the past few years, Apple has slowly but surely iterated on the design, while simultaneously introducing new models and adding smart new features, like Spatial Audio and the ever-improving Active Noise Cancellation. Overall, Apple AirPods are arguably one of the company’s smoothest products. Still, from time to time, you may notice that one AirPod is losing battery much faster than the other. This actually happened…
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AS/Shutterstock Project In 2026, the best way to get truly stunning picture quality in your home entertainment setup is with an OLED TV. While OLEDs aren’t always considered the best TVs for bright rooms, there’s no denying that their color contrast, rich, deep black levels, and crisp, vibrant visuals make them truly eye-catching for most media. Now that you own a brand new OLED TV, how can you really admire its quality? That’s what we’ve decided to cover here, offering a range of entertainment categories and media types to accentuate…
Michael Lutz/Shutterstock It seems like we’re all just one lightning strike away from losing our most beloved electronic devices. It’s an age-old fear that one good hit will damage your equipment. But is it really true? According to the National Weather Service, yes. Lightning strikes can damage electronic components due to high voltage surges, even when the impact occurs some distance from a building. Additionally, the NWS states that “a typical surge protector will do little to protect the device (or the person using it) in the event of a…
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Reading books on a train or bus may sound fancy and fun in theory, but it can be quite complicated in practice. In the name of convenience, you probably prefer reading on your phone rather than lugging around a full-size book. After all, your phone fits in one hand, can easily be slipped into your pocket, and isn’t as heavy as a physical book. But there are several reasons why reading on an e-reader is better than reading on your smartphone, and one of…
Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we feature the latest apps from the indie app world. If you are a developer and would like your app to be featured, contact us. If you’re a beloved cat owner, your cat may often run across your Mac’s keyboard, causing a lot of unnecessary keyboard typing and sometimes even unwanted communications. Cats Lock has a solution for this, and soon your cat will be able to freely roam your MacBook keyboard. How it works Cats Lock can be triggered at any time using Cmd + L, instantly…
Studio Proxima/Shutterstock Modern routers now allow you to set up a guest network, an entirely separate Wi-Fi network to keep your main network secure. Instead of disclosing the password to your main Wi-Fi network, which all your devices and computers regularly connect to, you can allow access through the guest version, a network entirely parallel to your standard network. It segments your regular network even though, technically, each wireless device is connected to the same router and through the same gateway. It’s also a smart way to keep potentially compromised…
Analogue adds some “modern convenience” to its contemporary remake of the Nintendo 64 with its latest update. In version 1.3.0 of Analogue’s 3DOS, players have the ability to quicksave whenever they want thanks to the company’s “signature save state system” called Memories. Now, instead of risking trying to reach the next save point with low HP, the Memories feature allows you to capture game progress at any time and reload whenever you want. Analogue first introduced Memories with Analogue Pocket in 2022 and will later announce this feature as part of the Analogue 3D…
Ethan Miller/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Although the first Micro RGB TVs (also called RGB Mini-LED, True RGB, or RGB LED by some manufacturers) appeared in 2025, 2026 is considered the year that Micro RGB TVs will finally take over your home’s entertainment setup. Several manufacturers, including LG, Samsung and Sony, showed off Micro RGB TVs at CES 2026, which are expected to be available later this year. Notably, these TVs are sometimes confused with Micro-LED TVs due to their similar names. However,…
Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Almost every smartphone we know of uses a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, so it’s safe to say that this technology is ubiquitous. Yet this remains misunderstood. Having the right knowledge is essential and can even impact your safety, such as knowing the warning signs that a Li-ion battery is about to catch fire. Besides safety, you would want the battery life to last as long as possible since a smartphone is a daily driver. But with charging myths abound, you might inadvertently do things that shorten its lifespan because someone…
Like every year, next September, Apple will unveil its new generation Apple Watch model. The Apple Watch Series 12 will likely retain the same design language as the Apple Watch Series 11, but with a few changes. Let’s go. New chipset Apple only releases a truly new chipset in the Apple Watch every 3 years or so. We got the S6 chip in 2020 based on the A13 Bionic, and the S9 chip in 2023 based on the A16 Bionic. Sure, there are chips in between, but in terms of new CPU cores, the S9 was the most recent upgrade.…