Hadrian/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Are you considering investing in an audio system? We applaud your aspiration, but now it’s time to take a look at the dizzying number of sound-emitting devices you’ll have to choose from. Two of…
Jo Panuwat D/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Building a smart home requires a good investment, so having to replace devices a few years later because they become obsolete is far from ideal. That’s why when remodeling your home, one of the…
3dsam79/Getty Images The ocean is Earth’s final frontier. Satellites have mapped 100 percent of the seafloor with a resolution of about a mile, but less than a third has been mapped with modern high-resolution sonar. The multibeam sonar used by ships is suitable for wide scans, but…
Don’t you just hate it when a message arrives, but by the time you open the app on your phone, the sender has already deleted it from the chat? Normally, there is no way to recover messages deleted by the sender other than asking them what they said. But…
ArmadilloPhotograp/Shutterstock Not knowing what a symbol on your status bar represents can be scary, but it’s rarely anything to worry about. For example, seeing a triangle symbol on your Samsung phone simply means that data saver is on. If you see a clock symbol on…
Jakub Zerdzicki/Shutterstock A 3D printer can be an extremely useful tool, whether for creating replacement parts, developing personal projects or even for a hobby. However, buying one today is a bit more complex. In addition to choosing a model whose price, maximum speed, and size match your…
If you buy used, the old Nintendo console still makes sense. Eko Sasmito/Shutterstock Nine years after its launch, the original Nintendo Switch still has a lot of life left in it. However, whether it’s worth buying in 2026 will largely depend on how much you pay to buy it. The standard Switch is…
Sutthiphorn Phanchart/Getty Images In 1937, British inventor Alec Reeves filed a patent application for an “electrical signaling system” capable of transcoding sound into pulses to be transmitted over a line for later decoding. That’s how digital audio was born – and boy, have we come…
Derevianko Dmytro/Getty Images Google uses different colors to highlight key elements of the Google Maps user interface that users should pay attention to. For example, route suggestions are painted in shades of blue, with the main suggestion appearing in dark blue. Likewise, the estimated time…
Framesira/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Samsung’s Galaxy smartwatch line is a popular choice in the space, with the brand holding the fourth-largest share of the global smartwatch market behind Xiaomi, Apple and Huawei. But as with all things technology,…