Smartphones these days have very powerful processors, so much so that if you upgrade your phone, your old one is probably still more powerful than many hobbyist lab hardware. On top of that, there’s also a built-in unique selling point: the biggest advantage over a Raspberry Pi is the battery. If your home lab’s power…
Archive images / Shutterstock Wireless headphones, including over-ear models and earbuds like Apple AirPods, are commonly seen in public, as many smartphone users rely on these accessories to listen to their favorite content and talk on the phone while on the go. Some people may wear their…
Meta has spent the last two years giving its eponymous AI chatbot a prominent place in its applications and now it’s Threads’ turn. The company is starting to test a new feature that gives the Meta AI chatbot Grok-like functionality on Threads, with the ability to respond to posts with additional “context.” To do this,…
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether you’re still working from home, attending virtual meetings from your home office, or streaming content to a live audience, a good webcam is an essential accessory. Although there is no shortage of webcams on the market, the sheer…
Not only is hardware memory in short supply these days, but contextual memory—that is, conversational data exchanged with AI models—can also be a problem. Cloudflare’s answer to this particular problem is Agent Memory, a managed service for siphoning AI conversations when space is scarce and then reinjecting the data on demand. “This gives AI agents…
Gorodenkoff/Getty Images While Consumer Reports recently indicated that a 24-inch monitor was the best size for a home office, the same reasoning doesn’t necessarily apply to gamers. Gaming requires a different range of options and specifications than productivity work, which tends to focus on static images and…
Unlike LCD televisions, OLED models have an internal maintenance system intended to protect the slab from marking (burn-in). With each extinction in standby, the device launches a pixel compensation cycle. These micro-adjustments make it possible to equalize the wear of the slab and to avoid the appearance of permanent ghost images. Indeed, when you…
Apple’s Shortcuts app packs a ton of power, especially with iOS 26’s additions around AI. But my most used shortcuts tend to be extremely simple, including the one shared by Quinn Nelson for opening an app’s settings. In iOS 18, Apple completely redesigned the iPhone’s Settings app. And unfortunately, this redesign has made it more…
onpalmtree/Shutterstock Nintendo is raising the price of its Switch 2 from $50 to $500 in the United States as it faces higher U.S. memory costs and pricing, the company said in its earnings report. This increase is less than the $150 that Sony’s PS5 console has increased…
Apple is considering ditching the cheapest MacBook Neo configuration as a possible response to the popular laptop’s rising construction costs, according to a Taiwan-based technology columnist and veteran. Bloomberg journalist Tim Culpan. The Neo currently starts at $599 for a 256GB model, with a 512GB version going for $699. In his latest Culpium newsletter, Culpan…