Accessory maker Nanoleaf announced its new Smart Multicolor Floor Lamp today at CES 2025. It’s a stylish smart lighting accessory with an ultraslim design for your home. Nanoleaf makes a bunch of smart lighting solutions, and the newly announced Smart Multicolor Floor Lamp perfectly fits into its lineup. The photos provided by Nanoleaf show off a skinny lamp that disappears into the background. You won’t even notice it’s there until you turn it on....

Are you still struggling to select a block of text on your iPhone or iPad as if it were 2010 again? I wish I had known much earlier about Apple’s secret gestures for performing text selections or positioning the cursor-entry point with precision. Be smarter than me and memorize these handy gestures to navigate through text, move the cursor around, change the behavior of the power button, and more. Two-Finger Drag for Instant Selection I wish I’d known about this one way earlier....

Summary Very comfy, but pricey. I’m no stranger to achy shoulders, a tense lower back, and even sciatic nerve pain. While a lot of this is due to my poor posture, some of it is caused by the chair I spend hours in while working. After testing outOdinLake’s Ergo Plus 743, a lot of that discomfort is gone, or at least minimized. This particular chair from OdinLake retails for $999, and I’ve had the pleasure of testing it out for about a month and a half....

Back in 1989, Lexus launched their brand with a full-size sedan that shook up the market. The LS 400 was revolutionary in that it held its own against the segment’s top performers while costing a fraction of the price. Today, the LS nameplate doesn’t quite live up to that legacy. Lexus found success by pushing boundaries and innovating, with things like their smooth suspension giving buyers a taste of something truly special....

Quick Links As a relatively new macOS user, I have mixed feelings about Launchpad. Annoyingly, you can’t automatically reorganize the apps in Launchpad–it has to be done manually. This led me to discover that you don’t actually need to open Launchpad to see an alphabetical list of your apps. Before I dive in, I need to mention that I’m aware Launchpad is not the best method for launching apps.Spotlight search–which can be opened from anywhere with CMD+Space–is much faster and easier....

Summary Some of the newest releases on the Switch eShop are already on Nintendo’s digital storefront and some of them have been released many times over. Here’s why you should look a little closer before you download. What’s Going On? Discoverability on a digital storefront can be difficult at the best of times, so the likelihood that some publishers (or sometimes developers) will take any advantage they can find is inevitable....

Quick Links It’s time for new Samsung Galaxy tablets. The company has announced the Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Galaxy Tab S10 FE+, which are new additions to the company’s more affordable “Fan Edition” product lineup. Let’s take a look. Huge Display, Slim Bezels The Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ boasts a 13.1-inch display, which is the largest screen the Galaxy Tab FE series has seen–but still smaller than the 14.6-inchGalaxy Tab S10 Ultra....

Quick Links Samsung’s S Pen is a digital stylus packing Wacom technology that first appeared on the original Galaxy Note in 2011. You can now find one tucked away inside every Galaxy S Ultra—but I feel its natural home is on a line of phones that doesn’t actually come with an S Pen: the Galaxy Z Fold series. I’ve been carrying around a Z Fold, first the 5 and now the 6, for over a year now....

Quick Links Everyone has their own method forloading the dishwasher. Some people like to angle their dishes toward the center, some keep spoons separate to prevent them from hugging each other out of solidarity, and some (me) purposely do a bad job loading the dishes so they’re never asked again. What’s different about new smart dishwashers is that they’ll probably chime in with their own unsolicited advice as well. “I wouldn’t put that pan there,” it might say, for instance....

Quick Links Summary TheSoundPeats Engine4brings LDAC support to the table, but is the codec even worth it when the earbuds are missing any kind of noise cancellation? The Engine4 actually delivers a few “premium” features, but from a performance standpoint, I mostly found myself steeped in a melting pot of “meh.” SoundPeats Engine4 The SoundPEATS Engine4 might offer decent enough sound quality, but the lack of features means they lack behind earbuds in the same price range....

Summary If you work on remote Linux sessions, you’ve probably felt the pain of your connection going down in the middle of a time-consuming operation. Or you may want to run more than one session over a single SSH connection. A terminal multiplexer may be what you’re looking for. What Is a Terminal Multiplexer? A terminal multiplexer is a utility that lets you “multiplex” a terminal, or use a terminal as if it were multiple terminals....

Quick Links Rumors for the iPhone 16 are picking up, but the one aspect of a new phone that would make me excited about upgrading is something Apple gave up on years ago. I just want a smaller size. The iPhone Mini Is Big Enough for Me Broadly speaking, most people prefer larger phones. They want a bigger screen, a bigger battery, and more space inside the device for better cameras and other components....

While the best control system for video games isclearlythe mouse and keyboard, a good controller paired with the right game is a great way to play. However, not all controllers are made equal, and there have been some real howlers over the years. Now, to be fair, I have not personally usedallof these controllers myself, but they do have reputations that seem to firmly put them in the trashcan of gaming history....