You don’t have to wait for Amazon Prime Day in July to save big on all the hottest tech gadgets. Whether you’re looking to upgrade your desk with a new fast USB-C charging station, take a portable air-conditioning unit camping, or want something new, we have you covered. This week, we found several deals on smart home tech like a battery-powered floodlight and security camera combo, portable power banks, or a 12-inch dashcam rearview mirror with built-in cameras....

If you’re looking for Super Bowl TV deals or a TV for living room thrills, we have you covered. This week, we’ve gathered some of the best tech deals on TVs, a new iPad Pro, portable chargers or SSDs, and more. Take advantage of that tax return and get something nice from our list below. Eufy L60 Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $299 ($150 Off) Eufy L60 Robot Vacuum Robot vacuums can be expensive....

Compatible smartphones can now install the Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 update. This update includes some essential features that we expect from smartphone operating systems, including the ability to hide the contents of lock screen notifications. UBports Foundationannouncedthe OTA-4 update in a blog post. This is the fourth stable release of the modern Ubuntu Touch operating system, which is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Development seems to be quite rapid, as the OTA-3 update rolled out just over two months ago....

Quick Links Summary There’s an abundance of ebikes to choose from to haul yourself around town. There aren’t as many choices for traveling with someone else or hauling cargo from one place to another on an electric bike. TheVelotric Go 1offers a compact and versatile solution to any situation with its abundance of add-on accessories and high 440lb weight capacity. Velotric Go 1 A compact utility e-bike made to spark joy in your everyday errands....

Summary If you’ve bought a non-ultra book laptop, you may have noticed that one of your USB-A ports doesn’t sport the same blue interior color as the rest. That’s because that port uses USB 2.0, a standard released in 2000! But why? USB 3.0 is Not as Backwards Compatible as You Think On paper, USB 3.0 inall its iterationsis backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. In practice, it’s not too uncommon to find that some USB 2....

Quick Links Summary Once you start to dabble with Linux, you’ll encounter the phrase “terminal emulator” over and over again. You might be familiar with games emulators, but don’t be misled. This is very different. Not the Emulator You Might Be Thinking Of In general conversation, when you hear the wordemulator,it’s frequently used in the context ofgames emulation. In particular, it’s usually associated with retro games emulation. If you want toplay the video games of yesteryear, you either need to have access to a working example of the original hardware, or you need a way to run the game on modern hardware....

Summary If one GPU is good, then surely two GPUs are good-er? For a good chunk of GPU history that was the case, but these days you may’t just slap a second graphics card in your PC and get a frame rate boost. Why? Also, when can we do that again? How SLI and (Also) SLI Introduced Dual-GPU Gaming Early graphics accelerator pioneer Voodoo introduced SLI or “Scan-Line Interleave” in the 90s....

Quick Links A great reason to use a Linux desktop is for the minimalism. Xfce and LXQt are popular lightweight Linux desktops, but how do they differ and which one may be right for you? Project Origins: Xfce Is a Veteran, LXQt Is a Relative Newcomer Xfceis the older of the two lightweight desktops. Xfce was first developed in 1996 by Olivier Forudan. It started as an open-source clone ofCDEor, Common Desktop Environment, a desktop environment that was popular on Unix workstations from HP, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Sun Microsystems....

Solid-state speaker technology is growing less expensive with the introduction of xMEMS' Lassen tweeter. The new micro-speaker, which is smaller and more accurate than a conventional tweeter, should debut in earbuds later this year or early next year. The Lassen micro-speaker measures just 3.2 x 5 x 1.15 millimeters, which is roughly the size of a grain of rice. Still, it boasts 115dB SPL in the 6kHz to 20kHz frequency range, “delivering sound quality that exceeds that of legacy tweeter speaker technologies,” per xMEMS....

Summary I love ChatGPT’s ability to build custom GPTs, though I do hate that it’s locked behind a paywall. Or is it? I recently found out that you only need ChatGPT Plus tocreatea custom GPT, not use one. ChatGPT Plus Is Required to Make a Custom GPT If you’ve been wanting to make a custom GPT in ChatGPT, you’ll needChatGPT Plus. Sadly, there’s no workaround here outside of knowing someone with ChatGPT Plus who can make the custom GPT for you, then having them publish it to the repository....

Quick Links Android phones are packed with features, but not every one of them is worth keeping enabled. In fact, some can be downright annoying. Here’s a list of settings I always turn off to make my phone work better for me. 1Automatic App Updates Ever had an app suddenly behave differently because it updated on its own? It’s frustrating when features you rely on disappear or change without warning. That’s why I prefer to disable automatic app updates....

The madness and impulse-buys of Amazon Prime Day are over, but that doesn’t mean all the good deals have ended. In fact, there are still significant discounts on awide array of gadgets, home goods, TVs, and of course, Amazon-branded products. Related:How to Make Sure a Deal Is Really a Deal For example, Google’s fancyPixel 7a smartphone is still only $449, Nest doorbells are over 30% off, there are leftover power tool deals, cheap TVs, and more ready for you to snatch up before the end of the week....

Compared to most other forms of entertainment, video games haven’t been around for long. Despite this, almost every gaming genre has dramatically changed since its inception, which makes it easy to forget where they all began. Whether you prefer explosive action-packed experiences or complex strategy games, most of your favorite gaming genres can be traced back to obscure origins—many of which you’ve probably never heard of. 10Maze War(1973) – First-Person Shooters AlthoughWolfenstein 3DandDoomdeserve credit for popularizing the FPS genre, they weren’t the first games to feature first-person action....