Quick Links Motion detectors are useful smart home devices for creating simple automations, such as turning on your lights when you enter a room or being alerted to motion in your home when you’re away. Standard infrared motion detectors aren’t always the best tools for the job. There are some compelling reasons to choose mmWave sensors instead. 9mmWave Sensors Can Track Multiple People mmWave stands for millimeter wave and describes thewavelengths of the radio wavesthat are used by these sensors, which are small enough to be measured in millimeters....

In a quiet move that has largely gone unnoticed, all of Insomniac Games' high-budget PC VR titles have been removed from the Oculus store. This was the only digital marketplace where they were available for purchase. The affected titles includeStormland,Edge of Nowhere,Feral Rites, andThe Unspoken. The delisting likely occurred some time ago, but only Insomniac and Sony could say exactly when it happened. According to reports fromBlueksy user Dominic Tarason, store pages for these games still exist on the Oculus platform, but they no longer display purchase buttons or any indication that the titles are unavailable....

Summary While AMD has been having a hard half-decade in the GPU market, one area the company has knocked it out of the park is with mobile integrated GPUs. Now with the AMD RX 8060S, it seems we’ve turned a major corner with this mobile tech, and the implications are profound. AMD’s RX 8060S iGPU Is a Game Changer The AMD RX 8060S in the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is the latest in the AMD Strix Halo family that includes all those new “AI” chips from the company....

Quick Links The Apple Watch Series 10 is here, and it brings with it a host of subtle changes, from a larger screen to a thinner case (that still packs in more features than previous generations). But it also costs $150 more than Apple’s entry-level Apple Watch SE, so what do you get for that extra dough? The Series 10 Is Bigger, but Thinner (With More Materials) Although many people expected a grand redesign for the tenth-generation Apple Watch, Apple opted for smaller changes....

Quick Links Summary TheASUS ROG Allyis the first serious contender to the Valve Steam Deck’s handheld PC gaming crown. While ASUS is no spring chicken in the hardware business, and the Ally looks good on paper, is it actually any good? Asus ROG Ally Unleash portable power with the ASUS ROG Ally! This premium handheld gaming PC delivers AAA gaming performance, stunning visuals, and seamless compatibility with your favorite platforms. Play anywhere, anytime....

Summary While more and more phones are slowly getting satellite text or cellular calling, carriers aren’t stopping there. This week, Verizon and AT&T separately announced that they had successfully completed and tested satellite-to-phone video calls. And no, it’s not through Starlink. Instead of the classic, “Can you hear me now?” we could start seeing ads for “Can you see me now?” thanks to Verizon’s powerful satellite-to-cellular connectivity anywhere and everywhere, enough for a FaceTime video call....

Summary Gaming PCs are expensive, it’s true. If you want something substantially more powerful than a console, you’ll have to dig deep and splash a fair bit of cash. So it’s no surprise that gaming PC giveaways will always attract lots of attention, which is the basis of an annoying scam. That PC Photo Can Be From Anywhere The usual way things go is that an account on a social media platform posts a photo of a beautiful gaming PC, and then promises to do a draw for anyone who shares the post and follows the account....

UPDATE: 2025-07-25 09:17 EST BY ANDREW HEINZMAN Delay for Free Users Free access to GPT-4o image generation is “going to be delayed for a while,” according to OpenAI CEOSam Altman. GPT-4o image generation is now available in ChatGPT. The new image generation model, which replaces DALL-E 3, is most notable for its accurate text rendering, improved “binding” capabilities, and ease of use. Unlike traditional diffusion image generation methodology, which “paints” details on top of random noise, GPT-4o utilizes a top-to-bottom, side-to-side autoregressive system....

Quick Links Google Chrome is undoubtedly the most used browser. Statistics suggest it makes up more than 65% of the worldwide browser market share. However, there are a few important areas where Chrome falls short, which is why I prefer using Mozilla Firefox, which covers just over 2% of the browser market share. 1Built-in Screenshot Tool If you’re like me and always need totake screenshots, Firefox comes with a built-in screenshot tool that’s really helpful....

After years of streaming services reducing their quality and increasing their prices, physical media is coming back in a big way. I’m part of that wave, but that experience includes remembering some of the less-than-great qualities of the DVDs and Blu-rays we left behind. Some DVDs Have Unskippable Ads Sometimes when I decide to pop a disc into the circa-2013 Blu-ray player I picked up at my favorite thrift store, I encounter an unhappy prelude: movie trailers and other promotional presentations that can’t be skipped....

Mozilla confirmed it will continue supporting Firefox ESR 115 for an additional six months. That gives PCs still running Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and older versions of macOS a secure web browser until early 2025, at the earliest. Mozilla releasedFirefox 115in July 2023 as the final planned update for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. It was also the last Firefox update for Macs running macOS 10.12 Sierra,10....

Summary It’s become incredibly common for tech publications (and people on Reddit) to give out blanket advice to skip the base iPad and buy an iPad Air instead. I’m here to tell you that for most people, most of the time, the base iPad is more than you actually need. To be clear, the specific iPad I’m talking about here is the2025 iPad 11, which starts at $349. Notably, this iPad starts at 128GB of storage, and I would strongly advise avoiding any iPad with 64GB of storage....

Summary If you’re in the market for a new smartwatch to pair with your Android smartphone, Samsung has just dropped the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, which are among the hot options right now. Given that both are Samsung’s latest wearables, which one should you choose? Let me help you figure it out. Quick Links Price & Availability TheGalaxy Watch 8’s 40mmWi-Fi and LTE variants cost $349.99 and $399....