Black Friday and Cyber Monday might still be a few weeks away but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any top-notch tech and electronic sales available. This week you’ll be able to save $200 on a 65-inch Sony HD television, grab an Apple tablet for its Fall Prime Day price, snag the Samsung Galaxy S23+ for its lowest price of the month, and much more. Samsung Galaxy S23+ for $784.99 ($75 Off)—Best Price in 30 Days Samsung Galaxy S23+ The Samsung S23+ is top-notch Android phone with awesome specs, making it perfect for most people....

The iPhone 16, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and other new devices support Wi-Fi 7, but you also need a router built for that. TP-Link has now revealed new budget Wi-Fi 7 mesh routers, and they look like solid options. TP-Link’s Archer BE3600 router and the Deco BE5000 and Deco BE3600 mesh systems have you covered with Wi-Fi 7 perks like MLO, 4K-QAM, and Multi-RU. For those wondering,mesh Wi-Fiuses several nodes that broadcast the signal in different locations throughout your home instead of a single access point, enabling better reception thantraditional Wi-Fi routers....

Quick Links It’s almost trick-or-treat time, and your home’s spooky ambiance is, well, anything but. Here’s how to quickly turn the gear you have laying around—like your TV, smart speakers, and smart bulbs—into some almost instant Halloween decorations and spooky ambiance. Don’t Have Everything Listed Here? Don’t Sweat It There’s a good chance you don’t have as much tech stuff lying around your house as we do. Not only is it our job to play around with this stuff, but for all of us on staff, it’s a bit of a lifestyle too....

Quick Links There’s no denying the fact thatUbuntuis one of the most recommended Linux distributions for Linux newbies. However,Manjaro Linuxgets quite a bit of attention as well. But which one should you choose? Let’s find out. Are Ubuntu and Manjaro Really That Different? Choosing a Linux distribution can be hard with so many choices. You’ll find many videos and guides like this one trying to explain the differences, but you have to realize that differences are often relatively minor or only matter to people with specific goals and needs....

Quick Links Summary An integrated amplifier combines a preamplifier and a power amplifier into a single device. Integrated amplifiers are common in A/V receivers and other audio equipment. If you’re shopping for stereo or home theater components, you might have heard the term “integrated amplifier.” While these may sound like a specialized piece of equipment, they’re more common than you may think and have some benefits over regular amplifiers. How Amplification Works Before we go into what sets integrated amplifiers apart, we need to understand how amplification normally works....

Summary All computer software runs on hardware, so what the heck does it mean for software to use “hardware acceleration” if hardware is doing the job already? It turns out there are ways of doing things with computer hardware that’s faster.Muchfaster. What Is Hardware Acceleration? Hardware acceleration is an approach to computing where specialized hardware is used to perform calculations much faster than general purpose hardware. We’ll explain what this means in just a minute, but the broad strokes are that some common tasks are much faster if you use specialized hardware to pull it off....

Quick Links Summary Smart Charging is a Windows feature designed to protect the capacity of your battery by limiting the maximum charge, and by preventing the battery from overheating. Microsoft’s Smart Charging will automatically toggle on when your laptop is plugged in for a prolonged period and toggle off if the battery discharges below 20%. You may have noticed that your laptop battery won’t charge beyond 80%, despite it being plugged in for what feels like an eternity....

Summary It only took 16 years, but there’s finally an official version of WhatsApp for the iPad. If you’re tired of using WhatsApp’s web version on your iPad and wish there were a better way, this is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. Today, WhatsAppannouncedthat it has finally created and released its first official app for Apple’s popular iPad. The company claims this is by far one of the biggest user requests, which makes sense considering we see userscomplain about it daily on Reddit....

Summary After more or less using Windows exclusively for nearly two decades, I switched to macOS. My current work-from-home machine is a tiny M4 Mac Mini, and I love it. Here’s why I’ll never work on Windows again. I Got Fed Up With Windows Bugs and Glitches As a long-time Windows user, I got used tobugs, glitches, and constantWindows shenanigans. To be honest, they didn’t bother me that much back when I used my PC mostly for gaming....

Quick Links Turn-by-turn navigation on phones and dedicated GPS devices has made it much easier to travel. However, the reliance on GPS navigation comes at a cost—you never actually learn how to get anywhere. That’s a problem. My world changed when my HTC Erisreceived an updateto enable turn-by-turn navigation in Google Maps. I have always been comically bad at navigating. Even places I’ve been to dozens of times can escape my memory....

Summary Microsoft is heavily rumored to be working on an Xbox-branded PC gaming handheld. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty excited about this. If Microsoft pulls off the right moves, the Xbox handheld could become, along with the Steam Deck, the most sought-after PC gaming handheld. Microsoft and Valve Could Dominate the Handheld Market At the moment, theSteam Deckis the undisputed ruler of the PC gaming handheld realm.According toIDC, a major market research firm, and The Verge, PC gaming handhelds have shipped about 6 million units in the last four years, including an estimate for 2025....

Quick Links Whether you’re leading a business meeting, teaching a class, marketing your latest product, or presenting your research findings, PowerPoint is a powerful program that can make your content pop. Here are six tools that can take your presentation to the next level. Morph Transition: Create an Impressive Visual Flow The Morph transition feature is available in PowerPoint for Windows and Mac (2019 and later), the web, Android, and iOS....

Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers are mainly intended for backing up and storing files, but they can also do alotmore. I’ve been using a two-bay Synology DiskStation DS718+ NAS for close to a year now, and I’ve found some cool ways to make it more than just a data dumping ground. Many people try to use home servers as full replacements for cloud services, usually with self-hosted instances of NextCloud and other similar tools....