Quick Links A nice Hi-Fi system used to be the center of a home’s audio experience, but today a flood of Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones, soundbars, and even more audio gadgets make it seem like the Hi-Fi’s days are done. And yet, you can still easily buy a Hi-Fi today, and even if you aren’t an audiophile with extremely high standards, there are still many reasons a Hi-Fi is worth buying and using today....

Customize your iPhone Control Center to put the shortcuts that matter most to you in a place where you can quickly access them. In addition to basic functions like the iOS camera and flashlight, you can also add controls for third-party apps to make using certain features quick and easy. Here are some ideas to get you started. Customizing Your Control Center It is very easy tocustomize the Control Center, as long as you’re running iOS 18 or later....

Hunting for a used high-performance luxury sedan that beats newer, pricier rivals? From supercharged V8s to electrifying speed, the following 10 sedans deliver unbeatable power, precision, and luxury, proving that even older models pack a punch and can still go toe-to-toe with today’s top contenders. For several reasons, buying a used high-performance sedan can be a smarter choice than a newer model. These sedans often providebetter value, with significant depreciation already factored in, allowing you to get top-tier performance at a lower price....

Whether you’re going home for Christmas or hosting a festive get-together, give the gift of video games this year with some of the best party experiences on the market. Here are 15 of our favorites. 15SomeJackboxGames TheJackboxgames are legendary compendiums of mini-games, usually sold under theParty Packmantra. The real genius is that players participate using their smartphones, with nothing more than a mobile browser. Boot up the game, connect everyone to Wi-Fi, and you’re ready to go....

Whether the week has flown by or it went at a snail’s pace, you can now relax knowing it’s the weekend. To help keep you entertained over the next couple of days, I’ve rounded up some amazingNetflixshows that are worthy of binging. These series all tell a complete story within a single season, meaning you won’t be left dangling with a cliffhanger. Kick back and enjoy! 2018 1 10 6 hours 23 minutes...

Throughout Hollywood history, space has often been depicted with baffling inaccuracies. It takes dedication and knowledge to ensure a movie correctly portrays space and space travel, and here are a select few that got it bang on. The Martian With a direct collaboration with NASA, 2015’s “The Martian” gets an awful lot right when it comes to scientific precision. Matt Damon plays Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded on Mars in the not-too-distant future, and the character’s approach to scientific problem-solving is spot on....

Quick Links Boosting your productivity does not have to be an expensive affair. Finding promising apps for your Mac that turn out to be beyond your budget can be frustrating. Here are the best free third-party apps that get the job done. 1Dropover One of the most useful third-party Mac apps isDropover, a utility that shares content by dragging. You can copy and share all kinds of items, including documents, images, folders, URLs, text snippets, and web images....

Apple’s decision to switch from Intel processors to its own, in-house ARM CPUs was a bold, but ultimately very successful move. Mac computers are more efficient than ever, while also being every bit as powerful as most x86 Windows CPUs, and even exceeding many of them in performance. Now, Apple is pushing the envelope even further. Apple has now unveiled the M3 series of chips in its latest hardware event, which will power the next generation of Mac computers over the course of the next months....

Summary When the iPad first launched, it was marketed (and worked) as an accessory for your Mac or PC. Fast-forward to the present, and Apple now considers it an alternative to its Macs, not an accessory. I think the Apple Watch deserves the same respect from its maker, and that these superlative watches need to be freed from their iPhone chains. Apple Watches Are Too Smart to Be Just Accessories The biggest reason I feel the Apple Watch is ready to be a standalone product is simply that there’s no particular reason it has to be tethered to an iPhone, or any phone for that matter....

Apple TV+showcases some fabulous original content, and they do many things well. One of those is making nature documentaries. Their originals are not only engaging and educational on a much deeper level than the surface, but they’re also the most stunning, mesmerizing documentaries I’ve ever seen. They’re also narrated by hot-shot celebrities, such as Paul Rudd, Morgan Freeman, and Tom Hiddleston. If you enjoy diving into nature as much as I do, I highly recommend these nine must-see Apple TV+ documentaries....

Summary Canvas is a new game-changing feature in ChatGPT that’s redefining how users can interact with the AI. It makes using the chatbot for coding and content generation much more intuitive and collaborative—making the platformtrulyuseful for certain workflows. This Is ChatGPT Canvas At the time of writing, ChatGPT canvas is a new feature currently in beta and available to all ChatGPT Plus users. It’s essentially a new design interface that makes working with the chatbot more intuitive, interactive, and collaborative....

Microsoft’s November 2024 Patch Tuesday addressed 91 vulnerabilities. This includes four zero-days, two of which were actively exploited in attacks. The patch cycle included fixes for 26 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, two security feature bypass vulnerabilities, 52 remote code execution vulnerabilities, one information disclosure vulnerability, four denial of service vulnerabilities, and three spoofing vulnerabilities. The zero-day vulnerability actively exploited wasCVE-2024-49039, discovered by Vlad Stolyarov and Bahare Sabouri of Google’s Threat Analysis Group....

Quick Links Poke around in the technical specs for just about any product on the market, especially devices like TVs and media equipment, and you’ll find official stats about their power usage. In our experience, you shouldn’t trust them and should test their consumption yourself. Here’s why. Manufacturer Estimates Are Very Conservative If you look up the estimated power consumption of a TV you’re shopping for, you might find that it has a very conservative power use estimate, with the manufacturer claiming that the TV uses a mere watt or two in standby mode....