Quick Links You’re probably not buying a new monitor often. It’s one of those components that will follow you from one computer to the next, but at some point you’ll want to upgrade and benefit from the great new screen technology that’s on offer. The problem is that if you are buying a new monitor and you make a few mistakes when picking the right model for you, then you may be stuck looking at those mistakes for years....

Summary If you’ve decided to buy a Chromebook, you may wonder whether you should buy a standard Chromebook or a Chromebook Plus. As with any other computer, what you intend to do with it will determine which flavor of Chromebook is best for you. Heavy Gemini Users, Remote Workers, College Students: Chromebook Plus Google seems determined to promote its Gemini AI engine, and the company isroping in the Chromebook Plus to help....

Quick Links Self-flattery is pushing AI into the mainstream. But should you join the thousands of people who are experimenting with AI portraiture? This new trend, enabled by an app called Lensa AI, raises some very difficult questions about craft, consent, and bias. How Does Lensa AI Work? Developed byPrisma Labs, the Lensa AI app (iOS/Android) launched in 2018 and offers several photo retouching features. Essentially, it’s a photo beautification tool—it makes your selfies prettier by applying filters and removing “imperfections....

Summary you’re able to’t increase your privacy or security without changing your habits. Using your real email address to sign into websites is one such habit—you’ve spent decades typing the same email address into every website, and you’ve made yourself vulnerable to both spammers and hackers in the process. Thankfully, this habit is very easy to correct. You just need to use email aliases. Spammers and Hackers Want Your Email Address Every time you share your email address with a website or app, you arepotentially exposing yourselfto spammers and hackers....

TCL, one of the best-selling TV manufacturers in the world, announced its all-new TCL QM7K lineup today. This series is packed with new technology to improve your living room experience. Ranging from 55 inches to 115 inches, these mini-LED TVs offer stunning picture accuracy, additional local dimming zones, and more. If TCL’s all-new QM7K TV series is anything like the more affordable QM6K announced earlier this year, it will likely be one of the best midrange TVs on the market in 2025....

Shopping for a new ride in 2025? Whether you’re eyeing a gas-powered car,hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or fullEV, there are solid choices across the board, but plug-in hybrids might be the sweet spot. They give you ataste of electric drivingwithout the full leap, offering flexibility, efficiency, and fewer stops at the pump. And if you’re looking to make that jump without draining your savings, the Hyundai Tucson PHEV should be on your radar....

Nowadays, SUVs are doing things they shouldn’t be doing. Not just carting the kids around but outperforming sports car models, while ‘easily’ setting Nürburgring lap records. All while hardly breaking a sweat. The sheer size, high center of gravity, awkwardness, and dimensions that practicality and utility dictate mean that some models are living in a world where physics is being side-stepped shamelessly. “Performance” and “SUV” are two concepts that shouldn’t go together, but do....

Summary Comparisons between the fan-madeSkyblivionremakeand Bethesda’s officialOblivion Remasteredoffer an interesting perspective on fan-made projects. We’ve never before had a professional studio version released around the same time as a fan-made product. Being able to see them side-by-side lays the differences bare while showing how easily a big studio can take the thunder from a fan-made project. Many Great Fan Remakes Exist The world of fan-made remakes has a surprisingly large number of successful projects,Skyblivionis just one of them....

Handheld gaming consoles have their merits, but it’s fair to say that they fall short of full gaming rigs or even powerful laptops in most cases. However, you can mitigate most of the weaknesses of a handheld with these 5 accessories, which transform it into a pretty good desktop equivalent. 5A Mechanical Keyboard and Mouse Offers Precision Most handheld consoles have pretty good controls, but let’s be real: there are some games that need a mouse and keyboard to play comfortably, and you’ll never have the feeling of a complete gaming rig without these accessories anyway....

Quick Links Of the seemingly endless array of menus and tools for which Microsoft Word is well known, some have particularly ensured my loyalty over the years. Even though some of these features are in other word-processing programs, the fact that Microsoft Word offers them all makes it the number one for me. What’s more, these features are available as default tools in Microsoft Word, where you would need to be confident using code if you wanted to use some of them in Word’s alternatives....

Quick Links Summary If you need to find information inside very large text files, Linux provides all the tools you need, straight out of the box. you may also use them on live text streams. Information Overload Most of the time, Linux is very close-lipped. You have to work on the assumption that no news is good news. If your last command didn’t raise an error message, you can assume everything went well....

Chrysler may not be the first brand that comes to mind when you think of cutting-edge EV innovation, but the new Halcyon concept could change that. Unveiled as a sleek, forward-thinking vision of what electric mobility might look like in the coming decade, the Halcyon is Chrysler’s boldest step yet toward a fully electrified future. The last ten yearshave shown how quickly technology can develop, with innovative features quickly making their way into the mainstream....

Quick Links Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4....