Quick Links I tend to replace my laptops every three to five years, but most of the time the old machine is still perfectly usable. Which means I have need to decide what to do with it or risk eventually drowning under a pile of portable computers. The good news is that there’s almost always something useful you can do with an old laptop that doesn’t involve contributing to a landfill somewhere, and I have ten suggestions for you locked and loaded....
The GameCube era was one of Nintendo’s most creatively experimental periods, and it’s long overdue for more representation on Nintendo Switch Online. At the time of writing, only three GameCube titles have made their way to Switch Online on the Switch 2:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker,F-Zero GX, andSoulcalibur II. These are without a doubt great titles, but it’s a shame there aren’t more. I’m not just talking about bestsellers either, there are plenty of weird and wonderful titles that deserve a second chance through Switch Online....
Quick Links Thanks to Dolby Atmos and products like Apple’s AirPods Pro, spatial audio is becoming a major player when it comes to headphones and earbuds. The1MORE Aero True Wireless Earbudsrepresent this company’s attempt at bringing spatial audio to the masses at an affordable price. Spatial audio aims at making it sound like the music you’re listening to is coming from all around you. Combined with head tracking, another feature of the 1MORE Aero, it can sound like you’re listening to music coming from speakers rather than earbuds....
Quick Links If you’ve recently shifted from aWindows PC to a MacBook, you might find it difficult to find your apps because of the different interface and organizational choices. Let’s look at four ways you may locate and launch apps in macOS. Unlike Windows, macOS doesn’t showcase apps as desktop shortcuts and there isn’t a direct equivalent to the start menu. Instead, it stores all the stock and user-installed apps in a separate folder called Applications....
Gamers like to argue graphics, but there are some things players believe that are either not as clear-cut as they make it, or just plain wrong. If you’re someone who cares about how your games look and play, then you might want to thing twice about your views on these five hot-button topics. 1Higher Resolutions Equal Better Graphics The higher the resolution of a video game, the more detail is produced and the sharper the image looks....
Why pay for Adobe Acrobat or risk your data with online editors when excellent open-source PDF tools offer powerful, private alternatives? These PDF editors give you complete control over your documents and are free of cost. While it’s true that open-sourcePDFeditors with comprehensive editing capabilities are pretty rare, it’s not hard to find apps that can do a specific set of PDF tasks and do them well. So, here are my top picks for your PDF editing needs....
Worried about money management while abroad? Traveling is one of my hobbies, and I love visiting new places. What I don’t love is coming back from a trip and seeing my bank account lower than I expected. Since I started using some of these apps, I’ve been much better with my money management. Your Phone Is Your Best Travel Money Management Tool Traveling is a passion of mine. I’ve visited several islands in the Caribbean and even had a13-hour layover in Panama once....
Quick Links ChatGPT offers multiple AI models, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The most versatile model is probably GPT-4o, which is the best choice for a wide range of uses. 7Ask GPT-4o to Search the Web One of the most useful features of the GPT-4o model is that it cansearch the web, something that the o1 model isn’t able to do. However, GPT-4o is much more useful than simply a directreplacement for Google....
Quick Links Summary A truly smart home should be independent and autonomous. Modern smart homes, often dependent on online connectivity, face significant risks such as functionality loss during outages and privacy breaches. There’s a need for tech companies to refocus on local, offline operability without compromising convenience and functionality. Your smart home likely depends on an electronic brain thousands of miles away. But as we grow more dependent on home automation, it’s crucial that our smart homes continue to work even if the internet is down....
Summary Robots are bound to be part of our medium-term future, and so you’re probably going to consider some sort of robotic system to spend money on, however the sad story of Moxie is a cautionary tale of buying robots that need an internet connection to work. Moxie Was a Revolutionary Therapy Robot Moxie is a social and educational robot designed to help parents of neurodivergent children or any child that would benefit....
Since the start of 2024, slowly but surely, Apple has been phasing out logo stickers from product boxes to meet its self-imposed goal of removing plastic from product boxes. The move breaks away with a decades-old tradition dating as far back as the Apple II in 1997, which included stickers with “Apple Computer” printed on them. The modern transparent logo sticker first appeared in the original iPhone’s box in 2007. Since then, stickers have been a regular occurrence, whether it be pricey Macs or accessories like AirPods or HomePod mini....
Quick Links Apple holds a Worldwide Developers Conference each year, or WWDC for short, and it’s coming back for 2023. Here’s when it’s happening, how to watch it, and what Apple might reveal. When Is WWDC 2023? WWDC 2023will take place fromJune 5-9, 2023. The main keynote presentation, where Apple always announces new software and (possibly) hardware, will take place on June 5. Apple hasn’t confirmed the exact timing for the keynote, but last year the event started at 10 AM Pacific Time, or 1 PM Eastern Time....
There are countless portable projectors available today, from (somewhat) budget options like theWemax Dice Minito ultra-premium models like theXGIMI Horizon Ultra. Asus probably isn’t the first name you think of in the projector business, but the company just revealed a new model that might change your mind: the ZenBeam L2. Asus has unveiled the ZenBeam L2 smart portable LED projector, which fits right into the company’s lineup as its latest compact projector....
