Warmer weather often means travel—a fact that scammers know very well. You just want to plan your vacation, so they flood the internet with fake booking sites, phony emails, and bogus deal links to take advantage of the unsuspecting....

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Vintage-style LED smart bulbs have been a thing for a while, but I haven’t seen one quite like this new one from Savant’s GE Lighting division. The all-new Cync Clear Full Color Direct Connect A19 Smart Bulb—now there’s a...

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At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros An all-around capable laptop Lunar Lake on a budget Solid value Cons Battery life could be better Worse multithreaded performance than last year’s model Touch screen isn’t standard Our Verdict The Dell 16 Plus...

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Mini-PCs are becoming so affordable and yet so capable these days that you can buy a decent one for around $100. I’m talking about a mini that will run at a decent 3.6GHz clock speed, come with 12GB or...

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TL;DR: Turn complex projects into simple tasks with a lifetime license to Microsoft Project Pro, now only $14.97. Keeping complex projects on track gets a lot easier when your tools are working as hard as you are. Microsoft Project Professional 2021 gives access...

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Vibe coding is programming by gut feel. You have an idea for a tool, a website, or a repetitive task you want to automate… but instead of enrolling in a coding boot camp or slogging through YouTube tutorials, you...

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At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Outstanding cleaning ability given ample time Attractive pricing assuming coupons and discounts hold Amazing styling Cons Ineffective shorter cleaning cycles Overly complex controls Cleanup is more difficult than it needs to be Water gets...

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PDF files are ubiquitous in this cross-platform world, making it possible to view and share documents across a range of devices. While simply viewing or commenting on a PDF can be accomplished with free software, there are times when...

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Google Earth is celebrating its 20th anniversary by allowing users to access historical Street View images directly in the geographic visualization app. Users can scroll through older views of locations and see how areas have changed over time. The...

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An OLED display, a speedy Snapdragon X Elite processor, and 32GB of RAM? That’s a fantastic recipe for a portable productivity machine with lots of battery life, and you can find it in this Asus Vivobook S 15 that’s...

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Every time I install an M.2 storage drive, I’m gobsmacked at how small and light it is. Even compared to the 2.5-inch SSDs from a few years ago, it’s practically immaterial. And the tiniest 2230-format drives, the kind that...

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As a filthy nerd who’s written thousands of articles from the solitude of my home office, I don’t really have to worry about how loud my PC accessories are. But at least in concept, I can respect the idea...

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The latest Firefox update brings the browser up to version 140 with various new features and improvements. For example, the internal translation feature is more resource-efficient and pinned tabs are more flexible. The developers have also fixed several security...

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Among other things, Microsoft Word saves information about the author in its documents and keeps a record of the changes made. This is often tied to specific people. Before passing a document to another company, for example, you should...

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One of the things I miss about covering smartphones is the designated “rugged” phone models, like Samsung’s Galaxy Active series and whatever weird phone is using the Caterpillar license this year. There’s just something satisfying about a gadget that...

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Google has released Chrome 138, the latest edition of the browser that fixes several vulnerabilities, now in versions 138.0.7204.49/50 for Windows and macOS and 138.0.7204.49 for Linux. According to Google, none of the vulnerabilities have been exploited in the...

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Beginning on June 30 of this year, residents in Georgia are going to lose access to the adult site Pornhub. Earlier this year the Georgia state legislature passed SB 351, which will require all public websites with “a substantial...

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Regular power strips are great and all, but it’s time to upgrade because this Anker model is what every modern home craves. And now that it’s only $50 (down from $66), it’s a good time to snag one. I’m...

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