I often tell people to think of VPNs like kitchen funnels. Instead of pouring your network traffic directly into the web and spilling your metadata everywhere, you push it down a narrow tube of encryption. You point your connection exactly where it needs to go without leaking all over the place. Of course, the assumption in […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. TrainingPeaks—the training-log app plenty of serious runners, cyclists, and triathletes live in—recently rolled out a direct integration with hDrop, a reusable wearable sweat sensor. The idea is that athletes wear it on their arm, and sweat loss and sodium loss data get logged alongside their […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. When Google announced the Pixel 11 series last week, it showed off a new “upgrade” for its Pro devices—including the Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold. “HiLight” is a small light circle that rests on the camera bar of […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Garmin’s fitness watches often give you a “recovery time” after a workout. For example, after one easy run, it told me that I need 21 hours before I’ll fully recover. I’ve come to expect long recovery estimates from Garmin, but they don’t mean what you […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Look, I love my AirPods. I wouldn’t really opt for a different pair of earbuds, considering how entrenched I am in the Apple ecosystem. While the audio quality and feature set keep me hooked, there is one enormous flaw lurking under the surface: once the […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Lost featured complex, intertwined narratives; more characters than one can reasonably expected to keep up with; and boxes full of secrets. The show, which kicked off with flashbacks that peeled back the layers of the various crash survivors before diving headfirst into surrealism, was an […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re looking to score yourself a new Garmin watch, Amazon is having a big sale on a variety of them right now. Some watches are up to 40% off, with others clocking in […]

If AI is going to take all of our jobs, the least it can do is make those jobs a little easier while we still have them, and email admin is one of the biggest time sinks I’ve got in my daily routine. I’m spending hours a week reading and responding to emails when I […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Amazon currently has the GoPro Mission 1 Pro for $599, down from $699, and price trackers show this as its lowest price so far. Its Type 1 sensor is the main reason to consider […]

Finder is one of the Mac’s most underappreciated apps. At first glance, it appears to be a simple app that displays your files, but there’s a lot more to Finder than that. This is an app that Apple has refined over decades, with hidden features to explore and third-party apps to install. With these 10 […]

Most typical WhatsApp scams aren’t high-tech security breaches. They aren’t orchestrated by state-sponsored hacker groups with a bottomless wallet and military-grade technology. In fact, most of them are run by low-tech crime syndicates relying on social engineering techniques to take advantage of people’s blind spots and trust in others. Meta removed 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re looking to upgrade your Beats equipment (or give the brand a try for the first time), Amazon is having a big sale that may finally motivate you to hit that big shiny […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s 2026, which means every tech company needs to have its own AI service—often available as a subscription, of course. For Amazon, that’s Alexa+, which officially rolled out earlier this year. The experience is comparable to other smart AI platforms like Gemini: You can ask […]

There’s a wave of nostalgia washing over youth culture this week, but it’s not the nostalgia you are probably familiar with: Kids aren’t pining for goldfish swallowing contests, raccoon coats, and saying “Flibberty-Gibbet.” They’re nostalgic for terrible Starbucks drinks from 2017, weird Tumbler subcultures from 2010, and forgotten Saturday Night Live sketches from 2018. You […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. No one does sports comedy like Will Ferrell. His loud, crude, and slightly unbalanced (okay, often extremely unbalanced) comedic persona is ideal for a character like Lonnie Hawkins, aka The Hawk, an aging former pro golfer chasing one last bit of glory while hilariously getting […]