Most of us rely on our cars in our daily lives. Nearly three-fourths of Americans use a car to get to work, and nearly 90% of us use our cars to buy groceries. Cars are really expensive these days—even used ones—but we simply cannot live without them. This means that if your car breaks down […]

I don’t know about you, but when I play video games, I actually like to, you know, play them. If I wanted to outsource gameplay to someone else, I’d watch a let’s play or a Twitch stream or something. But Google is working on an AI model that has the ability to play video games […]

Bitcoin, the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency, has a unique feature called “halving” that occurs roughly every four years. The Bitcoin halving event is a hotly anticipated occurrence in the crypto world, and with the next one expected to take place in April 2024, it’s a good time to get up to speed. What is […]

Today’s smartphones are powerful enough that you can really think of them as fully functional computers that fit into a pocket. And just like computers, you phone can also serve as a gaming system. And while most games will support touch controls, some games work better when you have a controller—and it’s easy to pair […]

The HP Pavilion 15t-eg300 does the bare minimum for its display; it focuses its energy on being a reliable and efficient laptop that can get the job done. HP is currently selling the 15.6-inch HP Pavilion Laptop 15t-eg300 for $549.99 (originally $999.99) after a $450 discount. Building this laptop from scratch on the HP website […]

While the odds of being audited by the IRS are relatively low for most taxpayers, the prospect of having your finances scrutinized by the tax authorities is stressful for anyone. Tax audits can result in penalties, back taxes owed, and a tremendous hassle. However, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk of […]

Having a reliable portable charger can be the difference between having a fun 8-hour flight experience and one where you’re forced to ponder your own mortality. There are a ton of options to choose from, but my personal favorite, which I’ve been using for years, is currently over 50% off. The INIU 22.5W portable charger […]

I haven’t talked about “The Mandela effect” in this column because it’s silly. People think they saw a movie called Shazaam where Sinbad played a Genie because there was a movie called Kazaam where Shaq played a genie. People remembered Nelson Mandela’s funeral before it happened because they half-watched coverage of Nelson Mandela being freed […]

After years of waiting, widgets on the iPhone finally have buttons, thanks to iOS 17’s new interactive widgets feature. You can finally perform simple tasks like resuming a podcast or checking off a to-do in Reminders without opening an app. Not exactly revolutionary, but incredibly useful for someone whose iPhone is filled with widgets.  But […]

A child’s delight in hunting for Easter eggs (and consuming all the jelly beans stashed inside), dying eggs in vibrant colors, and digging through baskets full of chocolate bunnies may start to wane as they hit their preteen and teenager years. Your pastel plastic tablecloth with the flowers and bunnies is suddenly deeply uncool, and […]