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 host more epic parties, you can get an unopened Sony SRS-XV800 Party Speaker for just under $400, which is less expensive than the Amazon price tag but has all the […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Stranger Things, which is ending for good this fall, debuted back in 2016. Given the pace of life these days, the end of the Obama administration feels, somehow, as distant as the series’ nostalgic 1980s setting. The show solidified Netflix as the streamer to beat […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Buying a new piece of fitness equipment is exciting (if you know what to look for), but then comes the real challenge: actually working out. So, you’ve got your stair stepper all set up—now what? How do you get a workout from this thing that […]

If your daily routine involves frequently chatting with ChatGPT, you might be surprised to see a new pop-up this week. After a lengthy conversation, you might be presented with a “Just checking in” window, with a message reading: “You’ve been chatting a while—is this a good time for a break?” The pop-up gives you the […]

If you’re like me, your phone is always on silent, which makes it easy to miss calls. That in itself isn’t a problem, at least until you forget to return those missed calls. Luckily, the redesigned Phone app in iOS 26 comes with an unexpected new feature that might actually be more useful than either […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. For a lot of folks, Microsoft Office still sits at the center of everyday productivity. If you’re working on a Windows machine and don’t want to pay a recurring fee for Microsoft 365, this […]

For the past few weeks, the internet has been obsessed with the strange case of Julian Brown—a 21-year-old inventor from Georgia who supposedly unlocked a secret Big Oil doesn’t want us to know. According to this post on X (and many others like it), Brown figured out how to turn plastic into gasoline. In his […]

Impersonation scams have come for something many of us dread both attending and missing: jury duty. Fraudsters pretending to be law enforcement officers are contacting people claiming that they’ve missed a summons and need to pay up or risk arrest. The Federal Trade Commission first warned of this scheme back in March, when bad actors […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. There’s no denying this iPad Air 3rd Gen (2019) is a few years older, but at $169.99 for a refurbished, near-mint unit, it fills a different kind of need. Newer models have faster chips […]

The AI agent era is here: ChatGPT is no longer just for answering your queries with a confident-sounding, often wildly incorrect response synthesized from masses of data scraped from other sources. It’ll now hook into your apps to carry out real actions for you: booking tickets, looking up prices, checking your calendar, creating slideshows, and […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’ve been eyeing a top-tier Android phone but holding off because of the price, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra just got a little easier to justify. It’s currently down to $1,099.99 on Amazon, […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Sony WF-C510s are down to $34.99 on StackSocial, and for anyone just looking for decent sound without the sticker shock, this deal might do the trick. These are refurbished but listed as Grade […]

I have never been a natural athlete. I didn’t play sports as a kid, I’ve never actually enjoyed working out, and I’ve only became marginally interested in the health benefits of moving my body as I get older. The only force that compels me into the gym is vanity, and I feel fine admitting that. […]

Sometimes you need to quickly remove a few pages from a PDF, or merge it with another document—jobs that aren’t worth forking out for an Adobe Acrobat subscription for. PDF Barber is a free website with tools for simple PDF edits like splitting files, re-ordering pages, and adding signatures. I like this website for a […]