I’ve had the Aqara M3 Hub ($129.99) running for a few months now, since it was a requirement for the new Aqara ceiling light I reviewed last month. Aqara is positioning the M3 as part of a new class of brand specific hubs that can act as multi-hubs—meaning they could be the only hub in […]

Samsung’s Odyssey series has consistently been one of the industry’s most sought-after and well-rated gaming monitors. Back in January, during CES, they announced three new monitors to the series, with the G8 and G6 being the first time Samsung added flat monitors to the series. They became available to the public just this month and […]

The most exciting internet trend of the past few years is the return of the blog. People are posting again. It’s great. I’m using “blog” a bit more loosely than in the past. The great revival has taken many shapes—email newsletters, for example, remind me a lot of the early days of blogging. But I’ve […]

Adobe is having a rough week. On Thursday, I reported that Photoshop users received a pop-up requiring them to agree to new terms that appeared to give Adobe access to their work. In response to the resultant outcry from furious creators, Adobe issued a response, clarifying their new terms of service document was largely the […]

One of the major drivers of monthly utility bills is the cost of heating and cooling your home. While insulating your attic or crawlspace can improve the efficiency of your HVAC system, there’s another step you can take to keep your home cooler during the summer months as well as reducing your overall energy usage: […]

In the internet age, language evolves faster than your computer’s dictionary. Even if you only speak English, new words such as “rizz,” “girlboss,” and “microtransaction” keep popping up. No matter how versed you are in slang, these words can definitely still mess up your typing experience on your Mac. Credit: Pranay Parab Even if you […]

Microsoft bills its AI chatbot, Copilot, as your “everyday AI companion.” But while Microsoft has baked in the usual generative AI features you’d expect from such a chatbot, it isn’t the only company in the mix. Other companies have created “plugins” for Copilot, adding third-party functionality to your AI conversations. Here’s what you can do […]

So, you installed Windows 11 on your PC—or you bought a machine with the OS pre-installed—and now your computer looks like everyone else’s. There’s no shame in sticking to the defaults, but if you want to make Windows 11 a bit more personalized, there are plenty of settings and features you can change to make […]

This week we’re talking generational conflict! Gen Z and Millennials are fighting over Eminem (kind of), a YouTuber has been elected to the European parliament, and the game industry keeps remaking games for dads. The only thing we can all agree on is that Generation Alpha consumes disturbing memes. Beyond Skibidi Toilet: the nonsense memes […]

While the deadline for filing most tax returns and paying any outstanding balance for the year has already passed, not everyone can set it and forget it until next April. June also has a major deadline both for those paying their 2024 estimated taxes and those who have extended deadlines for 2023 filing. Taxpayers who […]

Microsoft has largely billed its AI chatbot, Copilot, as a free-to-use AI experience. You can download the app, call up the chatbot in Windows 11, or use Copilot’s website to do all the things you expect to with AI. But if you want more features, there is a paid version of Microsoft’s AI: Copilot Pro. […]

Amazon is one of the biggest retailers in the world, and that can make it quite challenging to shove past the FAQs, user forums, and Reddit threads to actually talk to a human over the phone. As you probably already know from trying to contact someone on Amazon’s “Contact Us” page, there is no direct […]