The Best Chromebooks Are Doing Their Best to Course Correct
…As popular as they are, cheap Chromebooks suffer from a lot of the same problems that budget Windows laptops do. The quality of the display and touchpad tend to suffer, as it…
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Smart Plugs Don’t Always Make Sense. Here’s When You Should Actually Use Them
…Uncertain if a smart plug can solve your dumb device problems? Read on for all of our tips on what smart plugs are really for, how to best use them, and how…
The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle
…Nixon warns that the hackers behind the Canvas attack have in fact used old or recycled data to exaggerate claims of breaches in the past. This latest attack and the disruption it…
I’ve Tried Every Smart Speaker From Amazon, Google, and Apple—These Are the Ones Worth Buying
…If you're not a Prime member and don't want to become one, you can still switch to using the older and totally free Alexa assistant. Like the Google smart display…
Here Are the Gifts Our Writers Actually Buy Their Mothers
…That means it displays cute photos of my family most of the time, and then, with a simple tap, it opens the calendar or whatever page I was last on to show…
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
…That seemed not just odd but wrong to the quiet-mannered 33-year-old from Houston, Texas, who speaks confidently about his accomplishments without bragging. He had good grades from an Ivy…
AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened
…For the 39-year-old Steinberger, who split his time between homes in London and Vienna, even this was not enough. In November 2025, he launched a tool that’s now called…
I Looked Like a Bridge Troll on Zoom Calls. A Little Light Fixed It
…I could certainly close the blinds, but that's also where my 5-year-old displays his Lego creations. And doing so also leaves me exclusively with terrible track lighting on the…
The iPhone That Never Was
…He delved at length into the power of new technology, as well as emerging problems with privacy, information overload, misinformation, and increasing inequality, and showed that most Americans had no idea that…
MyMove Is the US Government’s Shittiest Website
…Like tens of millions of Americans each year, Rybak navigated to the site, filled out a simple form with her old and new addresses, paid the $1.25 identity verification fee, and…