TL;DR: Get the encryption, virtualization, and business tools Windows 11 Home leaves out with a Windows 11 Pro lifetime license for $9.97 (reg. $199). Windows 10 is a security risk, and Windows 11 Home doesn’t…
When I was reaching out to companies in search of ridiculous standing desk accessories for a recent article I wrote, a laptop stand was on my list of must-gets. I don’t mean the desk converters…
Being a PC gamer in 2026 makes me want to self-medicate. Upgrading your PC hardware or looking for a new laptop is an exercise in self-punishment, as RAM and storage push prices beyond the breaking…
It’s not the first time Apple’s mixed it up, of course. If you’re old enough to remember when people still thought the last season of “Lost” was going to tie up all the loose ends,…
How much time do you spend on your phone? Depending on a series of factors, there’s a pretty decent chance that you use it more often than your laptop or desktop PC, especially if you…
Full-time Shazam: The watch can detect music playing and automatically identify it using Shazam, displaying it on widget in the Smart Stack. Apple Watches already do this on demand, but the new thing here is…
The joy of TV is its connectedness, the way it allows you to follow a story across multiple instalments as the narrative builds and breathes. Your experience of one episode informs your response to the…
Regular “Prompt Mode” readers already know that Claude AI watermarks are coming, and that they’ll allow us to tell whether a given piece of text was either written or otherwise “processed” by Claude. But here’s…
“By the summer [of 2026], when the company had sought to begin producing the earbuds, supply chain and software snags led Apple to postpone the product until 2027,” Gurman writes. By summer, he means mid-June,…
I love to run, but only if headphones are there to distract me from the pain. Thumping dance music is a reliable motivator, but on quieter days, a compelling audiobook has its advantages too, keeping…