Apple has bad news for AirPods audiophiles
When Apple launches a new product, it’s generally treated as a significant event. But not all Apple releases are equal, with a decent proportion consisting of a minor processor bump or a switch from one…
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Mokibo Fusion review: A bad keyboard and a bad touchpad in one
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Tiny Super-thin Functional, techincally Cons Hard to use as a keyboard Hard to use as a touchpad Integrated stand isn’t great Our Verdict Combining a touchpad and a keyboard…
Bad news for Amazon Prime Video viewers! More ads are on the way
Amazon apparently wants to milk Prime Video even further by showing more ads than ever before. According to Ars Technica, Amazon will test how much advertising it can get away with before Prime Video viewers…
Windows ‘PKfail’ Secure Boot disaster just went from bad to worse
A couple of months ago, we reported on the PKfail vulnerability in Secure Boot — a security issue that stems from hardware manufacturers shipping devices with known compromised software. After digging deeper, the original security…
Lexar Play 2280 SSD review: Good for PCs, bad for PlayStation 5
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Fantastic thermal mounting of heatsink Very good real-world Windows performer Handsomely styled Cons Extremely pricey for a PCIe 4.0 host memory buffer (HMB) design Slow 4K performance with larger…
If it wasn’t for bad advice, Apple wouldn’t get any advice at all
The Macalope was going to say he’s seen Apple armchair quarterbacks come and go, but in reality, they sadly never seem to go anywhere. They just keep spinning the same nonsense year after year. It…
Good bad news for Apple: The iPad Pro is soaring—and killing other iPads
Is the iPad dead? No, or at least not yet. And a new report suggests Apple’s tablet strategy is getting more things right than wrong. CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners) has posted to Substack an…
Logitech: ‘Forever mouse’ was just a (bad) idea
Take a deep breath, everyone. Logitech’s “forever mouse” won’t be coming to market after all. Logitech’s idea of a mouse that you’d buy once and pay for forever is just a “peek” into a possible…
OLED laptops: The good, the bad, the ugly
Once upon a time, OLED displays were prohibitively expensive. Nowadays, you can pick up a laptop with an OLED display for under $1,000. But are they really worth it? The answer might be more complicated…
Microsoft’s AI stance would be laughable if it weren’t so bad
It’s been a long while since we last did this but it’s once again time to have a chat with the Winotaur, the Macalope’s Microsoft counterpart! THE MACALOPE: Hey, man! Long time no see! THE…