9 nifty USB-C gadgets you didn’t know you needed
I don’t know how your tech drawers look, but mine are filled with wires I’ll likely never use again because technology has advanced quite a bit. Thankfully, USB-C seems to be here to stay since…
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Getting email you didn’t sign up for? Don’t unsubscribe—it may be a scam
Unwanted email is a daily part of life. How you deal with it could put you at risk, though. Handling it the “right” way by clicking on an unsubscribe link or button could actually send…
Apple needed to fix one thing at WWDC25 and it didn’t
At Monday’s WWDC keynote, Apple pretended 2025 was just another year. There was a lot of speculation about how Apple would frame this event (some of it from this pointy pontificator). Turns out it framed…
Upgrade his lawn game: Get 15% off the robot mower Dad didn’t know he needed
From spring to fall, every weekend — and even more frequently if it rains — a couple of hours go into maintaining the lawn. But what if it didn’t? What if you had all those…
7 ingenious USB-C gadgets you didn’t know you needed
I don’t know how your tech drawers look, but mine are filled with wires I’ll likely never use again because technology has advanced quite a bit. Thankfully, USB-C seems to be here to stay since…
8 secret Mac trackpad gestures you won’t believe you didn’t know
If there’s one thing Apple’s good at, it’s building operating systems that are simple to use and full of intuitive features. A prime example of that is its collection of Mac trackpad gestures, which let…
FTC says Americans lost $12.5B to scams last year — social media, AI and crypto didn’t help
You’re not the only one getting voicemails about your car’s extended warranty. According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), about 2.6 million people submitted reports on falling victim to fraud in 2024, totaling $12.5…
The biggest thing I didn’t see at CES: Thunderbolt 5. Insiders explain why
The one thing I expected to see at CES was a flood of laptops with Thunderbolt 5 connections attached. Yet, as far as I could tell, there wasn’t a single one. Thunderbolt 4? Sure. Laptops…
Apple Intelligence didn’t write this headline
Today the Macalope comes not to bury AI but to praise it. Okay, just a little, but still. Faithful readers of the horny one’s ribald rants might get the sense from them that the Macalope…
The M4 MacBook Pro has a secret display upgrade Apple didn’t tell us about
I recently mused about how the Mac lineup has been the most compelling for a while, and one of the reasons is that Apple introduced worthwhile features besides the chip upgrade to the M4. For…