It sucks that new phones and tablets don’t come with charger blocks anymore, but the silver lining is you get to choose your own—and there are some really good ones that don’t cost much. Right…
Smart appliances are great since you can control them from your phone, but a lot of them are just too expensive. If you aren’t ready to replace your “dumb” appliances with smart upgrades yet, here’s…
AOL was once the largest provider of internet service for Americans. Today, it belongs to Yahoo! Inc. and operates as a web portal where you can read online articles aggregated from sources across the web—and…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros 14 ports Up to 4x 4K at 60Hz displays 2x 8K at 60Hz display 2.5Gb Ethernet 100W PD laptop charging 30W USB-C Cons USB-C not Thunderbolt Pricey for USB-C…
USB flash drives (a.k.a. “thumb” drives) may seem passé in a world where AirDrop and cloud storage solve the file-transfer problem. But they’re still quite useful for handing over files to another user when your…
If you’re still using the wall plugs (also known as power blocks, power adapters, and charger blocks) that came with your devices, you probably need to upgrade. Those things tend to be slow, and you’ll…
My smart home extends to both my front and back yards. But I have only one weather-protected duplex outlet in each location, which isn’t enough to accommodate all the smart devices I need to plug…
One of the most annoying evolutions of the tech world is that we no longer get charger blocks (i.e., power adapters or wall plugs) with most new flagship devices. But there’s a silver lining to…
Smartening up your home these days can be fairly cheap, especially if you know what to pick. One of the best ways to go about things is to get Amazon Smart Plugs because they’re easy…
Who has the time to wait around while their phone trickle charges? Not me, and not you. That’s why it’s so essential these days to have a fast charging block that doesn’t cost an arm…