Roku is doing what most of its rivals won’t
Roku is spending $185 million to get into a business that most other streaming platforms have avoided. In early May, the company announced that it will acquire Frndly TV, the cheapest of all the live…
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A hacker is demanding money to keep your kids’ data safe. It won’t work
Crime does pay. It’s the motivator behind ransomware and extortion scams and why the PowerSchool breach (in which data for millions of students was lost to a hacker) is now dragging out further. Late last…
I punished this Bluetooth speaker for a year. It just won’t die
As a tech expert, I’m used to disappointment when it comes to gadget failures. Actually, we’re all used to it. Too used to it. Just last night, I put an endlessly restarting Apple HomePod mini…
What to do when an iCloud calendar invitation won’t work
iCloud lets you share calendars with other people who have iCloud accounts. They can be in a Family Sharing group or anyone at all. You can even invite people without an iCloud account, who will then be…
Here’s why Time Machine won’t work with your external drive
Mac users relying on Time Machine went through a rough transition a few years ago when Apple migrated away from its long-used HFS+ format for encoding hard drives and SSDs to the modern, more capable,…
The iPad’s Mac makeover is coming. It won’t work without these nine features
Whether or not the iPad can replace a MacBook often depends on what you do. For students and professionals, the iPad Pro’s superior display, Apple Pencil input, and portability have made it the ideal productivity…
I want to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11. Microsoft won’t let me
If Microsoft stops updating Windows 10, it would turn into a breeding ground for cybercriminals. A computer without security updates is not only a problem for the user, but it can also spread malware to…
I want to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11, but Microsoft won’t let me
If Microsoft stops updating Windows 10, it would turn into a breeding ground for cybercriminals. A computer without security updates is not only a problem for the user, but it can also spread malware to…
The iPhone 16e won’t make sense until its iPad moment
Unlike my hero Anton Ego, I get very little pleasure from negative criticism. Slamming 2022’s 10th-gen iPad for its high price, underwhelming battery life, and lack of a laminated screen hurt me, I’m sure, more…
Spotify’s lossless audio may finally arrive soon, but it won’t be cheap
Remember Spotify HiFi? It’s been nearly four years since Spotify first announced that lossless audio streaming was on tap, and here we are, still waiting. Now there’s another burst of chatter about the long-delayed feature,…