With the OnePlus 15, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL in my pockets, here's how one stood out from the others....
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Published on: 2025-12-07
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The Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus is a high-capacity, solar-ready power station built to keep your home running. Here's how it fared in mine....
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Published on: 2025-12-07
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The KeySmart SmartCard left a strong impression after just a few weeks of using it....
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Published on: 2025-12-07
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I have over a dozen AirTags in use, and my biggest problem is having to change the batteries every year or so. Elevation Lab said, 'no worries.'...
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Published on: 2025-12-07
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The fewer entry points you leave open, the more secure your smart home will be....
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Published on: 2025-12-06
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The more persuasive a model is trained to be, the higher the likelihood that it'll hallucinate, researchers find....
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Published on: 2025-12-06
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Forget the old way of shopping. In 2025, AI can help you find the right product for the best price in minutes. Here's how....
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Published on: 2025-12-06
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Stream Ring is an AI-powered note-taker and thought organizer that users can speak into, regardless of the environment....
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Published on: 2025-12-05
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Acer's Veriton NUC AI is a compact Windows PC with a wide selection of ports....
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Published on: 2025-12-05
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The OnePlus Buds Pro 3 introduce several improvements, including better audio output and a longer-lasting battery....
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Published on: 2025-12-05
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Just the other day I saw the news that Micron is planning to get out of their consumer memory business. For many years, this was my goto place to tell people go, run a scan and it would tell you exactly what you needed to order in order to upgrade...
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Published on: 2025-12-05
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ISSUE 22.48.1 • 2025-12-04 By Susan Bradley Here we go again: This month brings the first security patches to be released to Windows 10 during the Extended Security Update program. Because last month, Microsoft released an additional update to all Windows 10 PCs to fix an underlying issue with the...
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Published on: 2025-12-04
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I have a line-of-business software applications that dumps out information in a format that is less than ideal. Often, I want the data in rows and columns in order to do my magic slicing and dicing. In the past, I would save as a PDF and then go into Adobe...
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Published on: 2025-12-03
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Yesterday, Microsoft released KB5070311 which are preview updates for non security components that will be included in next month’s security releases. Just a reminder that these are for testing only as evidenced by the fact that they nearly immediately posted a known issue regarding white flashes that may occur when...
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Published on: 2025-12-02
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ISSUE 22.48 • 2025-12-01 BEN’S WORKSHOP By Ben Myers The General Store, at the very center of Harvard, Massachusetts, is a one-of-a-kind place to meet and greet friends and colleagues. It offers excellent food and some occasional live performances, all in a rustic building constructed in 1850. The computer equipment...
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Published on: 2025-12-01
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PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston One great benefit of USB-C cables (defined in 2014) over the older USB-A standard (1996) is that you can push a C cable into any C-compatible port without squinting to see whether the end of the cable is “up” or “down.” But the reversibility of...
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Published on: 2025-12-01
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SOFTWARE By Will Fastie There’s less than a year before Microsoft removes its Publisher page-layout program from the market and throws the kill switch on the 365 version. But you can’t wait. Well before October 1, 2026, Publisher users must take definitive action to determine how their design projects will...
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Published on: 2025-12-01
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TAME YOUR TECH By Susan Bradley Now that we’re getting close to the end of 2025, I’m taking this opportunity to look back on the year’s introductions of various bits of new technology. Some have stalled, some have failed, and some have been embraced. Microsoft has a long reputation for...
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Published on: 2025-12-01
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This Black Friday marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season—a time when heightened cyber awareness is especially important. One of my favorite cybersecurity stories is centered around an unlikely beginning: a discrepancy of just 75 cents. While many would have dismissed this as an insignificant accounting error, one astronomer...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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It’s the American tradition of food, family and football, better known as Thanksgiving. I’d like to take this time to thank you for your continued support. I laughed when I saw a post reminding people that as they gather with their loved ones over the holidays there are some key...
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Published on: 2025-11-27
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