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There's a ton of Windows handhelds out there, but they lack one thing the Steam Deck has—an experience that naturally feels native to handhelds. Now, Microsoft wants to fix this with a few new changes.

Sony's best wireless earbuds packed with class-leading ANC are on sale at a huge discount, but you better act fast. If you're in the market for some premium true wireless earbuds, the Sony WF-1000XM5 is one of the best, and this deal brings them down to $160 in Silver, or $198 on the other two color options.

Apple bundles a lot of apps with the iPhone. These span multiple categories, enabling you to get things done on your iPhone right away without the hassle of downloading additional apps.

If you’re experiencing unexpected Windows shutdowns or your favorite game keeps crashing, it’s time to start sleuthing. That's where Windows Reliability Monitor can help. This native tool provides a user-friendly interface to aid in identifying and fixing system crashes, Windows update issues, hardware, and driver problems.

I've been a gamer my entire life, but it wasn't until recently that I stumbled into the world of typing games. Even though I write for a living, I'd never really considered using video games as a way to improve my typing. However, I quickly discovered that typing games sharpen your skills in a way that's surprisingly effective and hard to replicate elsewhere.

Does your beefy text editor take an age to start? Is it clunky and lacking features? Neovim solves so many problems for me that if I could, I would install it on my TV, fridge, toaster, and even my toothbrush—if that made any sense. It's that good.

Making a home's built-in lights controllable from a phone or voice assistant is a big part of creating a smart home. For me, the time has come. I'm going all-in, and I'm doing it all at once. Here goes nothing!

While the keyboard experience of my M3 MacBook Air is great, I always seem to be more productive when using a real mouse instead of the trackpad. At home, I have a large and ergonomic Logitech mouse. But while traveling, the Hyper HyperSpace Bluetooth Mouse is my new go-to.

Catching up on the news means either dodging paywalls on traditional media sites, or wading through toxic comments on social media, right? Wrong: there’s another way. RSS has been keeping us informed for over two decades, and it’s as relevant today as ever.

You might not have noticed, but mods are slowly becoming more common in console games. They're still not available for most console releases, but the recent wave of new console games with mod support is a promising sign for future releases.

It's been a week since I wiped Windows 11 from my Lenovo Legion Go handheld and replaced it with the first official version of SteamOS for handhelds other than the Steam Deck.

Are you looking for ways to add extra ports to your Chromebook? Look no further! USB-C docks are the solution to your problem, and they come in all shapes and sizes.

If you want something new to play on your Nintendo Switch—or Nintendo Switch 2—you needn't reach for your wallet. Instead, there are tons of excellent demos to check out on the Nintendo eShop, which gives you hours of gameplay for free.

As I write this, my own Switch 2 console is still in transit, but many luckier folks than I have had their hands on one for a few days now and the real facts and figures are coming out of the woodwork,

Macs hold their value better than most computers. If you're looking to upgrade and your existing Mac has still got some life in it, you should easily be able to sell it to fund your new purchase. Here are the steps you should take to get the best price for it.

These days, it's pretty much a given that you need a sound bar or some other external audio system for a flat-panel TV, because TV speakers suck!

Vinyl sales are near all-time highs, and their popularity has revived a conversation that has raged for decades: why does vinyl sound better than digital? Where is the magic in vinyl that digital lacks? But there is no magic—vinyl isn’t better.

One of the biggest problems when it comes to treating internal organs is that, well, they're internal. Which means that either treatments have to be traumatically invasive, or medicine has to be pushed through our metabolic pathways, which isn't as efficient and can have unwanted side effects.

It's 2025, and the legendary media franchise that is Star Wars is still going as strong as ever. There's no shortage of Star Wars content to enjoy, but if you're a die-hard fan, you may have already consumed it all. And even if you haven't, sometimes it's nice to mix things up without drifting too far from the themes and genre you've come to love.

I was originally excited for Dropbox and cloud storage when such services first came out. Now I see them more as a scam, and I've avoided them for years. What changed?