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The Amazfit Balance 2 is proof that third-party wearables can be just as impressive as the mainline competition. This fitness watch delivers remarkable battery life, smooth-running software, and more health and wellness features than you’ll know what to do with. It also looks fantastic and is comfortable to wear.

Lexus, Toyota, and Subaru drivers are facing not one but two new recalls that could impact whether their cars are safe to drive.

Android 16 has been officially available for a few months now, but the beta program is still going strong. The second beta for the upcoming quarterly release (QPR2) has just been released for Pixel phones, and it has some cool goodies.

Your Discover feed always gives you a healthy feed of news and articles—you might've even reached this very post through Discover. Now, though, it's about to get a lot worse.

Sci-fi movies are typically saturated with aliens, space travel, distant galaxies, and other mind-bending science fiction.

Right now, you can get a Lisen retractable USB-C charger for just $10 on Amazon. This is a massive 50% discount off the usual $28 price. You can also save an extra $4.20 with the on-page coupon, making this a shockingly low price for a 45W charger that eliminates cable clutter.

Marketing plays a role in the modern game, pushing a narrative and getting in your face more than others. The same spending on the budget might not be possible from every manufacturer out there. One particular car brand doesn't occupy as much limelight but, however, still continues to deliver rock-solid cars, impressing both those who write about them and those who buy and enjoy them. That brand is Honda.

The 8Bitdo 64 Bluetooth Controller is on sale at its lowest price ever, knocking 31% off the price. It's now just $28 on Amazon, down from its usual $40. This controller will remind you of the old days on Nintendo 64 and is great for emulation.

I spent years trying to find the perfect note-taking app and came close with Google Keep. For a while, this app provided everything I was looking for and then some. However, as my needs began to expand, I slowly outgrew it.

Logitech G just revealed two new gaming mice in its PRO Series. The Pro X Superlight 2c is a smaller version of the popular Pro X Superlight 2, while the Pro X2 Superstrike comes with a brand new, industry-first click technology that supposedly will be a game changer for players.

We all have a junk drawer filled with inaccessible cables. Fortunately, you don't need to run out and buy a fancy organizer. The ideal solution may already be lying around in your kitchen.

Nothing just gave everyone a sneak peek at Nothing OS 4.0, the upcoming Android 16 update for its phones. While an exact release date hasn't been given, we can expect the upgrade to come with things like an Extra dark mode, and visual and functional improvements.

Everyone knows that tech companies love to steal ideas from each other. The iPhone has taken inspiration from Android countless times, and Samsung and Google have done the same to Apple. The most recent example is a little more unusual, though.

If you bought a fancy new Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, or Pixel 10 Pro XL, you'll be happy to hear that Google's busy sending out its first big bug-fixing software update to improve your experience. While the phones receive new day-one software out of the box, this new September OTA is the first real update, and it's full of important changes.

Robert Redford has sadly passed away at the age of 89. He left behind a lasting legacy in acting, directing, and political activism. From founding film production companies to taking part in environmentalism, Redford has done so much, but he will perhaps be most remembered for his film roles.

Custom icon packs are not all created equal. Many, sadly, introduce more problems than they solve. But every now and then, I stumble upon an icon pack that feels like a genuine improvement rather than a mere taste of novelty. What sets these themes apart?

Amazon just announced another Big Deals Day sale in October, and you know what that means. This week, we're already seeing several early Prime Day deals on all the hottest tech, from the 512GB Mac Mini, Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge, portable power banks, and much more.

Widgets are still a relatively new feature in macOS, and they probably don’t get the attention they deserve. For example, did you know you can have the same exact widgets from your iPhone on your Mac desktop?

Android 16 is the latest version of the Android operating system. Unfortunately, not every Samsung smartphone will receive the Android 16 update in the form of One UI 8. Here's a list of Samsung Galaxy phones that will not get the update.

The tar command on Linux is often used to create TAR.GZ or TGZ archive files, also called "tarballs." This command has a large number of options, but you just need to remember a few letters to quickly create archives with tar. The tar command can extract the resulting archives, too.