The Find My feature is one of the best parts of being on Apple's ecosystem. This technology made its debut in 2021 with the AirTags, which are pretty easy to configure, and equally easy to find by using the Find My app on your iPhone. Just attach it to any item and forget about it!

Apple's AirPods series first launched in 2016 with a new model debuting roughly every three years. They wooed listeners with their easy iOS pairing, low profile design, convenient charging case, and solid sound. While AirPods are still a great product if you have the funds and the iPhone to take advantage of their features, there are other alternatives out there if you’re seeking something similar. Whether you’re looking for a pair of inexpensive earbuds or an Android user looking for a great noise-canceling option, there is something out there to satisfy your needs. We've gathered a list of our favorite alternatives, including some new models, that focus on design, sound quality, portability, and connectivity.

The Lenovo Legion Y25g-30 is an excellent 24.5-inch gaming monitor for professional eSports players, and average casual gamers alike. It sports a crazy fast 360Hz fresh rate and has a 1ms response time. Not to forget, it also packs in a 1080p resolution. It's up there with a lot of the best monitors that we've reviewed, and now is the chance for you to have one of your own.

Image: Amazon The second season of Amazon’s Invincible series feels plugged right into Hollywood’s current obsession with multiverses, but it’s taking notes directly from its classic comic’s source material. Continue reading…

No setup is complete without a good quality microphone that can deliver crisp and high-quality audio, be it for your Zoom meetings or for simply chatting with your peers in Discord. But even the best microphones on the market aren't enough sometimes to make you sound good through all the background, which is why I always rely on Nvidia's Broadcast tool to ensure my audio sound crisp and clear with no background noise cluttering the audio.

Image: A24 Get ready for the holiday with a list of the latest in horror across film, TV, and gaming. Continue reading…

Image: Western Digital Western Digital is splitting into two companies: one for its flash business and another for its hard drive storage products. The company announced the change alongside its earnings results on Monday, noting that spinning off its flash business will allow Western Digital to “realize its full value.”Western Digital acquired flash memory manufacturer SanDisk for nearly $19 billion in 2016. However, as noted by The Wall Street Journal, this decision will effectively reverse the merger, allowing its flash division to operate as a standalone business. The separation is expected to take place in the second half of 2024.“Our HDD and Flash businesses are both well positioned to capitalize on the data storage industry’s significant market... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In July, Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) center released its large language model Llama 2 relatively openly and for free, a stark contrast to its biggest competitors. But in the world of open-source software, some still see the company’s openness with an asterisk.While Meta’s license makes Llama 2 free for many, it’s still a limited license that doesn’t meet all the requirements of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). As outlined in the OSI’s Open Source Definition, open source is more than just sharing some code or research. To be truly open source is to offer free redistribution, access to the source code, allow modifications, and must not be tied to a specific product. Meta’s limits include requiring a license fee for any... Continue reading…

Image: Getty General Motors became the last car company to agree to a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers, ending the nearly seven-week-long strike, Reuters reported. The news came one day after the UAW said it had reached a deal with Stellantis, parent company of Chrysler and Jeep, and several days after Ford. The strike has roiled the auto industry, costing each of the Big Three automakers hundreds of millions of dollars each week in lost production and throwing cold water on the industry’s shift to electric vehicles. Autoworkers were extending their walkout to include new GM factories, including an engine plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, when the news broke that a deal had been reached. Previously, the UAW has succeeded in getting GM to... Continue reading…

This is one of the best streaming media devices you can buy right now. Amazon is best known for its retail segment, but over the years, it has introduced some stellar products to market like its Echo smart speakers, Kindle e-readers, and Fire TV devices. Although the Fire TV line has been around for some time, the brand has continuously updated the products to include more power and capabilities.

Dell is one of the largest manufacturers of computers in the world, shipping millions of great laptops every year. Its lineup includes everything from budget-minded Chromebooks and Inspiron PCs to high-end XPS Ultrabooks and Alienware gaming laptops on the consumer side, with Vostro, Latitude, and Precision laptops and mobile workstations for business operations. There are a lot of laptops to choose from at any time when shopping at Dell's official website, and Dell also hosts frequent sales events that offer serious discounts on a wide range of devices. It has now begun a Black Friday Sneak Peek event that is expected to run until Black Friday proper. With third-party retailer promotions also in mind, I've collected the best Dell laptop deals right here to help you shop.

Image: Kick.com / Instagram Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff recently inked a reported eight-figure deal with Twitch rival Kick. In a recent livestream, the Faze Clan co-owner and popular Call of Duty streamer said that, as part of his new deal, he will be running gambling streams. “The first question I’ve been seeing is like, ‘Nick, are you gonna do gambling streams?’” he said during his first Kick stream. “We’re gonna do some gambling for sure. It’s part of the contract.”Kick’s head of strategic partnerships clarified that a gambling clause is not in Kolcheff’s Kick contract. According to a post by gaming and esports reporter Jake Lucky, Nickmercs “has a Stake contract alongside his Kick contract,” referencing Stake.com, a gambling site owned by Kick co-founder Ed... Continue reading…