Browsing: Breaking Tech

There’s a new Garmin Fenix smartwatch on the market with a better screen and tons of new features, but is it enough to warrant an upgrade? The Fenix 9 will set you back $1,000, the same price we saw the previous generation launch for. Like all Garmin Fenix models before it, this one’s built for athletes…

NVIDIA’s $16,000 RTX PRO 6000 can beat the RTX 5090, but gamers aren’t who it’s built for.

As vinyl record sales continue to soar, swarms of converts are looking to upgrade their turntables. Of course, you can always invest in a high-end record player. And while cleaning your records and adding an alignment protractor can noticeably improve performance on the cheap, you may want to invest in improving the quality of your…

Whether the iPhone is the best smartphone around is debatable, but what’s undeniable is how well Apple has nailed the products that surround it. The AirPods continue to dominate the truly wireless earbuds market, and the Apple Watch remains one of the most polished smartwatch experiences you can get. Unfortunately, Apple’s accessories work best when…

When Alexandru Voica, head of corporate affairs at the video-generation startup Synthesia, sent me a link this summer to the newest addition to their PR team, I was surprised. It was aninteractive virtual avatar of him, trained to answer common press questions about Synthesia, like what it does and how it works. The day before,…

For the most part, modern consoles are perfectly fine parked either vertically or horizontally. All PlayStation 5 models, as well as both the Xbox Series X and Series S, were designed to work in either orientation. Thus, you can choose based on available space and how you want everything to look. 

The iPhone’s Always-On Display is a slick feature that lets you see important information at a glance without unlocking your phone. It keeps your customized Lock Screen dimmed but still visible, so you can quickly check the time, your notifications or other widgets. It’s not a feature loved by every iPhone user, depending on the level…

macOS offers two main options when you’re done using your Mac or MacBook: sleep and shutdown. At a high level, these are self-explanatory, but you might wonder when to use each mode and what exactly is going on during both of them.

September has been relentless in terms of new gadgets, and October is showing no signs of slowing down. We’ve reviewed 15 devices over the last two weeks, running the gamut from Apple to Sonos and Beats to DJI. Catch up on anything you might’ve missed below, and prepare for another batch of in-depth tech reviews…

Technology is people-oriented. It is designed for practical application rather than empty hype.