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External drives are great for adding more storage to a laptop, since swapping or adding internal laptop drives isn’t usually possible today. But they’re also a good option for carrying data between locations, creating backup archives or any other data storage needs. And just like when buying an internal drive, you’ll have to choose between…

The Roku line of streaming devices has a lot of features that aren’t necessarily obvious. Some can be incredibly useful, like built-in Bluetooth support for night owls, while others may not be everyone’s cup of tea, like the recently added AI slop Roku channel. There’s one function in particular that might be cutting your time…

Not so many decades ago, in much simpler and slower times, many Wi-Fi routers shipped with just a single antenna that could only handle one wireless data stream at a time. As Wi-Fi got better, the internet got faster and devices rapidly multiplied across households. The number of antennas on routers did, too. Today, there…

Meta just released its first consumer AI agent, Muse. Like agents from other companies, the list of tasks Muse is capable of is long. The agent can browse the web, online shop, fill out forms, plan trips, send emails, schedule events and a whole lot more.

Finding a great secondhand item is exciting, but make sure you properly clean it up before giving it a second life.

Your router has several Ethernet ports, but they might not all be for the same purpose.

Free tiers backed by paying subscribers are easier to evaluate than unlimited VPNs that won’t explain how they make money.

Artificial intelligence development must slow down to prevent human extinction, warns former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo. Having worked at the company for two years before resigning in 2024, Kokotajlo sounds the alarm on the rapid pace of the AI arms race and a severe lack of safety safeguards. He advocates for third-party evaluators to monitor…

Notifications can get really annoying, especially during a meeting or at bedtime. The good news is that your iPhone has plenty of ways to silence and suppress them: Do Not Disturb, Focus modes and, of course, the classic silent mode. 

If there’s one piece of advice that’s been echoed all over tech forums and support pages the moment someone brings up an issue, it’s probably, “Restart your device.” Even though gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck and the ROG Ally don’t look like laptops, under that portable hood they’re running full PC operating systems, regardless of whether…