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Your car key fob suddenly needs several presses to unlock the door. Your AirTag stops responding when you try to locate it. Before blaming either gadget, it’s worth checking the battery inside. One common type is the CR2032, a 3V lithium coin cell also used in Samsung’s SmartTag2 and some smart home sensors. Depending on…

Apple Watches do a lot more than tell the time, granting their wearers many of the iPhone’s perks in addition to a suite of biometric data. However, they also possess an assortment of extra traits with more niche, but valuable, use-cases. One of these underrated Apple Watch features is Theater Mode, which is perfect for…

Ethernet is slow on TVs, but it doesn’t have to compete with everything else for Wi-Fi bandwidth.

Most AI chatbots won’t outright tell you who to vote for, but some of the models behind them will. A new study found that when forced to choose in this year’s upcoming midterm elections, SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.7 recommended the Republican candidate in 92% of its answers, while OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol picked the Democrat in 97%.…

Have you ever pulled into a fast charging station on a freezing morning without notifying your EV first, and found that it charges more slowly? Turns out that if you set that same charger as a destination in the car’s navigation, many EVs will use the time it takes to drive there to prepare the…

Taking a few shortcuts while setting up your home network can lead to a lot of buffering later.

There’s a way to convert wired CarPlay to wireless, but you need to choose the right adapter first.

The lowest upfront price doesn’t necessarily mean the most affordable when you factor in the cost of games.

Why the battery in your AirTag might die quickly, and what you can do to make it last longer.

It’s already costly enough to leave your EV at the airport for a week without it quietly discharging electricity while you’re away. You could end up with a reduced battery percentage, even if the odometer hasn’t budged. The truth is that an EV will lose a bit of charge while it’s parked, but the amount…