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Time and spikes take a toll on a surge protector, even with no visible signs of damage.

Your PC probably doesn’t need both ports, but workstations and servers can put them to work.

Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation, marking what could be its last private round before a planned 2027 IPO Coatue Management and Blackstone are leading the round

Old digital cameras are making a weird comeback, so it may feel a bit more difficult to justify throwing one in the electronics recycling bin than it would have a few years ago. According to the Camera & Imaging Products Association, shipments of built-in-lens digital cameras grew 29.6 percent in 2025 to approximately 2.44 million…

Norway has become the first country to propose a temporary ban on camera-enabled and AI-powered smart glasses in public spaces, amid growing concerns around privacy.

The online shopping giant ASOS has seemingly been hacked today, with customers receiving a threatening notification from the mobile app.

The more USB ports on a device, the better, but things can get confusing when they all have a different symbol on them. Among the markings seen next to USB ports, it’s not uncommon to see a battery icon, which typically indicates that it’s a USB Power Delivery port. Known as USB PD for short,…

Big Tech firms like to tout their environmental credentials, positioning themselves as responsible stewards of the planet’s welfare. Yet you’d be forgiven for viewing those claims more than a little skeptically in the artificial intelligence (AI) era — after all, a slew of recent reports have suggested that such environmental posturing has a bad habit…

A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, October 5 (game #1715).

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, October 5 (game #946).