Best laptops for students: See where the MacBook falls on our list
If you’re a student, your laptop is your toolbox, your textbook, your everything — and you need a solid machine that’s going to last you from orientation to graduation. It’s an essential tool, and you need one that you can rely on: No one has the extra cash to be replacing a subpar laptop halfway […]
How to disable Live Photos after watching that episode of 'The Other Two'
Think Live Photos are all fun and games? So did I, until a particularly mortifying episode of The Other Two — a delightful comedy created by former Saturday Night Live head writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider — made me completely reevaluate the feature. For those unfamiliar with the way Live Photos work, when the […]
Light Pong is an interactive gaming console that doesn't need a screen — Future Blink
Light Pong is a one dimensional gaming console that lets you play light-up ping pong, tug of war, and a variety of other games, all of which are programmed along a single line.
I drove the Lucid Air. It's the future of cars.
Experience has taught us to be wary of any “car of the future.” Decades’ worth of cool concept vehicles with that title never made it near a production line. Grand failures like DeLorean stood as warnings to anyone who would innovate outside the conservative carmaker club. Tesla only bucked the trend, according to the latest […]
New Google Maps layer shows every wildfire burning
Searching for the latest details about wildfires just got easier on Google Maps — and not just the ones nearby. Last year Google added more wildfire info in Google Maps and Search, but only if you looked up a specific fire or pulled up driving directions that went through a fire zone, like the Caldor […]
Google's new search results page will answer your question with more (useful) questions
Google doesn’t just have all the answers. It thinks it has the questions, too. Google is redesigning its search results page to display more information in a way it thinks will be more useful for users. Essentially, it’s going to show you the questions — and the answers to those questions — that you didn’t […]
Google just took visual search to a whole new level
Have a question about something you can see but can’t describe? Just ask Google. Google has unveiled what seems like a really useful and almost scarily advanced new way to search with images. Google Lens already lets you search based on an image. For example, if you take a picture of an elephant, you’ll probably […]
Amazon's new smart thermostat is only $60 — here's how to pre-order
PREORDER: Amazon’s new Smart Thermostat comes out Nov. 4, and you can reserve one ahead of time for just $59.99. Your move, Nest: Amazon introduced a new Alexa-enabled smart thermostat at its annual hardware event this week (among a bunch of other gadgets), and it’s priced at only $59.99. For comparison’s sake, Google’s popular Nest […]
The best video editing laptops for aspiring filmmakers and YouTubers
Gone are the days of huge video editing bays — now you can make Oscar-worthy films right from your desk. Thanks to high-performing graphics cards, top-class CPUs, and amped-up storage capabilities, today’s best video editing laptops are primed for professional use. While many in the past have turned to gaming laptops for video editing — […]
The best 2-in-1 laptops for enjoying the best of both worlds
While laptops and tablets are great on their own, but sometimes you just need both — at once — without the hassle of having to carry around two devices all day. Enter: the hybrid laptop (or just 2-in-1 laptop). It’s a device that you can convert from tablet to laptop and back again with ease. […]