Month: April 2023
The Home Assistant SkyConnect is a great excuse to demolish your smart home and start from scratch
My smart home has been a mess for a while. Before writing this, it was a combination of a Hue hub and HomeKit, the former of which I was not terribly fond of having, and the latter I tolerate. But for a few years now, I have wanted to go…
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9 Best Earplugs (2023): For Concerts, Sleep, and Listening
Whether you want to sleep through the party or rock out (safely) to your favorite band, these will help block out the noise. Source
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Cheaper Xbox expandable storage cards are on the way
Microsoft appears to be readying new Xbox expandable storage options from other manufacturers. A new Western Digital 1TB expansion card for Xbox Series S / X consoles has been spotted early on Best Buy, priced at $179.99. It’s the first time we’ve seen Xbox expandable storage that’s not manufactured by…
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Framework’s computers aren’t perfect, but they are exciting
It’s not often that I get too excited about new laptops these days. Modern laptops are extremely capable devices, with few glaring flaws. They are thin, light, and finely tuned to get the job done. Exciting, they are not. But Framework’s laptops are exciting. Under the banner of repairability and…
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7 Best Gaming Laptops (2023): From Cheap to Premium
We tested the latest and greatest gaming notebooks to sort the god rolls from the vendor fodder. Source
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The OLED MacBook Air could come with a slightly smaller display
We’re expecting Apple to launch a MacBook Air with an OLED display in the next year or two, and the latest unconfirmed leak around the laptop suggests that it’s going to arrive with a slightly smaller 13.4-inch display. That’s according to well-respected industry analyst Ross Young (opens in new tab)…
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