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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Extremely low weight (39 grams) Very precise and fast sensor Optical switches with a clean click feel Sturdy workmanship despite lightweight Construction Switchable 8,000 Hz polling rate Cons Short battery life, especially at high polling rates Open underside susceptible to dust No comfort features like RGB, Bluetooth, or additional …

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Image: Raycast Last month, one of the best productivity apps for Mac finally became available for Windows. That’s Raycast, which is like a keyboard-controlled Swiss Army Knife for your computer. Open Raycast with a keyboard shortcut (Alt + Space by default on Windows and Option + Space on a Mac) to quickly look up files, …

Raycast is finally on Windows, and it totally changed how I use my PC Read More »

Image: LG LG Electronics will show off it’s new line of lifestyle TVs–the LG Gallery TV line–at CES in January, 2026. The Gallery TV is designed to optimally display the more than 4,500 works of art available from the company’s LG Gallery+ service (a “light” version is bundled with the TV; the “full” version requires a subscription.  …

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Skip to content Image: vege – Fotolia.com If you’ve ever had a bad Windows update or a system corruption, you’ll know it can be paralyzing for your OS, or operating system and render it useless. That’s why you need to create a restore point before anything ever goes wrong. A restore point is like an …

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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Very quick to alert on smoke Easy to set up (assuming you have the infrastructure) Some users might find the additional features of value Cons Motion sensor isn’t particularly useful Slow to send mobile notifications about smoke situations Alerts are hard to silence Our Verdict The Place Any Space …

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Image: Mark Hachman / IDG PCWorld tests webcams with one goal in mind: value. I want you to buy a webcam with the best picture quality, the best noise cancellation, and the best overall feature set for the lowest price. Our picks for the best PC webcams reflect this. Webcams exploded during the work-from-home movement …

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At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros High-quality workmanship All-aluminum housing Extremely low latency with rapid trigger “MagMech” technology: magnetic & mechanical switches can be mixed Great acoustics when typing Good price-performance ratio Cons Very short battery life in 8K wireless mode Mode switch awkwardly hidden under the keycap Software can be confusing and takes some …

Monsgeek FUN60 Ultra review: The TMR-powered keyboard every gamer needs Read More »

Ten years ago, the answer to the question of whether you should get fixed broadband or settle for mobile was simple: Yes, you should, as long as it is technically possible and not outrageously expensive. Mobile broadband was an emergency solution for summer cottages and houses in rural areas where the fiber network did not …

Time to ditch normal internet? How to know if mobile broadband is enough Read More »

Now, publishers are watching agentic AI browsers closely because they’re a new kind of middleman: instead of sending readers to sites, they can read, summarize and act on information inside the browser itself. And that could further cut publishers out of both clicks and the audience relationship, just as AI search is already doing. Tools …

No playbook, just pressure: Publishers eye the rise of agentic browsers Read More »

LG just revealed several new speakers in the xboom line . These speakers are part of with will.i.am from Black Eyed Peas, who is on board as the “experimental architect” involved with “development, design and brand marketing.” These speakers are fairly different from one another, but they all have AI in common. Each speaker includes …

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