A Ring Doorbell Can Cost $920 Over Three Years. Here Are Five That Cost $35 to $180, Total.
A doorbell camera’s sticker price is rarely the real cost, and the gap between the two has become large enough
Google Reversed Course on Cookies. If You Use Chrome, You’re Still Being Tracked by Default.
For years, the tech press treated Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome as a settled, inevitable privacy
That Projector’s ‘3,000 Lumens’ Might Actually Be 180. Here’s the Number That Matters.
Projector spec sheets have a brightness number problem serious enough that it’s led to actual lawsuits between manufacturers. Epson has
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Wire-Free Robot Mowers Don’t Need a Buried Cable. They Still Need to Match Your Yard.
Robot lawn mowers spent years requiring a buried perimeter wire, a genuinely off-putting installation step that involved trenching a cable
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Foldable Phones Finally Fixed Their Durability Problem. Here’s What Actually Changed.
Foldable phones spent their first several generations with a genuinely deserved reputation problem: visible screen creases, hinges that wore out
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Graphics Cards Are the Worst-Hit Casualty of the Memory Shortage. Here’s the Real Damage.
This site has already covered the AI-driven memory shortage pushing up the price of laptops, TVs, Mac Minis, and the
Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max Are Still Policing Password Sharing. Peacock and Paramount+ Quietly Gave Up.
Most coverage of streaming password sharing still treats it as a Netflix story, since Netflix was the first and loudest
The CPSC Just Proposed Mandatory E-Bike Battery Rules. Here’s What to Check Before They’re Law.
An e-bike or e-scooter battery catching fire has gone from a rare news item to a recurring one, and the
Right to Repair Is Finally Law in Six States and the EU. Here’s What It Actually Guarantees.
Right to repair went from an advocacy talking point to actual, enforceable law across a real chunk of the world
The Pebble Time 2 Costs $225 Once. Your Oura Ring Costs That Every Three Years Just to Keep Working.
This site has now written about a ring that charges monthly to keep its own new features working, a smart