Gadget

Rivian R2 owners can now put a live pet cam on their phone’s lockscreen

Keep an eye on your furry, feathered or scaly friends when you leave the car.

Rivian’s latest software update is one many pet parents will be very pleased to see. Following the latest 2026.36 update, R2 vehicle models will hav…

The FCC proposes new mid-band spectrum auction and unlocking 800MHz for drones

The agency is doubling down on direct-to-device service.

The US Federal Communications Commission laid out a trio of

for several rule changes around wireless connectivity. The plans will be put to a vote later this mon…

Spam calls are apparently here to stay, but you have ways to fight back.

Spam calls should be a bygone concern, but unfortunately they’re still a plague many of us deal with. Services like Truecaller have

and spam filtering for years. But since Android and iOS have gotten great at handling spam ca…

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

The two Ethernet ports on some PCs aren’t a matter of aesthetics or a simple selling point. Their primary purpose is to provide the computer with more networking options, like backup connections or separate…

Common mistakes you should avoid when using foldable phones

Your phone can fold in half, but your keys shouldn’t join it.

mistake you should avoid when using foldable phones

is dropping them. But that’s common knowledge and doesn’t make for a very exciting discussion. You’re probably thinking abo…

Can a MacBook handle heavy games? Here’s what you should know

The gap between Mac and PC is finally closing, but be careful before you pick a Mac as your primary gaming platform.

Macs have never exactly been gaming machines. For a long time, not only was the hardware lacking, but many developers n…

Two screens means more real estate to run apps without having to switch between them all the time.

, with some studies indicating that it can boost productivity and satisfaction. Whether it’s for multitasking, to expand a split-screen view, gaming or everyday office tasks, there’s a lot of value in…

How did retro consoles handle graphics before modern GPUs?

Graphics chips could draw but not compute, until the Xbox arrived.

Console graphics came from bespoke, fixed-function chips for more than two decades, until the original Xbox burst onto the scene in 2001 with a PC GPU inside. Those of us w…

What are amplifiers for and how important are they to your sound system’s quality?

You probably already have a few hiding in plain sight.

Gear makers will gladly sell you a hundred different add-ons to improve your sound system. To this day, it’s possible to buy gold-plated audio cables, even thou…

The same aluminum block has seen four different generations of silicon.

Put the first-gen Apple Mac Studio next to the newly released

, and you’d struggle to tell them apart on looks alone. Apple has stuck with the same 7.7-inch square of aluminum, standing at 3.7 inches tall, for the fourth gener…

Meta wants people to build their own Muse gadgets, too

The company created its own smart home device, the Muse Home Link

We still don’t know too much about Meta’s tamagotchi-like AI device, but the Muse Charm won’t be the only dedicated hardware for the AI agent. The company is now encouraging dev…

Lyft agrees to pay $272.5 million to settle worker classification lawsuit

Uber and Lyft were sued by the state of California in 2020 for misclassifying employees as contractors.

that alleged both it and Uber were misclassifying employees as contractors, California Attorney General Rob Bonta

, whi…