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Meze Empyrean Vs Meze Elite: Which One Is Worth The Money And Why
The Meze Empyrean and the Meze Elite are headphones that produce audio that's higher quality than most people will ever experience -- but are they worth it? → Read More
AM Compact Touch Keyboard Has A Back To The Future-Inspired Look Fans Will Love
Angry Miao's latest unique keyboard build works with a variety of color combinations and styles -- one of them has a unique set of pop culture inspirations. → Read More
How to customize Slack’s new redesign
Slack's newest redesign uses some pretty intense colors - here's how to change to dark mode and create your own designs. → Read More
Apple Maps will soon show you how close you are to a COVID-19 testing site
Apple has also tweaked Apple Maps to put categories such as pharmacies, food delivery and hospitals at the top of the search page. → Read More
How to snooze notifications on Slack so alerts don’t drive you up the wall
Sometimes we all need a break from all the noise. Here's how to snooze notifications on Slack. It's a lot easier than you think. → Read More
Google is giving everyone two months of free Stadia Pro to stave off cabin fever
Starting today, anyone with a Google account can sign up for Google Stadia and get two free months of Stadia Pro. → Read More
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will donate $1 billion to COVID-19 relief and other charities
CEO of both Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, is donating $1 billion of his equity in Square to fund COVID-19 relief around the world. → Read More
This smart toilet checks your poop and remembers your butthole
Welcome to the future. Cameras are everywhere, you can't go outside, and your health is checked daily by your smart toilet. → Read More
Your smartphone is a cesspool of germs – this UV phone sanitizer disinfects it at the push of a button
Totallee is better known for its high-quality, stylish smartphone cases, but this new case is about another type of protection. → Read More
The best apps to make your photos really stand out
While the cameras in our smartphones are better than ever, all too often, we're at the mercy of the inbuilt camera app when we take photos. → Read More
Pixel 4 owners now have to keep their eyes open to use face unlock – here’s how to disable it
Google finally fixed Face Unlock on the Pixel 4 today by putting out an update that now requires your eyes to be open for the unlock to work. → Read More
Skype now lets you join video calls without signing up or downloading the app – here’s how it works
With all the Zoom issues, this could be a good alternative. → Read More
Quibi is a new $8/month streaming video service that lives entirely on your phone – is it any good?
Quibi, short for "Quick Bites," is the short-form streaming service aiming to piggyback on the shortened attention spans of modern life. → Read More
Well, it’s official: Microsoft Edge is now the world’s second most popular desktop web browser
It's only been a short few months since Microsoft overhauled its Edge web browser to run on Chromium and it appears that change has paid off. → Read More
Facebook’s new redesign is now live – here’s how to turn it on
Facebook has been trialing its redesign for a while now, and now the overhauled design is available for everyone. Here's how to turn it on. → Read More
Google is using location data to see who’s taking the coronavirus lockdown seriously
There's a new weapon in the fight against the coronavirus - anonymized location data gathered from smartphones using Google's software. → Read More
This power bank is a car jump-starter and portable vacuum combined into one
Jumpi combines a jumpstarter, a handheld vacuum, and a power bank for your electronic devices into one device. → Read More
YouTube is working on a TikTok competitor called Shorts – launching by end of year
Great, everyone's just copying each other's homework again. → Read More
How to change the language or accent of your Alexa-powered device
Alexa has a pretty calming voice once you get used to chatting to an AI, but what if you want to use a different language? Here's how. → Read More
Zoom knows its app is a hot security mess – the CEO is sorry and promises fixes are on the way
Zoom recently had a meteoric increase of users, but with that comes an increase in the number of security flaws present with the service. → Read More