After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed ...

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A "fresh" Windows 11 install in 2026 ships with suggestions, ad surfaces, and tracking identifiers enabled by default. None of it is illegal, but most of ...

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...

Just three days ago, Google confirmed that Android 17 Beta 1 is coming, and now it’s here. We weren’t expecting the first beta to be released so quickly, but it’s here with improvements to privacy, ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

The SparkFun Qwiic Keypad provides a simple and cost effective solution for adding button inputs to your project without tying up GPIO lines. Implementing a SparkFun Qwiic I2C interface, these sensors ...

The iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro Max are among the best phones from Apple's stable this year, alongside the smaller iPhone 17 Pro and the ultra-slim iPhone Air. Apart from a powerful processor and ...

Have you just bought a brand new iPad and are looking to install free apps to get started, but you're confused about which one to begin with? You're not alone. The way people use iPads has changed ...

In a job like this, you spend more time than most setting up Windows 11 devices, and these are the first apps I have to install. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Apple ensures its software ecosystem provides just about everything one might need to get started with a new iPhone. Messages handles texting, emailing can be done through the Mail app, the Notes app ...