The MacBook Pro has gained a renewed lease of life since Apple outfitted it with the superb M1 chip in 2020. It seems to have an exciting future ahead of it, and with plenty of interesting rumors doing the rounds, there is a lot of debate as to what the next version of Apple’s Pro […]
A common issue that a lot of MacBook Pro owners (you can become a MacBook owner at a lower price if you leverage the Black Friday MacBook deals) run into once they’ve had their laptop for a few years is a bad battery. Your MacBook Pro might seem like it needs to charge all the […]
Memes are a cultural shorthand that, like all forms of communication, evolve with those who use them. Nobody can claim to know or understand every single meme that exists. There are simply too many, and they can often be too personal to the individuals creating and sharing them. Still, there are some common elements that […]
AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs vastly improved performance over Ryzen 1000 and 2000 CPUs when they launched in 2019. Featuring the redesigned Zen 2 architecture, AMD’s then latest foray into its Ryzen platform proved to be more than just a slight generational improvement. AMD promised huge gains over Zen and Zen Plus, as well as over […]
Text messages — the communications tech we’ve known and loved since the 1990s — are starting to show their age. They just don’t perform the way we’re used to and come to expect in recent years. For example, they don’t support read receipts, group messaging, or the animated stickers everyone likes to trade on apps […]
Credit…Photo Illustration by The New York Times Zillow Surfing Is the Escape We All Need Right Now By Scrolling through real estate listings in far-flung destinations is a way to visualize an alternate life, whether you’re trying to move or not. Nov. 19, 2020 Millions of people have spent far more time at home than […]
Get the most out of your game’s subscription plans Best practices for designing and managing your subscription strategy Access guide here Preparing a pitch [read Part 1 here] may not be as exciting as game development, but the more work you put in up front, the more likely it is that you’ll reach your goals […]
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Smartwatches have become a huge business over the past several years, evolving past the “why do people need these” phase into trusted health monitors and secondary communication devices for millions of people. Apple currently dominates the global market with watchOS-powered Apple Watches, but Google’s Wear […]
This year could have been a huge one for right-to-repair activism — and it still could be, too. Lawmakers in 20 states have introduced bills that would force manufacturers to share their manuals and diagnostic tools with electronics owners. If passed, these laws would mean that do-it-yourself dabblers and independent fix-it shops could get the […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Dorsey has won plaudits for his corporate activism during the coronavirus crisis, taking on President Trump in his role as Twitter’s chief executive and donating nearly a third of his total wealth to pandemic relief. But at Mr. Dorsey’s other company, Square, a payments business where he is also chief executive, […]
Fujifilm X-T200 review: All the camera you need “With both substance and style, Fuji’s second attempt at an entry-level X-T camera succeeds.” Great design Functional control layout Large, high-res screen 4K/30 video Improved autofocus No in-body image stabilization Continuous AF could be better MSRP $ 700.00 When I complained about the Fujifilm X-T100‘s slow autofocus […]
The display is arguably the second-most important piece of hardware in a laptop. After all, it’s the means by which you actually use the device. Yet displays are difficult to explain and understand. They can be measured, but most people are not familiar with what those measurements mean or how they relate to their own […]
The humble SIM card has survived for quite a while, but it now finally looks like it’s on its way out. Why? Well, the eSIM, a much smarter technology, is here to save the day. Before we dive into what an eSIM is, it might be helpful to understand what a SIM is. A SIM, […]
Restricted to our homes for months now, many of us have been putting up with a persistent annoyance: a lousy internet connection. When we are working, a video call with colleagues becomes pixelated, with delayed audio. When we are relaxing, movies and video games take ages to download. In the worst cases, the connection drops […]
Depending on who you ask, Verizon or AT&T was the first internet provider in the country to offer 5G. While Verizon was indeed the first to use technologies — like mmWave — that are the basis for true 5G technologies, AT&T was the first to deploy something called 5G E, which was just souped-up LTE […]