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What network is it? What’s the password? How do you spell that? If you’re anything like us, you’ve heard those questions from guests to your home or work many, many times. You probably have the answers memorized, or maybe you have them written on a card for this precise situation. With newer Android versions (10…

Electric cars are great and all, but internal combustion engines (ICE) have one thing going for them: comprehensive, well-oiled infrastructure that means you can add 300 miles of range to your car, in 5 minutes, at any of 65,000 or so gas stations. Compare that with the one-hour stop at only about 6,000 high-speed charging…

Taken as a whole, the Apple Watch is an impressive piece of technology. It remains one of the best smartwatches out there, and it’s by far the most practical option for iPhone owners. Each year, the Apple Watch gains small improvements that Apple undoubtedly hopes will be enough to draw new customers into the fold….

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Fitness games certainly aren’t a new concept. The Wii Fit and Just Dance series, as well as Ring Fit Adventure, all come to mind immediately when I think of fitness games that aimed to get players moving. I used to work out via Wii Fit regularly throughout high school and college, but it’s been a…

While Apple created the AirPods with connecting to its own devices in mind, that doesn’t mean you can’t use your AirPod earbuds with devices like a Chromebook. Thanks to Bluetooth support, pairing and connecting AirPods to a Chromebook is no problem! Here’s exactly how to set it up. Important note about compatibility: AirPods do support…

New York-based insurance giant Lemonade is officially launching in the U.K., its fourth market in Europe and fifth overall, with a little help from one of the oldest and largest insurance providers in the U.K. Lemonade, for the uninitiated, emerged into the trillion-dollar insurance space back in 2015, with a new take on how consumers…

Tesla’s Optimus is not a new electric vehicle, as you might expect if you haven’t been following Elon Musk’s tweets. Also known as the Tesla Bot, Optimus is a humanoid robot concept that Musk announced just last year. There are already two working prototypes, one relying on off-the-shelf parts, and another, more refined version, that…

The Apple Watch is just as convenient as its companion iPhone when it comes to keeping you up to date on notifications. The two devices are automatically synchronized so notifications appearing on your phone are identical to the ones on your wrist. Apple even makes sure you don’t receive double the number of notifications from…

“Sound quality and noise-canceling beat many earbuds at twice this price.” Pros Comfortable fit Good sound quality courtesy of in-app EQ Impressive ANC performance Customizable controls Multipoint support Cons Poor battery life Finicky touch controls Default sound needs tweaking EarFun is the kind of company that tries to take less of your money since it…