Smartwatches, WiFi range extenders, password management, 5G, EV charging, iPhone 13 rumors, King Kong, six-legged dog and sea turtles. This has been a full week of news and we’ve got all the top stories below. Click on a headline to read the full story!
Electronics
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is a solid video card, if the price is right
- The pros and cons of a smart home hub
- Best Android smartwatch in 2021
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- Portable projectors can create big images anywhere. Is one right for you?
- The best Wi-Fi range extenders in 2021
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Privacy and Security
- This cybersecurity threat costs business millions. And it’s the one they often forget about
- LastPass vs. 1Password: How the two popular password managers stack up in 2021
- LastPass in privacy hot seat over web trackers
- Bye, LastPass. Here’s how to export your data and switch to a new password manager
- Social network Gab hacked, hit with $500,000 ransom demand
- Microsoft promises to ease the pains of going passwordless
- Google will stop selling ads based on tracked individual browsing history
- Protect your packages from porch pirates: 7 practical tips
- Code-execution flaw in VMware has a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10
- Hard-coded key vulnerability in Logix PLCs has severity score of 10 out of 10
Coronavirus / COVID-19
- COVID-19 vaccine details: New variants, when you can get vaccinated, hidden fees
- COVID-19 vaccines aren’t getting to those in need. Blame the broadband gap
- Watch Dolly Parton give her coronavirus vaccine shot a ‘Jolene’ spin
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Software
- Get Microsoft 365 for free, here’s how
- Google adds new productivity tools as companies look to hybrid work
- 4 main Android 12 features you can look forward to trying
- Brave takes on Google with privacy-focused search engine
Technology
- AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owned by… AT&T
- How coronavirus stimulus funds helped one state create a ‘broadband miracle’
- The best ways to find free Wi-Fi if you can’t connect at home
- Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile dominate $81 billion 5G spectrum auction
- Google TV will get a ‘basic’ mode, with apps and smarts stripped out, report says
- The Mac price crash of 2021
- Want to pass on your old PCs to good causes? Here’s how to do it while staying secure
- 5G’s many names explained: Don’t fall for the carrier marketing fluff
- How speech to text, password managers and other tech helped me work with a broken collarbone
- FCC approves $50-a-month emergency broadband subsidies
- Crypto wallets: What you need to know
- By the way, Alexa — could you please knock off the unwanted suggestions?
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- Dish tries to disrupt SpaceX’s Starlink plans as companies fight at FCC
- 6 electric utilities are teaming up to build a huge EV charging network
Phones
- Motorola One 5G Ace review: A good $400 phone, a fantastic $20 one
- Apple vs. Samsung: Who makes the better phone?
- Accidentally Deleted Photos Off Your iPhone? Here’s How to Get Them Back
- How to schedule text messages on your Android phone
- Emoji meanings: How to pick the right emoji every time
- T-Mobile upgrades its 55 Plus plans to include Max tier and free Netflix
- iPhone 13 rumors: Release date, price, cameras, and all the leaks
- How to stop robocalls: Every way we know to prevent the annoying ringing
- My foldable phone expectations were way too high
- iPhone 13 camera specs: What we’ll likely see
- Cellphone inventor calls the digital divide ‘unacceptable’
Fun Stories
- Can the Mighty Bankhar Dogs of Mongolia Save the Steppe?
- Meet the King Cobra Rescue Team That Saves Both People and Snakes
- Watch the Deleted Scene From Titanic That Almost Changed the Ending
- The Artist Who Celebrates Bavaria’s Rural Heritage With Elegant Cow-Dung Paintings
- Check Out the 10 Weirdest Things the TSA Confiscated in 2020—Including a Dead Baby Shark
- King Kong Was Inspired By a Real-Life Komodo Dragon-Hunting Expedition
- Almost 1000 Young Women Just Became the First Female Eagle Scouts in Boy Scout History
- Meet Skipper: The World’s First Six-Legged ‘Miracle’ Dog
- What Does It Mean to ‘Put the Kibosh’ on Something?
- 64 People and Their Famous Last Words
- Scientists read a 300-year-old sealed letter without opening it
- These Bronze Age Bog Beetles Look Like They Just Died Yesterday
- 7 Facts about The Island of Doctor Moreau
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- The Reason Cars Have Carpeted Floors
- 20 Terrific Facts About Sea Turtles
- How Washington’s Protection Island Became a Haven for Wildlife — And One Man
- The Man Who Built 40 Castles Around a Little German Town
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