Watch reviews, eero 7, crypto scam, migraines, Dragonsweeper, humanoid robots, iPhone 16E, Honda Nissan merger off, Sealand and killer asteroid. Based on some of the misinformation being shared lately, I’ve been looking back on my days in high school. It was the earliest days of anything computer-related in schools and I took a COBOL programming class. It was very rigid in the way it handled data. Fast forward to late 1999 and there were fears of various computer meltdowns and almost all of them were related to systems based on COBOL. Many years later and there are still systems running on this now dinosaur of a programming language. Another issue deals with a mysterious date. For example, I have worked with products that have a “lifetime” span. There is no such date you can enter to represent this so you pick an exact date far in the future. Should that date become nearer, you’ll have to mass change that date in the system to another date in the future. Keep all these things in mind when you hear news about something and did a little deeper before believing what you might hear. There has been a lot of news in the tech world this week and you can catch up with all the headlines below.

• MSI Creator A16 AI+ review: A creative powerhouse with AI smarts
• Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Incrementally better than its predecessor…again
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• I Tested the OnePlus Watch 3 and Its Battery Life Won Me Over
• PetPace 2.0 Review
• Amazon eero 7 Promises Wi-Fi 7 for Under $300, But No 6GHz
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• The cheap keychain tool I never leave home without – and why I love it
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• U-tec Smart Dimmer Switch Review
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• Nvidia Might Sell You an RTX 5080 or 5090 Directly—Just Fill Out This Form

• “Largest data breach in US history”: Three more lawsuits try to stop DOGE
• FBI Is Calling Crypto Scam Victims in Bid to Stop Further Financial Loss
• China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Eavesdropping on Global Networks
• Why I never use my personal credit card for free trials, and what I do instead
• Torrents for Free Games Were Exploited to Launch Mass Malware Infection

• Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial
• Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
• Miniaturized CRISPR Packs a Mighty Gene Editing Punch
• Your Apple Watch Can Track Your Blood Pressure. Here’s How to Do It
• Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people

• How to create a Windows recovery drive in 4 easy steps – before it’s too late
• Sluggish Browser? Here’s How to Speed Up Google Chrome
• Second Android 16 Beta Launches With Photography, Health Data Updates
• 3 Reasons Microsoft Doesn’t Want Your Money for Windows 10 Updates
• Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
• The hottest AI models, what they do, and how to use them
• Windows 11 update breaks File Explorer – among other glitches
• Dragonsweeper is my favorite game of 2025 (so far)
• How to Change Your Annoying Alarm to a Favorite Song or Artist

• 3 in 5 Americans Say AI Improves Their Lives: Here’s Where Most of Them Live
• Seafloor detector picks up record neutrino while under construction
• From 900 miles away, the US government recorded audio of the Titan sub implosion
• Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details
• Nvidia: GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Launches Feb. 20, But 5070 Delayed Until March
• Meta is reportedly working on humanoid robots that help with chores
• A Closer Look At Intel’s 18A and TSMC’s N2 Processes
• Arm is reportedly developing its own in-house chip
• Meta plans to link US and India with world’s longest undersea cable project
• Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
• Spotify’s HiFi Audio Might Finally Arrive With a ‘Music Pro’ Tier This Year
• New Flash Memory Production Tech Could Boost SSD Capacities
• Scientists Created the Lightest and Strongest Nanomaterial Ever
• AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
• Microsoft deploys new state of matter in its first quantum computing chip

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 Brings AI to Even More Phones
• The iPhone 17 Air makes no sense to me
• iPhone 17 design will be dramatically different, says leaker
• I used Huawei’s $3,600 tri-foldable, and it made every phone I’ve ever tested feel outdated
• The iPhone 16E Launches for $599 With AI and Apple’s C1 Modem
• Apple Debuts $599 iPhone 16e With Its First Custom Modem

• Honda and Nissan have ended their merger plans
• First look at Tesla’s first ‘public’ electric semi truck charging station
• After 20% range reduction, I’m waiting for Jaguar to buy my car back

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• Found in the Seine: DNA From a Nearly Extinct Mussel
• Why Do People Propose on One Knee?
• This Island in Nova Scotia Seems More Like Scotland Than Canada
• Ley Lines and the Allure of Imposing Order on History’s Chaos
• An Entire Continent Went Missing—But Scientists Have Found It Again
• 10 Black Inventors Who Changed the World
• Meet the Caretakers of Sealand, the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation
• The odds of a city-killer asteroid impact in 2032 keep rising. Should we be worried?

If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.