How to help your parents with their tech over the holidays

Going home for the holidays isn’t all turkey, holiday decorations, and political arguments discussions. It also comes with requests for ...
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Car influencers love Chinese EVs — and China loves them back

The first Chinese-made car Omar Rana ever drove was a gas-powered SUV that he rented while on a trip overseas ...
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The new silicon valley (literally)

Arizona’s economy was once dominated by the “five C’s”: cotton, cattle, citrus, copper, and climate. But a new C has ...
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Matter 1.5 brings camera support at last — here’s what it means for your smart home

It’s finally happening. Three years after Matter launched, the interoperability standard now includes the most popular smart home devices: cameras. ...
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Framework’s franken-laptop is back with big chip upgrades and familiar frustrations

Framework did it again. It promised modular, upgradeable, and user-repairable laptops where other manufacturers dare not venture or have outright ...
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The Steam Frame is a surprising new twist on VR

Valve is about to launch a new virtual reality headset, and with it, a comprehensive new approach to what a ...
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How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play

Last year I did the thing I’d been dreaming about for a decade: I bought a van. After twenty years ...
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Best laptop deals for November 2025: Apple, Lenovo, and more

If you want a great laptop, you’re going to have to fork over a ton of money, right? Not necessarily. ...
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Influencers have fractured reality in Portland

The legal fight over whether the president can send troops into Portland, Oregon, depends on whether judges believe their own ...
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How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the Xbox

In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming device. Swing an imaginary ...
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