ExpressVPN review: Expensive, but worth every penny
When connected, the screen remains largely the same except that ExpressVPN will now show a selection of shortcuts to websites and internet-connected apps such as Google, Wikipedia, and Gmail.
Is it time to switch VPN providers? 5 reasons to consider a change
Choosing a fast VPN can have a huge effect on your quality of life, leading to quicker file downloads, website load times, lower latency while gaming, and higher-quality streaming—basically just a better overall experience.
A Pixel-inspired productivity upgrade for any Android device
Then, it’ll show you all your screenshots in a single streamlined and easy-to-access spot — with auto-generated summaries of each item that make it extra easy to search and find anything you need, anytime, even if it’s visible only as part of an image.
Beatbot iSkim Ultra review: It’s just not a better leaf trap for your pool
The iSkim Ultra did, however, have a particular appetite for our floating pool thermometer, which got stuck underneath the robot and lodged in the blades of the front-mounted paddlewheel on a regular basis, causing it to stop running until it was manually freed.
Planes, trains and third-party risks — a tale of two IT-related shutdowns
The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek, Computerworld and eWeek and his byline has appeared in titles ranging from BusinessWeek, VentureBeat and Fortune to The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Detroit News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Best external SSD for gaming 2025: Portable performance drives
But choosing an external SSD means sorting through a dizzying array of options, and making a poor choice can leave you feeling hard done by.
MSI’s new Titan 18 HX laptop loves dragons, dragons, dragons
Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live.
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He's covered technology for three decades and held senior editorial positions with Ziff Davis, Jupitermedia, Disney Publishing, McGraw-Hill and Advance Digital.
Health AI: How Apple can boost public health
But, ultimately, it’s not just the lives saved when using Emergency SOS via Satellite from a remote location that matter, it’s also the many that may never encounter problems as a direct result of taking 10,000 steps a day and closing all the Activity rings on their Apple Watch.
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 review: A budget business ARM laptop
The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 combines a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor with a speedy solid-state drive, so it’s no surprise that it provides good, snappy performance in day-to-day tasks.
The best smart home products of 2024
It’s reasonably priced–especially when it’s on sale–and it’s loaded with features, including a 150-degree field of view (horizontal and vertical), package detection, and a 1:1 aspect ratio that shows your visitors from head to toe in 1536 x 1536-pixel resolution with high dynamic range (HDR).
Hands-on with Adobe’s Acrobat AI Assistant: AI for your PDFs
Chris was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek, where he racked up over a billion page views to helpful tips, useful troubleshooting guides, and informative editorials — with Windows always as his main focus.