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Best wireless keyboards 2025: Top Bluetooth and USB models

In 2025, there’s no reason you can’t have a wireless keyboard. From the most complex mechanical boards to the sleekest designer models to the flashiest gamer planks, and everything in between, there are options aplenty for wireless excellence. That even includes keyboards for budget buyers — you can find a great pick in every category for well under three-digit prices. I’ve spent hours and…
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SwitchBot Smart Video Doorbell review: Monitor included

Part of the trouble with video doorbells is that you don’t always have your phone at the ready to see who’s ringing. If you’re standing in the kitchen when the bell rings, but you’ve left your phone in the bedroom, do you rush to your phone to get a peek at who’s…
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Infostealers are making this old security practice new again

I’m a semi-old, to riff on today’s online parlance. Things have changed a lot since I was young, especially with computers. A lot of advice just isn’t as applicable in quite the same way as it was 20 years ago. And yet what’s old is new again. Because compromised software is becoming a regular problem once more. Infostealers are a kind of malware that capture sensitive information right…
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Microsoft is removing one of the best features of Phone Link

One of Microsoft’s unexpected success stories on the PC is Phone Link, the way in which you can monitor and use your Android phone while working on your PC. So it’s a shame that Microsoft is fracturing the app when it probably doesn’t need to. Microsoft is removing the…
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Adata SC735 review: A solid SSD disguised as a USB drive

Adata’s tiny, blue-striped SC735 is an attractive, if a tad squatter-than-usual take on the hyper-portable SSD, aka a thumb drive. It’s 10Gbps USB and available with up to 2TB at unusually affordable price points. Our only real caveat is that the drive, while not slow, ranks well down the charts in performance, especially when writing larger amounts of data. Though not the traditional shape…
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When laptops stop feeling like machines

Have you noticed how modern laptops seem more approachable than ever? Gone are the sharp, angular edges and industrial plastic of the past. Today’s machines feel sleek, tactile, and… almost inviting! As a very tactile person myself, this shift in design really changes my…
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The Louvre’s video security password was reportedly ‘Louvre’

If you’ve been watching the non-technology news for the last couple of weeks… well first of all, I’m sorry. But you might have noticed that one of the most brazen robberies in recent memory happened at the legendary Louvre museum in Paris, where thieves made off with centuries-old crown jewels that have yet to be recovered. According to a security investigation, the password for video…
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