Read update When it comes to shopping for a budget laptop, sometimes you need to make some compromises, whether that comes from lower battery life, slower performance, or elsewhere. However, you can still get a fantastic budget laptop without sacrificing too much. UPDATE: 15-06-2025 We’ve updated our buying guide with plenty of new and improved picks. Take a look! Star Labs StarLite 11-inch What to Look For in a Budget Laptop in 2023 You can get an awesome laptop on a budget....

Summary For over twenty years,The Simshas been a household name, making billions of dollars and becoming part of popular culture. However, there is a chance it could be even bigger. By allowing players to build upon the world, EA could open up a whole new way for people to engage with the game and generate revenue. The Sims OnlineWas Once a Huge Space The Sims Online, launched in 2002, aimed to take the popular life simulation game to a whole new level by creating a shared online world where players could interact, build, and create a virtual society together....

Summary In case you aren’t aware, Apple follows a very predictable annual schedule when it comes to releasing new iPhones. Thanks to this, we can say with a high level of confidence that right now is the worst time of year to buy a new iPhone. You just need to hold out another two months. The iPhone 16 Is Almost Here Apple has released a new iPhone every September for the last 12 years (with one exception in 2020 when the global lockdown pushed it back a month)....

Quick Links Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4....

Quick Links Summary You probably use an Amazon Echo to play music, set timers, and control smart home devices. But with Alexa skills, you may do so much more using just your voice. Let’s take a look at how useful skills can be, and how to add or remove them from your Echo. What Is an Alexa Skill? Think of an Alexa skill as an app for your Echo. Instead of having to scroll and type on a screen, you interact with the content using your voice and Alexa....

Quick Links A laptop stand might not seem like a particularly exciting purchase, but the right stand can greatly improve your experience when using your computer at a desk. Here’s what makes them great, and how to pick the right one for you. Why Bother With a Laptop Stand? A laptop stand can make the experience of using a portable computer at a desk more comfortable. The stand achieves this by elevating the laptop into a position less likely to cause posture-related issues like a sore neck or back....

Summary Have you ever stopped to question why a clean desktop is considered good while a messy desktop is bad? Well, I have, and found that having a messy desktop can actually benefit your workflow. Here’s why I don’t keep a clean, icon-free desktop and how it improves my productivity! I Use The Desktop as a File Manager I find that the Windows desktop is abetter file managerthan the actual Windows file manager....

Is your laptop producing excessive heat even when performing normal tasks? This isn’t one of those issues you can ignore, as overheating can cause serious problems to your laptop in the long run, such as thermal throttling. But why exactly does your laptop overheat, and what can you do to prevent it? These 5 Factors Are Causing Your Laptop to Overheat An overheating laptop can cause any number of problems. It can increase your laptop’s boot time, significantly affect your laptop’s speed, and evencause the operating system to crashsporadically....

Summary Give me a smartwatch, but make it attractive. Withings has been plugging away at this initiative for a while and theScanWatch Lightfinally gets close without also having an exorbitant price tag in tow. Withings ScanWatch Light Part of the newest generation of Withings' hybrid smartwatches, ScanWatch Light includes upgraded HealthSense Software combined with new sensors to provide more metrics and improved accuracy. Price and Availability The Withings ScanWatch Light is the entry-level model and joins other options in the lineup, like the ScanWatch Nova and ScanWatch 2....

Quick Links Bluesky is rapidly gaining new users every day, and many are even considering it the best alternative to X. While I think Bluesky is on the right path to achieving that, there are certain features I’d like to see Bluesky adopt from X that could potentially accelerate its growth. 1Trending Topics One of the main reasons behind the popularity of X is its Trending section. You can access the Explore page on X and find all the topics currently trending worldwide....

When you get a new MacBook, there are plenty of settings to customize,including the trackpad speed, Menu Bar, the app Dock, etc. To get you started, here’s a list of five things you should change that will help you customize your notebook and instantly improve your macOS experience. Switching to a new operating system takes some work, especially since you must learn how to get around the new user interface and where everything is....

Summary Ever wanted to feel like a Hollywood hacker without the associated risks? Here’s how to transform your boring Windows terminal into a “hacker” space with five harmless commands. Prerequisite: Enable WSL and Set Terminal Color to Matrix Green Some of the commands we will showcase are Linux native commands and don’t run on Windows. But that’s nothing to worry about because you can easily run Linux commands on the Windows terminal byenabling Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)....

Are you excited to see new Pokémon games finally running at 60 FPS? Are you tired of your Switch slacking duringyourlaid-back gaming sessions? The Switch 2 is coming to answer all of our prayers, and these five games would benefit most from the performance boost. We expect the Switch 2 to deliverperformance on par with the PS4. This is certainly great news, considering thata great deal of modern releases still have PS4 versions....