Summary Open-ear headphones rarely stand up to conventional earbuds, yet theShokz OpenFit 2have replaced the AirPods Pro 2 as my favorite running companion. They’re a near-perfect choice for anyone who’s interested in open-ear headphones. Shokz OpenFit 2 The Shokz OpenFit 2 offer excellent call quality, long battery life, and a comfortable fit. They’re among the best open-ear earbuds for those who need to stay aware of their surroundings. Price and Availability The Shokz OpenFit 2 retail for $180 at Amazon, Shokz, and other retailers....

T-Mobile is now offering the SyncUP Kids Watch 2, an ultra-affordable smartwatch for children who aren’t old enough to own a smartphone. The watch costs $174, but you can get it for free if you open a T-Mobile smartwatch data plan, the cheapest of which is $12 a month. As explained by T-Mobile, theSyncUP Kids Watch 2is intended to be a “first piece of tech” for kids under the age of 11....

This was a busy week, between announcements at Mobile World Congress, new Mac and iPad models, ongoing Microsoft Outlook outages, and much more. Here are the biggest stories from the past week you might have missed. The Big News New MacBook Air Gets A Price Cut and M4 Chips Apple’s MacBook Air line is fantastic for basic productivity work. I own a MacBook Air and I’ve never found myself longing for a Pro—it’s an amazing laptop....

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....

This week’s dose of the latest tech deals can score you Beats Studio Pro headphones for an all-time low price, a Kindle Scribe for summer reading, new laptops, accessories, and more. Check it all out below. Beats Studio Pro Headphones for $180 (49% Off) Beats Studio Pro Premium Beats headphones with ANC, transparency, and support for lossless audio over USB-C. While the latestBeats Solo 4 just arrived, save yourself some cash and get the excellent and slightly betterBeats Studio Pro while it’s $170 off....

Summary Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video lets you save video recordings from your HomeKit-compatible security cameras and video doorbells to iCloud so that you can access the footage from anywhere. If your camera doesn’t support HomeKit, you can use Home Assistant with the Scrypted add-on to achieve the same thing. What You Need to Use HomeKit Secure Video HomeKit Secure Videois a feature offered by Apple that lets you save the video recorded by your security cameras or video doorbells to iCloud....

If you’re looking for something to browse with that’s not Chrome, Firefox or Edge, one increasingly popular option has got to be Vivaldi. It’s based on Chromium, like a lot of other browsers, but it has a focus on packing in as many features as possible. Vivaldi 6.7 is now available with even more functionality. Vivaldi 6.7 is now available, and it has a few significant enhancements. One of the key features here is Memory Saver, designed to optimize computer memory usage by automatically hibernating inactive tabs....

Quick Links Summary Often abbreviated YTP, YouTube Poop videos are humorous remixes of existing material. They’re often vulgar and satirical but almost always meant to make you laugh. Some YouTube Poops are even important to internet culture and history. Despite its vulgar name, YouTube Poop is a staple of the YouTube platform and an immensely interesting form of self-expression. Often abbreviated YTP, it’s an important part of web culture, and you’ve probably seen it without realizing it....

Summary OpenAI continues to develop new models for ChatGPT all the time. The o1 model is a little different from previous models, with a focus on step-by-step reasoning over speed of response. This makes o1 much better for certain types of prompts. What Is ChatGPT’s o1 Model? ChatGPT’s o1 model is alarge language modelthat was trained in a different way from previous models. It is designed to be able to perform complex reasoning by stopping to think through multiple stages of the problem before finally generating a response....

Summary Game developers need to make money in exchange for the work they do, and usually I’m happy to give it to them! However, when it comes to paid cosmetics in games, that’s a line I just won’t cross. No Benefit to Gameplay I understand that video games are something that we not only play, but also spend time looking at. I want my character to look cool, and I certainly want a game to have sweet cosmetic outfits, but if I’m being asked to pay extra for them just for a cosmetic change, that’s a hard pill to swallow....

Quick Links The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is an incredible phone with all the latest and greatest specs. It’s arguably the best Android smartphone you can get right now, so I quickly bought one. After using the phone for nearly two weeks, I returned it for a smaller model. Why I Waited So Long to Buy a New Phone Samsung’s latest flagship Ultra device is everything you’d want in a smartphone....

Summary Microsoft 365, as we see it today, is the result of many years of exponential development. We’ve blown the dust off the history books and taken a nostalgic trip down memory lane to see just how far Office has come over the decades. 1990 to 1991: The Microsoft Office for Windows Seven years after what was widely known as the Internet’s birthday, Microsoft launched The Microsoft Office for Windows, with Word, Excel, and PPT bundled together in a suite of programs costing $995....

Quick Links Seasoned Microsoft 365 users will defend its brilliance till the cows come home, and rightly so. It’s flexible and comprehensive (and at times, admittedly addictive!), so it’s no wonder that by 2022, over 345 million people had paid to use it. But it doesn’t come without its frustrating drawbacks. 1. Microsoft Could Offer More Training Because Microsoft 365 is so comprehensive, most people only use a tiny proportion of its functionality....