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Thebest USB-C hubscan help you connect more devices to your laptop, desktop, tablet, or even phone. More bandwidth is sometimes required, though, which is where Thunderbolt hubs can help. Satechi has now revealed two new Thunderbolt hubs at CES 2024, and they look great. Satechi has revealed the Thunderbolt 4 Slim Hub Pro (pictured above), an upgraded version ofthe model released last yearat CES 2023. It has the same three Thunderbolt 4 downstream ports with 40Gbps speeds—perfect for fast external storage, high-resolution monitors, and other devices that require a faster connections than USB 3 (and most USB 4 devices) can provide....

Microsoft has announced updates to its Snipping Tool app for Windows 11. There’s now a ‘Perfect Screenshot’ option to automatically crop your screenshots to the important parts, and a built-in color picker for quickly checking the colors from any on-screen content. These updates are currently being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, but should come to regular users in the future. The biggest new feature is “Perfect Screenshot,” which uses AI to automatically adjust the size of a screenshot....

Netflix recently added an ad-supported tier for its service in light of the constant complaints about the platform’s prices constantly increasing. While the ad-free tiers would remain the same price, the ad-supported ones allow you to save a few bucks and, in return, you’ll have to put up with the occasional ad. It’s a good idea, but some promotional offers with Netflix now use the ad-supported tier, including T-Mobile’s included Netflix subscription....

Many of these games are now available as part of Sony’s gaming catalogs in different PS Plus tiers. But before tiers and catalogs confused matters, here are the best monthly games PS Plus ever gave away. I’ve described these games as “free” throughout because that’s how it often feels, but I do want to note you are actually paying for them as part of the PS Plus service. PlayStation Plus A PlayStation Plus subscription is essential if you want to play online, but it also nets you free games every month and access to an enormous catalog of older games, depending on your plan....

With all the technological marvels we have today, it is tempting to think that we have all the answers. However, the reality of the situation is far different: many of the fundamental questions about the nature of the universe are still unanswered. Here are the things that keep cosmologists up at night. Dark Matter: Galaxies Are Weird We’re all used to the fact that gravity keeps things together—it is gravity that keeps you affixed to the Earth, the Moon orbiting the Earth, and the Earth orbiting the Sun....

In recent years, the Lenovo ThinkPad has strayed from its upgrade-friendly roots. But the newly-revealed ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 and T16 Gen 3 explicitly aim for a more repairable, more upgradeable design. The laptops will also be accompanied by official repair guides and easily-obtainable replacement parts. Like the laptops of yore, the new ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 and T16 Gen 3 offer a fully-socketed DIMM design for easy RAM upgrades. Customers can remove and swap out the SSD or WWAN for increased storage or next-gen wireless connectivity, and because the battery uses a cable-free connector, squeamish users should be able to safely perform a battery replacement....

Summary I’ve been using Slack since the app first entered open beta, but it’s not always been plain sailing. While the app is a great alternative to the time-sink that is email, it also has its own quirks. Fortunately, I’ve just solved two of them. I Stopped Accidentally Sending Messages Sending messages before they’re finished is a great way to look like an idiot. The more important the message, the more likely you are to ham-fist the Return key and send it before it’s ready....

Most desktop and laptop computers from the past two decades use 64-bit x86 processors, but older 32-bit x86 CPUs (also known as i386 or i686) are still around. Even though Windows and many Linux distributions have left them behind, there are still some flavors of Linux that can give you a modern computing experience on your older hardware. This list goes over five Linux distributions that still support 32-bit x86 computers, as of June 2025....

Quick Links You’ve probably noticed that what was once a notch on the front of the iPhone is now a Dynamic Island. Apple’s version of a hole-punch comes with some useful functionality and slick animations. Here are some apps that put the feature to good use. 1Sports Alerts: Never Miss a Run, Goal, or Point For sports fans, keeping up with scores is critical. Unfortunately, you aren’t always going to be able to watch every game live....

It’s Easy to Forget to Cancel a Free Trial Gone are the good old days when you could buy many iPhone apps for a one-off purchase of $0.99 and never need to pay again. These days, a lot of apps have opted for a subscription model where you need to pay a monthly or annual fee, and for some apps, the cost of an annual subscription can be $50 or more....

These days, it’s pretty much a given that you need a sound bar or some other external audio system for a flat-panel TV, because TV speakers suck! However, that wasn’t always the case and my recent retro TV purchase has reminded me that some TVs at least had sound that could rival a Hi-Fi system right out of the box. Specifically, the gem of a TV I lucked into buying ended up doing just that!...

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. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme....

Quick Links Intel’s very firstARC gaming GPUsare touting a new technology called XeSS. It promises amazing FPS improvements, but what is it exactly, and how well does it work? What Is Intel XeSS? Intel XeSS, also known as Intel Xe Super Sampling, is, in a nutshell, Intel’s response toNVIDIA’s DLSSandAMD’s FSR. It’s an upscaling technology that works by rendering frames at low resolutions and upscaling them into bigger resolutions with a negligible loss in actual image quality....