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Add 2TB of Storage To Your PlayStation 5 For Just Around $100
The PlayStation 5 currently comes with 1 TB of storage, while the PlayStation 5 Pro has 2 TB. If you bought the original PS5, you have only 825GB. Not great. It has rarely been this cheap to add an extra 2TB to your console, though. If you’ve been looking to add extra storage to your PlayStation 5 console, right now…
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Got an iPhone? Apple Will Take More Money For It Right Now
Summary Apple will temporarily increase trade-in values for iPhones until June 18th. Some new trade-in values are higher than before, offering up to $50 more. Trade-in values will revert to normal after June 18th, so take advantage now. Trade-ins are a good option for saving money on a new iPhone. Sadly, though, Apple recently decided to decrease trade-in values towards…
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12 Preinstalled iPhone Apps You Can Safely Delete Right Now
Apple includes a lot of preinstalled apps with the iPhone, and many of them have a tendency to hang around even when not in use. While some take up a lot of space that could be better used elsewhere, others do little more than add digital clutter to your smartphone. We’ve taken a long hard look at what comes installed…
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Snipping Tool in Windows Is Getting Two New Features
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…
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This Gaming Mouse Has the Cure for Your Sweaty Palms
Summary The Pulsar x Feinman Noctua Edition mouse comes with an actual Noctua fan inside it, and should keep your hands nice and cool when gaming during summer. The mouse is based on the Pulsar Feinman 01 ultralight gaming mouse, features a body made of magnesium, support for 8,000Hz polling, and a super-comfy ergonomic shape. While the Pulsar x Feinman…
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5 Early Space Colonization Ideas That Never Worked Out
Quick Links USAF’s S.R. 183 Lunar Observatory Study Gerard K. O’Neill’s Space Colonies at L5 You might be hearing about future plans to colonize Mars or establish a base on the moon, but these ideas are older than humankind’s first forays out of the atmosphere. In fact there have been several serious and semi-serious space colonization plans that obviously haven’t…
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You Can Now Test Exchange Email Accounts in Mozilla Thunderbird
Thunderbird, the desktop email client from Mozilla, is finally testing support for Microsoft Exchange accounts in the Daily and Beta channels. You can try it out now to help find bugs before it rolls out to all Thunderbird users. Exchange account support has been a long time coming, after years of requests from the Thunderbird community and “a little over…
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Switchbot’s New Smart Lock Has Facial Recognition
Summary SwitchBot Lock Ultra Vision is the first retrofittable smart lock with 3D facial recognition. Available May 22 on the SwitchBot site or from Amazon for $249. It features 3D facial recognition, 18 unlock methods that are 122% faster than prior models, a secure battery system, and works with 99% of existing locks. SwitchBot just unveiled its new and improved…
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Google’s AI Search Is About to Get Even Worse
Summary Google is expanding ads in AI Overviews and adding them to AI Mode to desktop platforms. Ads may appear in AI-generated responses in AI Mode whenever they’re relevant to the search query. Ads help monetize AI without burdening users, but may be annoying. We’re used to seeing the occasional ad on Google Search, but it’s a new era, and…
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How-To Geek’s Best of Computex 2025 Award Winners
Computex 2025 is in full swing, and we’ve taken a look around at the gear being announced and picked out what we thought was the best of the best. In case this is your first time hearing about Computex, it’s a trade show that happens every year in Taipai, Taiwan, where computer manufacturers show off their latest products and concepts.…
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