Gadgets

Many PC brands have come and gone, but HP is one of a select few that has truly stood the test of time. In fact, HP (formerly Hewlett-Packard) is practically as old as the consumer PC market itself, and in 2021, some of the best laptops money can buy bear that famous HP logo. Be…

The corporate philanthropy organization Pledge 1% has, since its launch in 2014, asked founders to donate 1% of their companies’ equity, product or employees’ time starting on their first day of business. While the Bay Area-based outfit has found meaningful support from companies like DocuSign, Box, Twilio Okta and PagerDuty that pledged their resources ahead…

For all the heavy lifting they do, wireless routers don’t get a lot of love. Nevertheless, most of us rely on these humble devices for our daily internet access, and considering how essential they are in today’s Wi-Fi-connected digital world, you shouldn’t overlook them. The best wireless routers can greatly improve your local network’s performance…

You’re probably at least aware of Microsoft Office, even if you’ve never had the pleasure (if you’d call it that) of using it. Microsoft’s enterprise software collection has become just as dominant in the business world as the Windows OS has in the wider PC market, with millions of workers, students, and average folks around…

Wagely founders (from l to r): Tobias Fischer, Sasanadi Ruka and Kevin Hausburg Earned wage access (EWA) platforms that allow workers to withdraw their earnings on demand instead of waiting until payday are proliferating around the world. Today, Indonesian EWA startup wagely announced it has raised $5.6 million in strategic funding, led by Integra Partners…

Chromebooks are hardly a new thing in 2021, but it was only recently that these unique Chrome OS-powered laptops truly came into their own thanks to the sudden surge in people working and studying remotely last year. It’s no huge mystery why they became so popular all of a sudden: Chromebooks are highly affordable in…

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, recently completed its seventh successful flight on the faraway planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced the news on Tuesday, June 8, though didn’t immediately say when the flight took place. “Another successful flight,” JPL said in a tweet, adding, “Mars helicopter completed its seventh flight and second within its operations…

Today, former President Donald Trump issued a statement supporting the Nigerian government’s decision to suspend Twitter activities in the West African country. “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President,” he said in the statement. The ex-President also encouraged other countries to follow in Nigeria’s footsteps and ban…

The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is set to release on June 10. As this graphics card is the successor to the RTX 3070, it has been the subject of a lot of speculation as to how much better the Ti model is going to be. Thanks to benchmark leaks on the Chinese video…