Gadgets

I spied a tweet the other day that journalists would suffer if Twitter ever shut down because they would lose a driver of traffic. While there is some truth to that — Twitter does help expose your writing to a larger audience — it’s also true that Twitter has value beyond that for journalists and…

Black Friday isn’t until November 25, but many retailers have started the sales festivities early, allowing customers to beat the rush and guarantee themselves some Black Friday discounts right now. This is worth capitalizing on if you’re in the market for a TV for an apartment or smaller space, as many of the best Black…

This time last year, we were optimistic. It seemed like the tide was turning on ransomware after the U.S. government scored a handful of wins against the cybercriminals carrying out these increasingly damaging attacks: the Justice Department successfully seized $2.3 million in bitcoin that Colonial Pipeline paid to the DarkSide ransomware gang to reclaim its…

Razer Blade 15 (OLED 240Hz) MSRP $3,300.00 “The Razer Blade 15 now comes with the best gaming laptop screen I’ve ever tested.” Pros Incredible screen for HDR gaming OLED 240Hz looks excellent Great port selection Decent 1080p webcam Clicky keyboard to type on Cons Surface temperatures are hot Touchpad has palm rejection issues Battery life…

Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales is available on PC, following up on the smash success of the base game, Marvel’s Spider-Manon PC earlier this year. Like the original release, Miles Morales is packed with the latest PC gaming tech and smoothly polished to run on different hardware. It’s a great PC port. Except for DLSS 3…

With an upgraded 2022 Amazon Fire TV Cube recently launched, Amazon’s set-top box is looking better than ever, especially if you already have Amazon Prime and regularly access Amazon content. If you have your eye on a new Fire TV Cube, it’s important to know what you’re getting into, and that includes how to set…

Fanfix, the Patreon-style platform focused on Gen Z, announced today the launch of SuperLink, a standalone monetization-focused link-in-bio platform that displays a creator’s Fanfix page. Fanfix previously partnered with various link-in-bio companies, including Koji, Beacons and Hoo.bee. However, the company says many of its creators requested Fanfix build its own version of the feature. It…

Last Monday, Jumia co-founders Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara resigned from their roles as co-CEOs, just ten days before the company’s third-quarter 2022 financial report. The end of their tenure, therefore, marked the first time a new face — Francis Dufay, the ex-chief at Jumia Ivory Coast and now acting CEO of Jumia — took…

Like many other venture-backed sectors in recent months, investment in food tech has largely been quiet over the past few months. Sure, there have been some bigger deals in the third quarter, for example Meati Foods grabbing $150 million for its mushroom root-based meat (still the best alternative protein food photo I have seen since…