At its hardware event, the retailer took the wraps off several new smart home gadgets, from a TV-sized Echo Show to an ultra-cheap smart thermostat.
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A New Way for Serious Cyclists to Train Indoors This Winter

Wahoo’s long-awaited revamp of The Sufferfest endurance training app makes room for a whole lot more than suffering.
The haptic Surface pen can help you get a more accurate grip

Haptics used to mean vibrating your phone instead of having it ring when a call came in. But smaller, more controllable tech put sophisticated kinesthetic feedback in something as small as a pen.
“It’s a Love Letter”: The Producers of Star Wars: Visions Celebrate the Unique Anime Collection

There is a moment in “The Duel,” the first short in the new Star Wars: Visions anthology, when the Sith Bandit jabs at a waterfall with her red lightsaber. Listen carefully and you’ll find the sound effect generated by the sizzling blade meeting the natural element matches another moment: when Darth Maul, separated from the […]
5 tips for using Microsoft’s To Do task-tracking app on Macs, iPhones and iPads

Many task management and reminder apps promise to simplify your planning, but only one is well integrated within the Microsoft 365 suite. Learn how to leverage Microsoft To Do using Apple hardware.
Twisty Laptops, Bendy Phones: Microsoft Bets Big on Design

This week, we look at the new Surface hardware and try to determine how much experimentation your workflow can withstand.
What Microsoft is doing to ease the tensions of remote work

Culture may eat strategy for breakfast; right now, both need to emphasize flexibility, empathy and taking advantage of tools that make hybrid work more successful and less of a burden.
How to Set Up a NAS to Securely Share Files


From file backups to movie streaming, network attached storage drives offer plenty of functions and features.
Everything Apple Announced Today: iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch

The company unveiled the iPhone 13—and a handful of other products—at a media event on Tuesday.