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How to change the cartridge on your turntable

Home Advice Installing a new cartridge is something of a rite of passage for turntable owners. It’s a skill that once was common, but now seems to be considered some kind of black art by many. In reality it’s not such a hard thing to do provided you have the appropriate tools, a reasonably steady… Read more

Final Fantasy’s creator is back with a classic RPG made of incredible handcrafted dioramas

Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about his upcoming Apple Arcade game Fantasian Fantasian has everything you’d expect from a new Hironobu Sakaguchi experience. The creator of the Final Fantasy series is once again making a roleplaying game that takes place in a lush fantasy world, features turn-based combat, and centers on a globe-spanning quest. There’s even a… Read more

Microsoft Mesh feels like the virtual future of Microsoft Teams meetings

Last week, Microsoft’s Alex Kipman, the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens, appeared in my living room to hand me jellyfish and sharks. That might sound like I had a weird dream, but it was a meeting made possible through Microsoft’s new Mesh platform. I donned a HoloLens 2 headset, joined a virtual meeting room, and… Read more

Los Angeles’ creator community is starting to move out

Logan and Jake Paul moved to Los Angeles in 2014, at the height of Vine’s heyday, and not long after found themselves crammed into an apartment at 1600 Vine Road with other young creators hoping to make it big in America’s entertainment epicenter. Over the next few years, they became world-renowned celebrities (often for the… Read more

Vizio files to go public, has sold over 80 million TVs

Vizio today filed its S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as the TV and soundbar maker heads toward an initial public offering. “We envision the Vizio smart TV as the center of the connected home — where families play games together, where friends watch movies together, where work and learning happen, and where… Read more

Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2021: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Choosing the best thermal paste may sound simple, but a dizzying array of options can turn this seemingly easy choice into a time-consuming task. Thermal paste is designed to minimize microscopic air gaps and irregularities between the surface of the cooler and the CPU’s IHS (integrated heat spreader), the… Read more

A folding iPhone could be coming in 2023, says Ming-Chi Kuo

Rumors about a folding iPhone are nothing new, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (who has a very strong track record) is weighing in with information of his own: he says that Apple could be looking at a 2023 launch, and that the phone could have a screen between 7.5 and eight inches (via MacRumors). Previous rumors… Read more

iPhone 13 might finally bring a smaller notch and faster screens, Ming-Chi Kuo reports

Apple’s 2021 iPhones might finally have a smaller notch and, for some models, faster refresh rate displays, according to a new note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He also shared rumored information about other upcoming iPhones, including when we could see a foldable phone from Apple. Let’s start with the iPhone launching this year, which… Read more

How Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine could narrow equity gaps

All three COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States will help save lives and reduce hospitalizations. But the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson shot has some key advantages that experts say could help make the vaccination campaign more equitable. Unlike the first two vaccines, produced by Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, the Johnson & Johnson… Read more

Volkswagen ID 4 review: electric chill

Sometimes you just want an electric car with decent range, low-key technology, and not much else Once upon a time, affordable electric compact SUVs were very hard to come by. There were plenty of cheap electric hatchbacks and a whole mess of luxury sedans and SUVs, but you’d have to cough up $50,000 or more… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 review: premium in the right ways

The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 is beautiful, bold, and totally functional. Samsung’s flagship Chromebook is less expensive and better than before I’ll spare you the suspense: the battery life is good. It’s not incredible. The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 is far from the longest-lasting Chromebook I’ve ever tested. But after last year’s Samsung Galaxy Chromebook… Read more

OnePlus teases ‘moonshot’ announcement for March 8th

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau is teasing a “moonshot” announcement on March 8th, when the company expected to reveal details about its next flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 9. “Something new is on the horizon” a teaser site reads, alongside a photograph that looks an awful lot like the famous “Earthrise” photograph from the Apollo 8 mission…. Read more

Raspberry Pi’s Ninth Birthday: 9 Things You Might Not Know

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) One of the world’s most popular and innovative computers officially launched on February 29, 2012. Nine years and 38 million units sold later, the Raspberry Pi powers a huge community of makers, students and businesses. What started as a small project, meant to increase applications for Cambridge University’s computer science… Read more

Tacx Neo 2T Smart turbo trainer review: Indoor training revelation

(Pocket-lint) – After a pretty nasty ice-related incident over the winter, it became clear that to get back on the bike it was wisest to invest in an indoor trainer. Cue a moment of contemplating whether to go low-end or all-out in that investment – and after using a noisy, non-dynamic wheel-on roller for a… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Uses 3D Printed Circuit In Mechanical Keypad

Home News (Image credit: Duzitbetter) Making your own keyboard from scratch isn’t usually this hands-on, but the results are totally worth it. This custom Raspberry Pi Pico keypad comes from a maker known on Reddit as Duzitbetter who decided to 3D print the circuit inside. Where other makers would design their own PCB, Duzitbetter decided… Read more