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November 22, 2022

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There’s a mash-up band called Beatallica that, you guessed it, mashes up the music of The Beatles and Metallica—even the song titles themselves are mash-ups, like “And Justice for All My Loving”, combining Metallica’s “And Justice for All” and The Beatles’ “All My Loving”.

You know what’s great to pick up during Black Friday (other than TVs, of course)? Digital storage! Everything from hard drives to solid state drives, from flash drives to SD cards is on sale. Why not grab the storage you need now, so you don’t have to pay full price later?

Here’s a small sample of storage on sale now:

• SAMSUNG T7 1TB External SSD for $89.99 ($15 off)
• PNY CS900 500GB Internal Solid State Drive for $34.99 ($23 off)
• WD 6TB Elements External Hard Drive for $109.99 ($80 off)
• Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB NAS Internal HDD for $279.99 ($298 off)
• PNY 128GB Turbo Attaché 3 Flash Drive 2-pack for $18.69 ($16 off)
• SanDisk 512GB Ultra microSDXC for $39.99 ($60 off)

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Gone are the days of meaningful yearly smartphone upgrades, a change that’s better for the planet and your wallet. Instead, the burning question has become one of longevity: how long can you keep your iPhone going before it’s time to upgrade? Read More »

Break out the egg nog and your wallet—it’s holiday shopping time! To kick off the season, electronics retailer Adorama has rolled out its Black Friday deals. Starting today, you can save hundreds in instant rebates from big brands like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, and so many more. All you have to do is head on over to Adorama's Black Friday sales page and start snatching up some of the hottest electronic deals you'll find on the web.

Some tech products just aren’t worth spending big on, like HDMI cables and RGB lighting for your computer case. But there are some products where the added expense can vastly improve your experience or give you additional peace of mind. Read More »

Black Friday is a great time to save on great smart home products. One great item you can pick up now? The Google Nest Thermostat. Our favorite smart thermostat for Google Home is down to $89.98 now for the holiday sales event, and we can’t recommend it enough.

If you’re on the fence about smart thermostats, don’t be—they make it easy to adjust the temperature from anywhere, set schedules that make sense for your home, and more. The Google Nest Thermostat will even automatically turn the air or heat off when you’re away, saving on your heating and cooling bills for years to come.

Apple’s “it just works” mantra applies to both its products and software, but sometimes, it doesn’t quite work. And in the case of the Windows version of iCloud, things seem to be seriously struggling — some people’s videos are being corrupted. Read More »

Setting up your own home server for media streaming, file storage, or other tasks gives you full control of your own data, and it can be a lot of fun. However, there are many reasons why you shouldn’t do it. Read More »

Steam sales are a beloved part of PC gaming culture. These events see hundreds of price cuts on blockbuster games, indie darlings, and everything in between. They typically run for about a week, and they’re an excellent way to save money while filling up your library with a boatload of great games. Read More »

Samsung released the Smart Monitor M8 earlier this year as a computer display that doubles as a smart TV. Now you can buy it for $499.99, a 29% discount from the original price. Read More »

Stage Manager is Apple’s multitasking feature introduced with iPadOS 16. It lets you use several apps at one time and group apps for specific tasks. To help you get started multitasking, here’s everything you need to know about usin Stage Manager on iPad. Read More »

» 💾 Stock Up on Storage

Did you get an Amazon Prime membership, maybe for Prime Day or another exclusive event, that you plan to cancel? Or maybe you rotate streaming services, and this month is Prime’s turn. Either way, here’s how to take full advantage of it before you hit that unsubscribe button. Read More »

Roku sells some of the best streaming devices around, and each year, the company usually partners with Walmart on a cheaper limited-edition player for the Black Friday shopping season. Sure enough, the company just revealed a $19 streaming device. Read More »

The Apple Watch Ultra is here in all of its 49mm glory, and Apple has launched some new bands to accompany the new titanium timepiece. So which should you choose, and what should you avoid when picking a band to go with your Watch? Read More »

There are a few different ways to play music, podcasts, and other audio on a Google Nest or other Assistant smart speaker. Bluetooth is the least-discoverable option, but it’s an excellent way to play audio from a phone, computer, or almost anything else. Read More »

There are plenty of choices for the best external hard drives (HDDs) or best external solid state drives (SSDs), but most of them don’t have a Star Wars theme. Seagate wants to fix that with three new external drives, coming to a rebel trading outpost near you. Read More »

Who doesn’t love a good breakfast sandwich? Bacon, egg, and cheese? Yes, please! But let’s be honest, constructing a breakfast sandwich can be time-consuming. Thankfully, there’s an appliance for that, and it’s on sale. Read More »

Looking for a gift for a book lover? Are you a book lover yourself? Well, the early Amazon Black Friday sale has the perfect sale for you—-a Kindle Paperwhite for under $100. Read More »

We’ve all been there. You plug your trusty, frayed charging cable into your iPhone, but much to your dismay, its days of charging your handset are no more. Rather than scour your junk drawer for a new cord, you may want to consider a MagSafe solution like ESR’s HaloLock Shift Wireless Charger. Read More »

Gift cards have a bad reputation for being boring, thoughtless gifts. However, when buying a gift for a techy person, some free money to spend in Apple App Store or Google Play Store may just be the perfect thing. Read More »

As people get increasingly used to using earbuds while on the go, they’re starting to look for earbuds they can use for everything. Why use a gaming headset if your everyday earbuds can do the same job? That’s precisely the type of person the Logitech G Fits true wireless earbuds are aimed at. Read More »

Apple’s wireless earbuds are incredibly popular, even as there are hundreds (if not thousands) of competitors. As Black Friday approaches, you can get the AirPods or AirPods Pro for their lowest prices yet. Read More »

If your dog barked at the moon the other day or you saw two very similar cats walk by one after the other, it probably had something to do with the scrapping of leap seconds. Or not. Read More »

Solid state drives have become cheaper and better over the past decade, and now it’s almost a no-brainer to use SSDs in all your PCs. Now you can pick up a Crucial MX500 SSD for the lowest price yet. Read More »

If you have a digital multimeter on hand, it’s pretty straightforward to test your PSU and rule out power gremlins as the source of your computer problems. Read More »