📲 The 5 Best Phones I’ve Ever Owned, Ranked — Why It's Still Worth Buying a Hi-Fi System

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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The 5 Best Phones I’ve Ever Owned, Ranked

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I’ve owned a lot of phones over the years, some of which were my own personal devices, and some were long-term reviews for How-To Geek and its sister outlets. There are five that stand above the rest, though. Some were rock-solid reliable devices, or a design I loved, or just a substantial upgrade from whatever I was using before that.

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10 Reasons It's Still Worth Buying a Hi-Fi System

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A nice Hi-Fi system used to be the center of a home's audio experience, but today a flood of Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones, soundbars, and even more audio gadgets make it seem like the Hi-Fi's days are done.

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XPPen Breaks New Ground With the Next Revolution in Digital Note-Taking

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It's no secret that color helps differentiate text and objects, implanting their appearance and hues in our mind's memory drive. Color makes them easy to recall. XPPen has that in mind with its world's first digital 3-in-1 color display Note Pad.

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Ultra Short Throw Projectors: Are They Worth the Hype?

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When you want a really big picture for movies or gaming, there are really only two options. You can buy a large and expensive 100-inch or greater TV, or you can install a projector for a more reasonable price and fill an entire wall.

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This Slim Laptop Handles Multitasking Like a Pro, but I Wanted More

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The latest in the Yoga lineup, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i (14-inch Intel, Gen 10, brings Microsoft Copilot AI, a 4K OLED display, and a powerful Intel processor that delivers solid computing. I wanted to love this laptop (and I almost did), but unfortunately, I was left wanting more.

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How to Use LAMBDA in Excel to Create Your Own Functions

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Before LAMBDA was introduced to Excel, you'd need to know how to use VBA or macros to create your own function. However, today, Excel's LAMBDA tool lets you do this using familiar Excel language and syntaxes. In this guide, I'll show you how.

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20 Wildest Weapons in Video Games

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From quirky gadgets to oversized guns, some video games are packed with weird and inventive weapons that let you wreak havoc on unsuspecting NPCs.

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Every Apple iMac Generation Ranked From Worst to Best

Five G3 iMacs seen from above in a variety of colors.

The iMac has been around for more than a quarter of a century. The first iMac burst onto the scene in 1998, and was a huge success, saving Apple's bacon when things were looking bad. Like Dr. Who, the iMac has seen some significant changes over time, with each generation offering something different from the last.

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Question of the Day

What's Your Favorite Disney+ Show?

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If you like franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar, you're well catered for with Disney+. Much of its original content revolves around these brands, with great shows like Andor and X-Men '97. Of all the exclusive shows on Disney+, which is your favorite?

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