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TP-Link Kasa HS300 The Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip is an excellent solution for office desks, nightstands, and other areas where there’s a concentration of electronics. It features six individually controlled smart outlets with energy monitoring, three USB ports, and it’s a great deal at this price. The Kasa HS300 Smart Power Strip is one of ourfavorite smart plugsyou can get right now. It features 6 independent smart outlets, which can all be controlled via voice commands, 3 USB ports for keeping all of your mobile devices and accessories charged, and ETL-certified surge protection, meaning it will keep all of your electronics safe during storms and random power surges....

Samsung Galaxy A54 vs. Galaxy A34: What’s the Difference? The Galaxy A54 and A34 are Samsung’s latest mid-range phones for 2023 with the former being the more expensive. If you’re looking to upgrade to a new Android phone and would rather not spend flagship money, the two devices are great contenders. But do the Galaxy A54’s features justify its higher price tag, or should you just get the cheaper A34 instead?...

Summary The biggest flirt in all SimNation has jumped right out ofThe Sims 4and into a real-world dating app. The life simulation game will soon celebrate therelease of itsLovestruck Expansion Pack, which features a plethora of new options for falling in and out of love. Players can now use an in-game dating app - Cupid’s Corner, plan detailed dates with their matches, discover each other’s Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs, and even become professional matchmakers....

Spotify isn’t looking too good right now on Android TV Spotify is one of themost popular entertainment appsout there for good reason. When we’re listening to our favorite music, we like to go big with it, and considering how people often have excellent speakers hooked up to their smart TVs, it isn’t at all surprising that Spotify’s been a popular app amongGoogle TVand Android TV users. Recently, though a number of people have been running into trouble when trying to jam to their Spotify playlists, because the app refuses to scale properly to fit their TV screens....

Summary AStar Trek: Strange New Worldspanel discussion atSan Diego Comic-Conhas confirmed that a belovedStar Trek: The Original Seriescharacter will join the regular cast of season 3. TheTOSprequel series already counts Spock (Ethan Peck), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) and Doctor M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) among the cast, while James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) is also a recurring guest. Kirk’s legendary Enterprise crew will be slowly brought together over the course ofStrange New Worlds, with season 2’s finale introducing a young Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (Martin Quinn)....

Quick Links A faster CPU, sure. Better graphics, naturally. But what quirky, groundbreaking features could Nintendo’s out-of-the-box thinking bring to the Switch successor? 1The Switch Tablet as a Second Screen While Nintendo had great success with consoles such as the Switch, DS, and Wii, it has also delivered the occasional failure. The Wii U was a clear example of a product that’s great on paper, but less so when presented to the market....

Take-Two Interactive is set to purchase Zynga in a ginormous $12.7 billion acquisition Take-Two Interactive and Zynga have just announced a partnership whereTake-Two will acquire Zynga in a cash and stock transaction valued at $12.7 billion. While the transaction isn’t cemented just yet, since Zynga has 45 days to find a better deal, it seems likely this acquisition will happen, seeing that both companies felt confident enough to announce the deal this morning....

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Acolyte episode 6. Summary The Acolyteepisode 6’s ending continues the mysteries of the show, introducing a potential Darth Vader replacement in the High Republic Era. AfterThe Acolyteepisode 5’s climactic reveals,The Acolyteepisode 6 was suitably slower-paced. Thefranchise-best lightsaber duels ofThe Acolytewere replaced for dialog-heavy moments, with Osha exploring her new dynamic with Qimir, Sol reckoning with his past, and Vernestra Rwoh piecing the puzzle together....

Quick Links MWC is the world’s largest smartphone-focused tech conference, bringing together many of the world’s big tech companies under one enormous roof in Barcelona, Spain. While there is other tech to check out at this show, these are the best new smartphones we found at MWC 2025. Tecno Spark Slim Concept Samsung and Apple are rumored to launch “slim” phones later in 2025—but Tecno may have beaten them to the punch with its Spark Slim Concept smartphone....

Summary TheDCU’s upcoming HBO series,Lanterns, is taking a similar approach to James Gunn’sSupermanin how it will approach introducing its titular heroes into the universe. Originally described in a similar vein toTrue Detective,HBO’sLanternsserieswill feature the iconic Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart as they get drawn into an Earth-based murder mystery. Theupcoming DCU releasealready has a lot of notable names attached to the project, including showrunner Chris Mundy (Ozark), executive producer Damon Lindelof (Watchmen,The Leftovers), and DC Comics' vet Tom King coming in as a writer....

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Decameron. Summary The Decamerongives the show the perspective of the characters by leaving out many fascinating and more modern details about the Black Plague. Set in 1348, Netflix’s newest period piece, centered aroundthe Black Plague, tells the story of nobles and their servants who flee to a villa in order to escape the tragedy and death in Florence, Italy.The show maintains a shocking number of true facts from the time period, such as the flagellants, the belief that the plague was God’s punishment, and the belief that it was transmitted through scent....

Google has made a return to the tablet arena with thePixel Tablet, the first self-branded option since the disappointingGoogle Pixel Slatelaunched in 2018. The new Pixel tablet has a 10.95-inch LCD display with a 2560x1600 resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio, with a body that weighs in at about 493g and measures just 8.1mm thin. It’s powered by the Google Tensor G2 chipset just like the newPixel 7aand the older Pixel 7 andPixel 7 Pro, and it’s constructed with a nano-ceramic coating that feels a lot like real porcelain....

Quick Links Linux is often treated as a joke by non-users, but there are many reasons to love distributions like Ubuntu and OpenSUSE. Here’s what led me to switch to Linux, and how I think it compares to Windows. Why I Switched From Windows to Linux My first encounter with Linux was through Cyberpatriot, a high school-level cybersecurity competition. It filtered my every action through the lens of what makes a system more secure....