It only costs $80 to get a 3D printer today

3D printing is a lot of fun, but finding the right printer is complicated. Today, Monoprice has made that choice easier by dropping the price of its starter resin printer by more than 50%. You can get everything you need to enter the world of 3D printing for less than $100. And you can have it on your doorstep in …

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Grab a trio of lightning iPhone chargers for $13 (save 20%)

I leave more iPhone chargers in hotel rooms than rockstars leave broken TVs. That means I’m constantly looking for one and jumping a the chance to buy a few on the cheap. Right now, Amazon has a three-pack of MFI-certified Zuqieta lightning cables for $13. That’s 20% off the normal price, plus they’ll ship to you with lightning speed too. …

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Oculus CTO skeptical about Facebook’s metaverse undertaking

Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to rebrand Facebook to Meta dominated headlines Thursday, and Zuckerberg spoke at length about his vision for the metaverse, a virtual world where people might someday work and socialize. Less noticed were skeptical remarks by John Carmack, consulting CTO at Facebook’s Oculus unit, which focuses on virtual reality. The occasion was the Facebook Connect conference on VR and …

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Apple Watch Series 7: We put Apple’s water and dust resistance claims to the test

When Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 7 in September, the company highlighted the new smartwatch’s improved durability. As well as what Apple promises is a more crack-resistant front crystal, it also pointed out that the Series 7 is rated IP6X, meaning that it’s certified dust-tight. The Series 7 is also water resistant, just like Apple’s previous watches, with a WR50 rating. …

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HP Pavilion Aero 13 review: A small laptop you’ll want to take everywhere

Nov 2021 The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is not your average Pavilion laptop, a product line that is decidedly average. For HP, Pavilion is its everyday line with a focus on value, while its Envy and Spectre lines are the midrange and premium models, respectively. But wow, HP packed a lot of value into the Aero 13: Eye-pleasing magnesium-aluminum chassis, …

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Need to speed up your phone’s Wi

Using your phone as a hotspot gives you an internet connection anywhere, and one that’s far more secure than using free public Wi-Fi. But if you have an Android phone, you might not be getting the fastest speeds you can, which means that websites on your laptop or tablet, for example, load much slower than they could.  Testing out Sprint …

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Meta acquires VR fitness subscription service Supernatural

The newly renamed Meta (previously Facebook) has big plans for fitness and the metaverse. Meta just acquired one of the Oculus Quest’s more notable subscription-based fitness companies, Within, which makes an Oculus app called Supernatural. The app connects with Apple Watches to track real-time heart rate, working similarly to Apple Fitness Plus and Amazon’s upcoming Halo fitness video service. Supernatural was …

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MacBook Pro 2021 teardown shows Apple gave repair at least some thought, iFixit says

Apple’s new MacBook Pro, featuring the next generation of the company’s in-house chips and the much-welcomed return of an HDMI port and SD card reader, makes “better use of interior space,” according to a teardown by iFixit. But when it comes to repairability, there’s room for improvement. “Apple’s M1 silicon is rocketing the industry forward in a bunch of ways, and …

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The future of Facebook, Google’s big plans for Android

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Apple Watch Series 7: How does it stand up to water and dust?

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Facebook is now Meta, but it’s still in hot water

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Facebook is now Meta, but it’s still in hot water

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Twitter offers its Blue subscribers early access to new features

When Twitter Blue rolled out in Australia and Canada in June, subscribers gained access to exclusive features for the equivalent of $3 a month. Now those subscribers are getting early access to experimental features from the new Twitter Labs, the company said in a Twitter thread and blog post on Wednesday. Labs currently allows users to pin conversations at the top of …

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Facebook parent company Meta’s next VR headset, Cambria, coming next year

Facebook (now rebranded as Meta) has a new VR headset in the works, but it’s not designed as a replacement to the Quest 2. Think of it more as a more expensive, future-forward pro model. At the company’s developer-focused Connect conference, amid broad news of the company’s plans for a cross-device metaverse and next-generation smart glasses (and a name change as …

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