Thousands of Windows machines are being replaced in schools with MacBook Neo and iPads
The classroom laptop fight just got a real-world stress test. Kansas City Public Schools has already bought more than 4,500 MacBook Neo units for students in 8th grade and up, putting Apple’s new low-cost Mac into schools at a scale that goes well beyond a pilot program. The district plans to retire more than 30,000 […]
I checked out the world’s first 6K gaming monitor — and it’s a sight to behold
The Samsung Odyssey G8 (G80HS) is the world’s first 6K gaming monitor, according to Samsung. While this 32-inch monitor focuses on high pixel counts, it also has two refresh rates that favor cinematic or competitive gaming. I recently went hands-on with the G80HS at a Samsung event, and was stunned by the sharp picture quality […]
It’s not too late to get a portable air conditioner before the UK heatwave hits, and they don’t cost a fortune — I bought one three years ago, and I’m so grateful to past me
The first giant heatwave of the summer in the UK is about to arrive, and while I’m obviously delighted to have beautiful weather over the Bank Holiday, I’m also sure I’m not alone in fearing the increasingly oppressive feeling of building heat we tend to get in British homes, especially overnight. But if you act […]
Is there a better way to watch the World Cup in style than this enormous 98-inch QLED TV? Better still, it’s now a massive £1,100 off
I’m very happy with my TV right now, but if I were looking to upgrade to the largest possible display I could find without spending an astronomical amount of money, then this £1,100 saving on the Hisense E7Q 98-inch QLED TV at AO would be the one. It’s just about the cheapest near-100-inch TV I’ve […]
The Vivaldi 8.0 update makes it harder than ever to go back to Chrome
If not for my love for Arc Browser, which has sadly become an abandonware, I would have used Vivaldi. No other browser comes even close to the customization and features it offers. And with its latest version 8.0 update, Vivaldi is making an even stronger case to ditch other browsers in its favor. I like […]
3 self-hosted apps I’m trying out this weekend (and you should too)
What would be a weekend without trying out some fun new self-hosted projects? Well, it wouldn’t be fun at all, would it? I’ve tried a mixture of projects this time, with some small ones, and some of the bigger ones I’ve maybe been putting off. In all cases, I’m using a Proxmox server I set […]
I gave my Switch 2 a major upgrade for $55 less than buying another official dock — and it fits in my pocket
One of my favorite things about the original Nintendo Switch was easily being able to bring it from room to room to play on another TV. I may have started out with just one dock, but after getting another Switch for my wife and then upgrading to the Nintendo Switch OLED, I soon had plenty […]
This smart temperature probe will take all the guesswork out of BBQing — it tells you exactly how long to cook and rest your meat for, for perfectly juicy, charred and tender results
Every year, the moment summer arrives and the first wafts of BBQ start to drift on the air, someone I know will feel compelled to tell me about their Meater. Never heard of it? It’s essentially a smart probe for cooking joints of meat, with a companion app that walks you though the whole process, […]
Sony’s Days of Play 2026 sale may skip the PS5 at the worst possible time
It was recently confirmed that the next Call of Duty game will not launch on the PS4, putting more pressure on longtime holdouts to finally upgrade. Sony’s Days of Play 2026 sale would have been the perfect opportunity to buy a PS5 at a discount, especially after the recent console price hike. However, according to […]
What AI coding benchmarks still miss about software quality
Most AI coding benchmarks still ask the question: did the agent produce code that passes the current tests? This is a useful question, but it is too narrow. Software development is iterative. Requirements change and edge cases appear. Old design decisions become constraints on new work. Code that passes today can still make the next […]