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KeySmart iPro key holder packs Find My tracking, LED light and USB-C charging

KeySmart's iPro Key Finder and Holder costs $40 and stores up to 14 keys in a compact, quiet chassis. Keys attach on two screws—opened with the included bottle opener or a coin—and the kit’s tray doubles as a helpful staging aid during the admittedly fiddly

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I wear these $450 XR glasses to get work done during my commutes

The Xreal 1S sells for $449 and arrives with several upgrades while undercutting its predecessor. Field of view increases from 50 to 52 degrees, resolution jumps from 1080p to 1200p, the aspect ratio moves from 16:9 to 16:10, and brightness rises from 500 nits to 700 nits. The

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Overwatch creeps past Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty on Steam

Feelings toward Overwatch have rarely been uncomplicated, especially during the years it carried a "2" at the end of its name. Now the 2 is out, five new heroes are inbound, and the game is drawing players back. Windows Central spotted a recent upward trend on SteamDB: the

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Play Doom on an in-game terminal inside Ultrakill

Modder Squaresweets has made The Ultimate Doom playable on the diegetic shop terminals that open every level of the New Blood shooter Ultrakill. The work builds on xabblll’s DoomInUnityInspector and sinshu’s managed-doom port: sinshu’s code brought Doom into a Unity-compatible C# port, xabblll ran it in the

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Three founders who left college say timing drove their decision

Silicon Valley has seen a wave of founders leaving college. While high tuition, AI, and political shifts are often cited, three young entrepreneurs said their choices came down to timing: each spotted a market opportunity they couldn't pass up and left school to pursue it. Steven Wang left

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Morrowind-like RPG Dread Delusion heads to PS5, Xbox and Switch 2

The strange but excellent old-school RPG Dread Delusion, a game often compared to Morrowind for its weird mushroom trees and old-school sensibilities, is finally coming to modern consoles. It first hit Steam almost two years ago and has amassed nearly 4,000 user reviews, 90% of which give it the

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Apple's 2017 MacBook Air is now 80% off

A quality refurbished Apple MacBook Air (2017) with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB solid-state drive is on sale for $199.97, down from $999 — an 80% discount — through Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The laptop is powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor and

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Russian-state hackers exploit Office flaw days after Microsoft patch

Russian-state hackers exploited a critical Microsoft Office vulnerability to compromise devices inside diplomatic, maritime, and transport organizations in more than half a dozen countries. The threat group, tracked under names including APT28, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Forest Blizzard, and Sofacy, moved on the flaw tracked as CVE-2026-21509 less than 48 hours

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Modders have added mechs, music boxes and an MMO-style dungeon to Hytale

Hytale's been dropping updates faster than I've been able to keep track of, what with the addition of necromancy and flamethrowers, but Hytale's players are keeping a pretty strong pace too. The game already has a whopping 4,000 mods on CurseForge, and it

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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition adds Steam Workshop, maps and co-op

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition received a visual overhaul and new campaigns last year and earned a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam. The Winter Update brings further content and improvements to the castle-building RTS. The headline addition is Steam Workshop support, enabled by a new tool called The Castle

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A classic fake reflection and other cost-effective graphical sorcery

If you've ever trundled around on the back of a Warthog in the original Halo, you'll remember the way its tires seemed to melt into noisy blur as they got going. Turns out, there's no actual blur effect being applied—the game just swaps

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Apple AirTag (2026) review: It's a little better and costs the same

Apple's second-generation AirTag leaves the concept unchanged: you buy it, attach it, and track the item when needed. The new model keeps the same dimensions, weight, and design as the original, but brings a few modest improvements after about a week of hands-on testing. Precision Finding range has

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Modder makes 1997 GTA run flawlessly on modern PCs and Steam Deck

A modder has packaged the original 1997 top-down Grand Theft Auto into something called GTA Ready2Play, letting it run on modern PCs and Steam Decks without the usual fiddling. Removed from digital storefronts early last decade, the game was left to middling mods and haphazard emulation. LukeStorm's Ready2Play

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Fallout co-creator demoed engine at secret after-hours pizza party

Tim Cain, Fallout's co-creator and the original game's producer, wasn't supposed to share ideas with the rest of the team, so he arranged a hush-hush after-hours pizza party to demo the engine that would eventually power the RPG. "I was making engines kind

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ADF expands space workforce with new specialist training centre

The Australian defence force is recruiting for two roles in its space command, advertising an operations officer to plan and support missions and an operations specialist with knowledge of equipment. Successful applicants would undertake specialist training at the defence space and cyber school at HMAS Harman in Canberra, in the

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tModLoader will take months to reach full compatibility with Terraria 1.4.5

Terraria's 1.4.5 update arrived in January, introducing an overhauled crafting interface, a new world seed, updated visuals, crossover items with Palworld and Dead Cells, and a host of new objects, mobs and secrets. The patch has been well received, but players will need to wait for

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I broke my 5-year iPhone upgrade rule — here's why

As a former iPhone 14 Pro Max user, I still felt my three-year-old phone gave me everything I needed when I traded it in for an iPhone 17 Pro Max late last year. It still had a Lightning Port and didn't support Apple Intelligence, but I worked around

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Timberborn sets 1.0 release date for March 5, shows 'lore trailer'

Mechanistry has set Timberborn's 1.0 launch for March 5, marking the end of its early access period. The developer announced the date in a Steam post and shared the game's intro cinematic, temporarily calling it a 'lore trailer'. The trailer follows some beavers

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Xgimi Horizon S Max review: bright 4K projector with Dolby Vision

The Xgimi Horizon S Max is on sale now for around $1,499, down from $1,900. It stands out for its brightness and Dolby Vision support, and the built-in rotating gimbal-style stand makes it easy to plug in, set up, and play. With a dual-light source boosting brightness to

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EufyCam S3 Pro review: brilliant night vision, pricey bundle

The EufyCam S3 Pro is a 4K outdoor camera whose MaxColor Vision AI delivers daytime-like color and surprising detail at night. Hardware — an f/1.0 aperture, a 1/1.8" sensor and twin spotlights — helps the camera capture clearer low-light footage than many older models. Using Apple HomeKit

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A16 iPad drops to $300 at Amazon

Apple’s 11-inch iPad with the A16 chip is on sale at Amazon, marked down $50 to $300. It has been overshadowed by new Air and Mini models arriving in 2025 and strong competition from Samsung and the Kindle Scribe. The A16 iPad sits between high-end tablets and budget models,

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The best AR and MR glasses in 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality glasses are evolving quickly, offering a more comfortable alternative to VR by blending digital overlays with the real world. These devices can deliver real-time information, help with translations and searches, and let you check scores or capture life from a first-person perspective — often at a

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Samsung Unpacked 2026: S26 Ultra, Buds 4 Pro and One UI 8.5

Samsung is expected to hold an early Unpacked event in February 2026 rather than January, with a rumored launch of the Galaxy S26 Ultra just ahead of Mobile World Congress. South Korean outlets have suggested a Feb. 25 event in San Francisco, a timeline corroborated by Evan Blass, which would

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Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra: a refined Windows laptop with Panther Lake power

After a month of testing, the Galaxy Book6 Ultra feels like a deliberate refinement of last year’s Book5 Pro. Samsung kept the standout 16-inch AMOLED 3K touchscreen—1,000 nits peak HDR, adaptive 120Hz and Corning Gorilla Glass DXC—while enlarging the chassis only slightly and reworking the PCB

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Google Maps vs Waze: a clear winner

A feature-by-feature breakdown finds Google Maps edging out Waze by two categories. Both apps keep improving, and several outcomes are close enough that personal preference matters. Waze prioritizes the quickest route and will automatically reroute you the second traffic gets messy, even if it means taking a weird side street.