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If you’ve spent the last few years thinking OLED burn-in was a solved problem I’ve got news for you. It’s true that OLED has fixed a lot of its problems, but RTINGS just wrapped up one of the most punishing display tests it has ever run, and the results are a little humbling if you’re confident your OLED screen wasn’t going to burn in. Modern OLED panels are brighter, more efficient, and more color accurate. They’ll give you a better picture while consuming less power and likely at a more reasonable cost. That said, you’d still want to use all…
Anker’s Soundcore brand earned a name for itself in the budget audio space, but it makes particularly excellent sleep earbuds. Compared to your regular wireless earbuds, sleep earbuds are uniquely designed to be comfortable and low profile. They’re made with a flatter shape to avoid ear pressure points, ensuring that side sleepers can wear them to bed. I tested the Anker Soundcore Sleep A30 last year, and I thought they were the best sleep earbuds on the market, and Anker showed off two new pairs at IFA 2026 that are even better. The Soundcore Sleep 4 earbuds are the upgraded…
Modern TVs deliver stunning visuals. They offer ultra-high-definition images with impossibly bright HDR colors. They’re also impossibly thin, perfect for hanging on a wall. But that svelte design is also responsible for your new TV’s biggest flaw — it sounds absolutely terrible. Super-thin TVs simply don’t have the space for a great-sounding pair of stereo speakers. That’s why a lot of people offload the job of audio to something else, usually a soundbar. But having used a soundbar myself, I’ve learned that I’m never going to be happy with how one sounds. Sure, there are steps you can take to…
“The book is better than the movie,” the saying goes. And then there are some books so unique even trying to adapt them to the screen seems like a fool’s errand. Better to leave well enough alone. But perceptions can change over time. Take the book House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, which came out in 2000. Even if you’ve never heard of it, the book has had a big influence on modern horror, but has never been adapted itself. Some think that’s because the book too unique, unusual, and offbeat. If that were ever true, it isn’t anymore.…
Earbuds always die. No matter how much you take care of them, they’re going to give out on you at some point, and it’s often the same thing: the battery. Around the two- or three-year mark, your battery just stops responding to charging, and just like that, your earbuds are dead, and you have very little recourse to fix them. There is no easy-to-remove cover or flip-open slot to reveal the hardware you need to change. You’d think that in 2026, this wouldn’t be an issue anymore. If the EU had stuck to its word, it would be partially resolved…
It’s apt that Apple skipped right over macOS 16, jumping from macOS 15 to macOS 26 last year – Tahoe was anything but sweet. Infused with Liquid Glass, it felt like an abomination the moment I first fired it up. So I stubbornly held out, leaving my iMac on macOS Sequoia no matter how often Apple nagged me to upgrade. Unfortunately, for boring work reasons, I had no option but to ‘upgrade’ a few weeks ago. Now I’m stuck using macOS 26 every day. It’s bad enough to even make me pine for the ‘halcyon days’ of Mac OS 9.…
I almost passed on Mr Inbetween because the runtime looked like a red flag. Every prestige crime drama I actually finish runs 50 minutes or more, like the still-making-news Breaking Bad and The Sopranos — shows that need the extra time to let a scene sit before it turns violent. Twenty-five minutes felt like a show that hadn’t put in the hours yet. It was a Sunday afternoon, I was bored, and I was scrolling Hulu for something I could bail on after 10 minutes if it didn’t hold up. The title card came up, and I checked Rotten Tomatoes…
In 2005, Google debuted Google Earth, which stitches together millions of overlapping satellite photos and aerial plane pictures to create a 3D model of the planet Earth which you can search at will, hovering high above continents or zooming in so close you can switch over to Google Maps and explore the streets of far-off cities. Google Earth has now been around for so long that people take its existence for granted, but it has a fascinating origin story dramatized in a little-remembered 2021 Netflix limited series that deserves another look. Crack The Billion Dollar Code Can you believe that…
Plex is great for getting a media server up and running and streaming to devices in your house. It’s still my go-to and my top suggestion for anyone looking to host their own media server. But as easy as it is, it’s always best to be prepared. If I’d known these Plex tips beforehand, I wouldn’t have been as frustrated during my first setup attempt. Related I run my own Netflix — it’s free, it has no ads, and my whole family uses it The most satisfying subscription is the one I canceled. Dedicated storage and backups are an absolute…
Buying a new TV means wading through an increasingly ridiculous collection of badges, standards, and specifications. HDMI 2.0, HDMI 2.1, and now HDMI 2.2, along with 4K/120Hz, VRR, ARC, and eARC… it’s all an alphanumeric eyesore. But does it really matter which HDMI port you use? Do me a favour, if you’re able. Are you near a TV? Good. Peek around the back, and you’ll find several identical sockets labelled HDMI 1, HDMI 2, HDMI 3, and so on. Are those numbers HDMI versions? Are some ports better than others? Does one of them dispense Nutella? Where should you plug…