Skylight’s 15-inch smart calendar is down to its lowest price to date
Skylight’s 15-inch smart calendar is down to its lowest price to date

When you’re juggling more than just your own calendar, staying organized can be overwhelming. Fortunately, the Skylight Calendar 2 can help simplify things by syncing multiple calendars in a single spot, and now through May 7th, it’s on sale at Best Buy and directly from Skylight for $259.99 ($40 off) in the run-up to Mother’s […]

After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all
After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all

In January I finally made good on my threat/promise to install Linux on my desktop. I wanted to see how far I could get using a Linux PC as my main computer without doing a bunch of research beforehand or troubleshooting afterwards. Since then I have booted into Windows exactly twice: once to scan a […]

An influx of used EVs could drive down prices
An influx of used EVs could drive down prices

Part of what has held back electric cars has been the cost. But an influx of used vehicles over the next three years could bring prices down dramatically. In 2025, just 123,000 leases on EVs expired. That is expected to more than double to 300,000 in 2026, and double again to 600,000 in 2027 and […]

Researchers say we’re talking less than ever
Researchers say we’re talking less than ever

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Arizona say that between 2005 and 2019, the number of words we speak out loud to another human being fell by nearly 28 percent. And that has likely only gotten worse following the pandemic. The researchers actually counted the number of words we were […]

The Govee smart lamp brightened up my room, and then my life
The Govee smart lamp brightened up my room, and then my life

I knew things were not quite right when I had to throw a towel over a broken Ikea lamp to block out its light. How did I get here? I cover fancy and capable tech for a living, and yet, it took me two years to get rid of a pair of old, broken Ikea […]

The most exciting laptop I’ve seen in forever
The most exciting laptop I’ve seen in forever

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 125, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send me cereal recommendations, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about NASA seamstresses and friction and Muskism and scooters, highlighting […]

The US gets the worst phones
The US gets the worst phones

Apple and Samsung dominate the US phone market, and they’ve done so for years. Together with Google, they’ve shaped our sense of what a smartphone is and what it can do, pushing the boundaries of mobile photography, software, and processing power. But over the last few years, they’ve sat back, content to iterate rather than […]

ICYMI: the week’s biggest tech news stories from Tim Cook stepping down to our Earth Day celebrations

Here’s the biggest tech news stories for the week from Apple, DJI, OpenAI, and more.

I’ve found the 24 best deals from the Amazon Tech Week sale — all the offers I’d buy with up to 50% off

The Tech Week sale at Amazon UK features some surprisingly strong deals on laptops, gaming accessories, smartwatches, appliances, and more — I’ve picked out the 24 best deals starting at £16.
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