The Siege lantern from Streamlight is sturdy, rugged and well-built. It's rated 5 out of 5 stars from over 1,400 people on Amazon (
Protect your home theatre equipment, computers, and other expensive equipment with Tripp Lite's
Every year there’s a Here, the gimmick is electricity instead of portals. But still, it fits the genre. So, how does it stack up? As you might expect from the title,
On a road trip, camping, or during a power outage or emergency, this adapter plugs into your vehicle's power socket and, more or less, mimics a household wall power outlet. The fanless inverter quietly and safely delivers 100 watts of continuous power to your laptop, fan, DVD player, musical instrument, video game system and much more (just be mindful of the wattage requirements on your device). Dual USB ports are built-in, and with a max power output of 2.1A, the power inverter is also ideal for charging your iPhones, iPods, iPads, tablets, Samsung Galaxy, and other mobile phones or USB powered devices. Currently averaging 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 580 people on Amazon (
French fitness tech company Withings makes a line of Activité activity trackers that look like classic analog watches. I’m a big fan, particularly of the Withings is bumping up the prowess of its analog activity trackers with the launch of the
It was surprising to hear ZTE would be revealing a new device at the IFA trade show after the company just released its flagship phone, the Axon 7. But the Axon 7 Mini is not so much a brand new phone as a different version of the Axon 7. Apart from its smaller 5.2-inch screen, the Axon 7 Mini looks almost identical to the 5.5-inch Axon 7. Both are equipped with dual front-facing speakers that support Hi-Fi playback and recording and a fingerprint sensor located on the back of the phone, right below the camera. The fingerprint sensor is actually quite ingenious, as it allows users to unlock the phone as they would naturally hold it in their hand. Charging has also been made easy with a Type C reversible connector.
Windows 10’s Anniversary Update is having its share of problems, but Microsoft has solved at least one of them. The company announced late Wednesday that it had released a patch to fix the
Hard-core virtual reality enthusiasts can shell out for a high-end display and a gaming PC, while casual users buy cheaper headgear that relies on their smartphones. Qualcomm thinks people are ready for something in between. At IFA in Berlin this week, Qualcomm Technologies is unveiling a reference design for head-mounted displays (HMDs) that use its Snapdragon mobile processor and are totally self-contained. They’ll deliver a better experience than phone-based systems and won’t have to plug into a PC or use beacons around the room to track movement, Qualcomm said. The reference design, developed along with Goertek, will be available in the fourth quarter. Manufacturers should start shipping HMDs based on that unit or the underlying design soon after. Qualcomm did not estimate how much those products would cost.
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Recent data breaches underline the need for Internet users to regularly update the passwords for all their Internet accounts. On Wednesday, Spotify reset the passwords of an unspecified number of users, just a day after data on 68 million accounts from Dropbox began In a notice to users, Spotify said their credentials may have been compromised in a leak involving another service, if they used the same password for both. “Spotify has not experienced a security breach and our user records are secure,” the company said in an email. The password reset is merely a precaution, it said.