What the Tech? Why the 4th of July is one of the worst days of the year for smartphones

The Fourth of July is consistently one of the worst days of the year for damaged, lost, and water-logged phones.
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I replaced my Samsung home screen with a custom open-source launcher, and I'm never going back

My old Samsung feels like new.
How-To Geek on MSN

Nobody wanted this old Windows 10 laptop, so I turned it into a free Jellyfin media server

It was useless as a laptop, but it is great for a million self-hosting projects.
PCMag

Epic Walmart Tech Deals Are Still Live & They're Beating Amazon's Prime Day Prices

The Walmart Deals week might be over, but we're still seeing steep discounts on everything from Bluetooth headphones to ...

Gemini 3.5 Flash can now see your screen, use your computer, take actions — all on its own

Google has announced that computer use is now a built-in tool on Gemini 3.5 Flash. It can control your computer and take ...
Tech Times

Gemini Computer Use Baked Into Gemini 3.5 Flash: Screen Control Now Pairs With Search and Maps

Gemini computer use is now native in Gemini 3.5 Flash, letting agents control browsers, apps, and mobile screens alongside ...
9to5Google

Gemini in Chrome adds ‘Select from screen’ tool as Gemini 3.5 Flash gains computer use

Gemini in Chrome now lets you focus a prompt with a new "Select from screen" tool, while developers can tap into 3.5 Flash ...
New Atlas

Review: Gorgeous triple-laser projector takes home cinema to the Max

A beautiful box of smart-entertainment goodness turned up at my door last year from Valerion, following a successful ...
The Atlantic

The David Hockney Painting That Makes You Look, and Then Look Again

When David Hockney in the 1960s turned his attention to a photograph of a splash-splattered swimming pool, he did what most of us today, immersed in an endless stream of digital images, do not. He ...