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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. I often find that my personal woodworking projects are made from cheaper, recycled or rough-cut boards to save money, but that also means that I spend more time sanding and smoothing for a good quality finish. Using a planer to shape your boards and level out the surface makes finishing a project faster, but if you’re a home woodworker, you might have noticed that planers can be pricey. This 18-volt 3 ¼” Ryobi cordless planer is a good home-shop-grade planer, and it’s on sale for $67.75, 48% off its regular price. What a planer is good forA planer is most commonly thought of as a tool for shaving down a door so it will fit in the jam...

Despite its rapid integration in nearly every facet of daily life, AI technology is not perfect. While it might seem like generative AI knows everything, it can make mistakes, or make up information entirely. That's why it's concerning to tech reporters like myself that companies are adding AI tech to tool so many people rely on and take for granted. Search is one of those tools. Since the late 90s, we've been conditioned to rely on search results to find the information we're looking for. For many of us, that means loading up Google, entering a search, and accepting the first page of results, sometimes the first result or two alone. Now, with Google's AI Overviews taking over the top of most search results, many of us simply glance at the AI-generated result and take it at face value.Ther...

Recently, I made the choice to buy a Kindle Paperwhite, but not register it to my Amazon account. Doing so is as simple as avoiding connecting to a wifi network during setup. The Kindle itself will still run just fine; it just won't connect to the internet or link itself to your Amazon account. I made this choice on purpose, because I am tired of being locked into Amazon's ecosystem to purchase books. Luckily, whether you register your Kindle or not, there are alternatives.Usually, the ebooks you buy for your Kindle have DRM (Digital Rights Management) included, which forbids you from legally copying the book to other devices. Big ebook publishers and retailers often use DRM to ensure that you can't make backups of ebooks you've already paid for. When you have a DRM-free ebook, though, you...