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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. While you may not have heard of it, the Insignia QF Series QLED TV is a hidden gem among budget QLED TVs with built-in Fire TV. It’s not trying to compete with premium models, but consistently delivers vibrant colors and a sharp 4K picture with colors that are richer than similarly priced entry-level TVs. Right now, it’s 40% off across multiple sizes in an early Prime Day deal, starting at $239.99 (originally $399.99), making it a smart time to invest.  Quantum Dot Technology allows for a more detailed image than standard LED TVs, while Dolby Vision HDR support improves contrast and overall picture quality. It also comes with Dolby A...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. I've been wearing Ray-Ban Meta glasses almost every day for over a year. They're great for snapping hands-free photos, catching up on notifications, and listening to podcasts on bike rides, but they aren't the most customizable tech product out there. Still, they're not totally hack-proof. Below are five ways to mod your Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses, use them in ways that are not "officially sanctioned," and generally make your smart glasses a little smarter than everyone else's. I'm an upstanding citizen, so I categorize my receipts for tax purposes dutifully. But I don't like doing it at all, so I figured out how to use my Meta glasses as an almost-totally-automated receipt scanner and organizer....

We may earn a commission from links on this page. On Monday, Apple announced a new slate of updates coming sometime this fall—among them, iOS 27, macOS 27, and watchOS 27. During the keynote, the company enthusiastically shared that iOS 27 would be available to all iPhones compatible with iOS 26. If your iPhone is currently getting the latest updates from Apple, it will continue to do so for another year. Unfortunately, some of the company's other products weren't so lucky. As expected, macOS 27 Golden Gate marks the end of the line for Intel Macs. Unless you have an Apple silicon Mac, you won't be able to update this fall. It's a similar story for iPadOS 27: Apple is dropping a number of iPads this year, mostly from 2018 and 2019. But the real shock came with watchOS...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Prime Day is almost here, and to make the most of the big sale, you need to be an Amazon Prime member. This typically costs $139 per year or $14.99 per month, and comes with a lot of perks, like faster shipping on many items and access to Prime Video streaming. Amazon used to let you share all those membership benefits with a limited number of people, but last year the company tightened up the rules, replacing the old system with the Amazon Family program. Now it comes with a lot more restrictions, but there are still ways around them—as long as you're okay with the drawbacks.Sharing Prime benefits with Amazon FamilyAmazon Family is the existing program for sharing Prime benefits, and it allows you to add separate prof...

Fasted cardio is having a moment. Wake up and get your exercise in before breakfast, so the theory goes, and your body will be forced to burn fat, because there will be no food in your stomach to use for fuel. But does fasting before a workout actually make a difference to your weight, or your health? Not the way you’d think. Let’s take a look at the science.What is fasted cardio? “Fasted” cardio doesn’t require some kind of extreme starvation protocol. It just means doing cardio when you haven’t eaten recently. The most common way to do fasted cardio is to work out first thing in the morning, before breakfast, since you’ve been fasting all night. (The word “breakfast” even comes from the fact that the first thing you eat is breaking your fast.)Cardio refers to any movement you can do rhyt...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Finding a pair of noise-canceling headphones that balance performance and affordability can be difficult, especially if you have a premium brand like Sony in mind. The Sony WH-CH720N headphones, however, seem to largely fit the bill. Right now, they’re at their lowest price ever ahead of Prime Day, down 51% to $87.95 (originally $179.99). These headphones were already a great buy at their MSRP, but now, they're even better. At 6.7 ounces, the WH-CH720N are Sony’s lightest and slimmest wireless noise-canceling headphones. The ANC is reliable at reducing high-frequency noise, but doesn't perform as well blocking low-frequency sound, t...

If you use Chrome (or a Chromium-based browser like Edge), listen up: You need to install your browser's latest update. Without it, you leave your browser vulnerable to attack, which puts its data in jeopardy. As reported by Malwarebytes Labs, Google's latest update for Chrome (version 149.0.7827.102/.103 for Windows and Mac and 149.0.7827.102 for Linux) includes patches for 74 security vulnerabilities. 17 of these vulnerabilities are rated as "Critical," while all but two of the others are rated "High." That alone would indicate this update is rather important, but there's more: One of these vulnerabilities is currently actively exploited. Google confirmed in its update that there is an exploit in the wild for the flaw tracked as CVE-2026-11645. This flaw is an "out of bounds memory acces...

Google Keep is one of the best note-taking apps around, managing to cram a lot of useful functionality into a clean, simple interface that's basically a collection of colored digital sticky notes you can put to whatever use you like. It couldn't be easier to create or access notes on Android, iOS, or the web, but even if you're a long-time Google Keep user, you might not have found all the features available just under the surface—and this list of tips and tricks will get you caught up. Share notes with your family to track grocery listsThis one tops the list of unknown Google Keep features that most anyone can appreciate: You can use it to share notes with other people, just like you're sharing a Google Doc. There are lots of ways this can be helpful, including family note-taking—for...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Large TVs have become much more affordable in recent years, but a 98-inch Mini-LED model below $2,000 still stands out. The TCL 98QM7K is currently selling for $1,997.99, down from its regular $2,999.99 price and the lowest price recorded so far, according to price trackers. It's also one of the more notable TV discounts we've seen as early Prime Day deals begin to appear—for more such deals and shopping advice, check out our Prime Day 2026 coverage. The QM7K has earned strong reviews, including an "Excellent" rating from PCMag, and our own testing of the smaller 65-inch model left a favorable impression as well. Now, as for the TV i...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The built-in password managers from Google and Apple are quite good these days. But if you're switching between multiple devices and OSes, a dedicated cross-platform password manager like Bitwarden can really help. It's open-source, encrypted by default, and most of its features are free on all platforms. And you can even use it to sync passkeys and two-factor authentication codes between all your platforms. But just using the Bitwarden apps to store passwords and autofill them won't get you very far. Because you're dealing with extremely sensitive passwords and secure notes, you should take some extra steps to secure your data, and make the password management process a bit easier (without compromising your security)....