This year, I wanted to give back to all the other fathers who toe the line and often never get the credit or gifts they deserve. There are no Zales commercials for us, nope, we get Fudgy The Whale, and nobody is out there making a commercial where the family chips in and buys dad his dream car. After many years of buying my dad shirts from Kids Gap (he was 4'11) I decided to compile a short list of six techie things I would want, my dad would appreciate, and that most dads will actually use....

As a content creator, I know there are two key nuisances many people in my position face while filming: achieving professional-level sound quality and dodging entangled cables. Smallrig rectifies both issues. SmallRig has seemingly fixed both of these problems, and after a few months of use, it’s clear that the $199 Forevala W60 (opens in new tab) (though they are regularly on discount) is the next essential purchase for anyone getting serious about their content....

Best PS5 games in 2023: The best PlayStation 5 games out nowPS5 randomly shutting off? Here’s how to fix itBest gaming deals in January 2023 CO While Sony is apparently expecting unit profits to fall by 12%, other gaming services such as its new, upcoming PlayStation Plus subscription — set to arrive this June — and big acquisition with Halo creator Bungie are set to see significant returns. Plus, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan stated the Bungie acquisition is the first of “many more moves....

Right now, you can get Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones for $299 (opens in new tab) at Woot. They normally retail for $399, so that’s $100 in savings. This is the lowest price ever for these Sony headphones. By far, this is one of the best Black Friday headphone deals we’ve seen so far. It’s also $50 cheaper than Best Buy’s current Black Friday price (opens in new tab). Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are the best noise-cancelling headphones to buy and cheaper than Apple’s $549 AirPods Max....

When a fidelity mode is present in a game, we can expect a focus on graphical fidelity at the cost of a lower frame rate. Insomniac Games has yet to confirm what will make this mode so demanding, but the answer likely lies with ray tracing. See our The Last of Us Part II review (spoiler-free)See the best PC games and best Xbox Game Pass PC games to play nowCheck out the Xbox Series X games and PS5 games confirmed so far...

Despite that, the 2.4GHz dongle is a little wide for most gaming laptops, and, surprisingly, the fit is slightly bigger than that of the previous model. And even with customizable EQ settings, there’s still some muddy bass. Still, the SteelSeries Arctis 1 Wireless is a great implementation of wireless connectivity in the Arctis 1 gaming headset, and it’s especially innovative as it’s the first headset to use a USB Type-C dongle....

Stray pulled me into a bright neon, broken city jam-packed with side quests and puzzles that truly encompass the lifestyle of a cat. The puzzles and missions were challenging, leaving me stuck to ponder or restart certain things. The mini-missions are so hard to find and fully complete, which is frustrating because by the time you get to the end, you’ll see why you want to complete them all (it’s still going to take me a couple of re-tries to collect everything)....

For a limited time, you can get the Razer Blade 15 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop (opens in new tab) for $1,899.99. Normally, this gaming machine sells for $2,200 so that’s $300 off and the best price we could find for this configuration. It features a 15-inch 1080p display, 2.2GHz Core i7-8750H six-core processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD, and a GTX 1060 Max-Q VR ready graphics card. In our Razer Blade 15 review, we loved its svelte design, strong gaming performance, and solid battery life....

Right now, you can get the Lenovo Yoga C940 2-in-1 with 4K display on sale for $1,199 (opens in new tab) at Best Buy. The Yoga C940 has a gorgeous design, along with bright, vivid 4K and 1080p display options; fast performance; and long battery life. This model comes with an Intel Core i7, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a 4K display. We really liked the Yoga C940 when we reviewed it....

With the 2022 ROG Zephyrus G15 (opens in new tab) coming out soon, that means one thing for people who love a good deal: the previous models are going to get some seriously good discounts. And with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS processors, QHD displays and either an RTX 3070 or fully-loaded RTX 3080 GPUs, these powerhouses will play the best games for years to come. So, instead of jumping on the latest full priced monster, why not save yourself some cash?...

Don’t yet own a PS5? Join the club. Personally, I just like to buy the accessories regardless and include them in any casual selfies I take so that people think I do. But if that sort of superficial peacocking isn’t to your tastes, you can always check out our PS5 U.K. stock watch or PS5 U.S. stock watch pages. You can also follow Laptop Mag on Twitter where we do our best to post any news on retail stock when available....

Black Friday is approaching, and the deals are really heating up, including savings on our favorites like 59% off NordVPN, up to 86% off ExpressVPN and nearly $200 off SurfShark. If you’re willing to shop for two-year plans, the deals are incredible and give you unfettered access to Netflix libraries across the globe, add an additional layer of online privacy (especially on public Wi-Fi networks), and access to a truckload of region-restricted sites....

The ThinkVision M14t arrives with a colorful, bright 14-inch capacitive touchscreen and an active pen. I like that the stylus allowed me to draw on and sign documents and added a different level of functionality I didn’t realize I needed. It’s why I advocate for every laptop built with a touchscreen to come with some sort of stylus, but that’s a rant for another day. Lenovo ThinkVision M14t pricing and configuration Currently available for $388, the FHD ThinkVision M14t is sleek and lightweight....

But that, Nothing recently told me, is missing the point. Nothing wants its offerings to be iconic and noticeable. However, once a person begins to use them, Nothing’s tech should disappear in the background. It should be seamless enough not to get in the way. I was skeptical of the Nothing Ear 1 at first. With excessive “hype” marketing, I felt the startup was overselling it. But after spending weeks taking the buds in and out of my pockets and ears, the Nothing Ear 1 have proven me wrong....

Right now, you can get the Acer Chromebook 311 on sale for $127 (opens in new tab) at Walmart. It’s pretty tough to find a Chromebook this cheap, but keep in mind that you’re making sacrifices at this price point. Shop: Best Black Friday dealsMore: Best Black Friday laptop dealsCheck out the best laptops around Acer Chromebook 311 deal If you’re looking for one of the cheapest Chromebooks around, this is it....

Right now, the Lenovo Chromebook 3 is down to just $79 (opens in new tab) — an incredible Black Friday deal for those who are looking for a dirt cheap laptop for the basics. Remember the $79 HP Chromebook (opens in new tab) ? Well, that’s sold out now and Lenovo has stepped up with yet another huge Black Friday Chromebook deal. Lenovo Chromebook 3 deal Super cheap Chromebooks are not powerhouses, Intel Celeron is not something we commonly see or recommend these days, but if your needs are basic productivity and casual entertainment like going down YouTube wormholes, then this is actually good enough for all of that....

Dell is selling the XPS 15 for just $799 (opens in new tab), or $300 off the retail price of $1,099. To get the lowest price, you need to change the “operating system” on the customization page from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Home then use coupon code DBLT17CM at checkout. On sale is the base model with a 15.6-inch, 1080p display, a Core i5-9300H CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD....

A leaked closeup of the 16-inch MacBook Pro — which is visually differentiated by a space between its Touch ID sensor that doubles as a power button — suggests that this new MacBook Pro is the same old stuff. The keys look exactly like the shallow butterfly-style switch-based keys we’re sick of seeing and, yeah, the Touch Bar is still there, taking up space. This image comes from a 9to5Mac story posted by Guilherme Rambo, a reliable Apple scooper, who notes this image comes from “an image found in the release version of macOS 10....

Even I’m tempted by the MSI P65 Creator. It boasts a 15.6-inch, 4K display and packs an Intel Core i7-9750H processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB Teton Glacier SSD. Those are beefy components. We haven’t reviewed this machine just yet, so we can’t fully attest to its merits. But it does have a super sleek design, and at 0.69 inches thick, it’s pleasantly thin....

After installing Readism, all you need to do is open an article and the extension will tell you how long it estimates the average reader would take to finish this particular text. That prediction appears in the extension’s button in Chrome and as a notification in bottom right corner that you can disable. MORE: Best Chromebooks Available Now While you wait for that feature, you can use the Readism website to predict how long it will take you to finish a book....