miss.cabul/Shutterstock TikTok, the social video app, has two different owners. There’s the main company, ByteDance, which owns TikTok and its Chinese equivalent, Douyin. In 2025, a third arm was created, with U.S. control handed over to a joint venture, TikTok USDS JV. Who actually owns TikTok is an interesting rabbit hole to go down. If…
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BrandonKleinPhoto/Shutterstock Launched in 2014, Ring cameras can help individuals protect their property by giving them access to live video feeds wherever a device is installed. Acquired by Amazon in 2018, Ring now has 50 different devices available with an assortment of features and specs. There are some uncomfortable truths about using Ring cameras, but there’s…
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Microsoft/Linux Foundation/BGR The Windows vs Linux argument can be easily boiled down quite quickly. If you’re after a secure, semi-stable system that doesn’t require you to be a power user, stick with Windows. Just make sure you get the right version of Windows 11, Home or Pro. For those fed up of the subscriptions or…
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Towfiqu ahamed barbhuiya/Shutterstock Smartwatches allow users to do more than just check the time. They can track workouts, set timers, and check messages. Some users even try to use Apple Watches in lieu of a smartphone to take calls and respond to texts or emails. A traditional watch is able to tell time and makes…
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Juststock/Getty Images Airplane mode and Do Not Disturb mode are two common options found on modern mobile devices, which many of us often use in our everyday lives. Although Airplane mode is typically associated with air travel and suspending your phone’s wireless capabilities to stop any potential interference with the aircraft communication systems, it can…
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Kati Maria/Shutterstock USB cables come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. That’s not exactly a figure of speech, since they really do vary by application, brand, and configuration … which often leads to a wide range of prices, too. Cables need to be built durably and offer good charging and data transfer rates to be useful…
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Mr.Mikla/Shutterstock Unboxing a new gadget is always exciting. No matter if you picked up a new iPad Air, or the top-of-the-range iPad Pro, going through Apple’s setup guide is just the beginning of the journey. Apple’s swift setup makes it easy to restore data from an old iPad, or to set up a new iPad using…
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Static Media Mark Hamill’s breakthrough role came in 1977 in a galaxy far, far away — and honestly, he could’ve done the two sequels that followed and called it a day with his acting career there and then. And yet, ever the thespian, and determined not to be remembered only as the son of a…
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kamitana/Shutterstock Although smartphones have become the main way people consume mobile content today, there are still reasons to buy an MP3 Player in 2026. Beyond the nostalgia surrounding these 2000s tech devices, they still work well for their intended purposes. In other words, even though companies no longer make them on the same scale, many…
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Ekkaphan Chimpalee/Getty Images If desk space is an issue when considering a solid gaming setup, a mini gaming PC isn’t the compromise in performance it used to be. Gone are the days of high latency and poor performance trying to play a AAA game, thanks to manufacturers stuffing gaming laptop silicon into a small form…
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