Author: Michael Comaous
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. TerraMaster D1 SSD Plus Enclosure: 30-second reviewConsidering the compact size of an M.2 SSD drive, the size of the TerraMaster D1 SSD Plus is far larger than most M.2 enclosures, and this is down to the functional design that offers huge amounts of passive cooling.This isn’t the first time I’ve seen an enclosure of this style where passive cooling has been used rather than a fan system, and once…
Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Today’s Connections: Sports Edition might be tough. The yellow category came together right away for me, but the others…not so much. Read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it.…
Steam’s sales, both the larger seasonal sales and the smaller themed events, are a smorgasbord for PC gamers. You don’t know precisely what will be on sale, but Steam does post the dates of the events well in advance. The big Autumn sale starts on September 29th, for example. Now you can plan out your wallet wallops for the first half of next year. Here are the dates for January through May 2026, according to this official Steam Community post. The big Winter sale, December 18th-January 5th, technically fits in there. January 2026: Detective Fest: January 12 – January 19…
Parental concerns over screen time grow as kids spend four hours online during the summer holidaysThe Secure Net update only helps UK families, despite Vodafone operating in over 20 countriesUnstructured screen time rises during school breaks, sparking fresh demand for digital boundaries at homeAs the summer holidays bring more freedom and fewer routines, children are spending much more time online, but new research has warned on the risks this could bring.A report from VodafoneThree revealed screen time among 8 to 17-year-olds has risen to as much as four hours of unstructured use per day, a 42% increase compared to during…
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today’s NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. That purple caregory throws out a term for a kind of word that many people have never heard of before. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered…
Summary Privacy browsers have fewer ads and pop-ups due to built-in blockers and customizable settings. These browsers prevent tracking through search tracking disablement and adjustable tracking block settings. Privacy browsers provide similar layouts to mainstream ones with no performance compromise. I spend most of my day browsing the internet or working on web-based apps on my Windows laptop and want the best possible experience. My browser is critical to optimizing my workflow because it must perform flawlessly with multiple tabs open and have intuitive menus that are easily accessible and make sense. It must also work seamlessly across my devices…
Tada Images/Shutterstock Chromebooks are simple productivity machines, or, as one Apple executive once put it, “cheap testing tools.” At least, that was the case a few years ago, before Google made it possible to download Android apps from the Play Store. The addition of Steam has been another major change, making it possible to turn your laptop into a gaming machine. For those without a modern gaming PC or console, a Chromebook with Steam opens a lot of doors. You can now play nearly any game on a Chromebook. Of course,…
It should come as no surprise that students the world over are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots to cheat. On homework, on tests, and on anything else you care to mention. After all, why work something out yourself when there’s an AI chatbot waiting and willing to do the hard work for you? This is obviously a problem in need of fixing, and OpenAI’s answer is a Study Mode that’s now baked into ChatGPT. The idea is to stop students from simply asking ChatGPT to tell them the answer to a question, and to have ChatGPT teach them…
Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that allowed the company to compare Claude’s performance to its own models in categories like coding, writing, and safety. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, Anthropic spokesperson said, “OpenAI’s own technical staff were also using our coding tools ahead of the launch of GPT-5,” which is apparently “a direct violation of our terms of service.” (Anthropic’s commercial terms forbid companies from using Claude to build competing services.) However, the company also…
Robert Triggs / Android AuthorityI’ve been using smartphones since 2011, and they’ve all been Samsung and Google devices (aside from a few other brands due to my job). Both companies have come a long way over the years, and while the S24 Ultra is my phone of choice for now, that may soon change for one reason. Pixels and Galaxy phones each have their strengths and weaknesses, but one thing I’ve always found Google is best at is customer support, while Samsung has more reliable devices.As I think back on my experience with both, I’ve started to reevaluate which of…