Why I traded my MacBook Air for a laptop you’ve never heard of

Why I traded my MacBook Air for a laptop you’ve never heard of

Table of Contents Table of Contents Surprisingly light and strong The elephant in the room The Snapdragon X Elite Experience is great The rest of the hardware and battery life Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon price and availability I’ve been using the M2 MacBook Air since its launch, and it has been a reliable laptop. … Read more

‘Doctor Who: Joy to the World review:’ What a star

‘Doctor Who: Joy to the World review:’ What a star

Spoilers follow for “Joy to the World.” If there’s one thing Steven Moffatt loves to do with Doctor Who, it’s to find a monster buried in the mundane. He’s made statues, shadows, lost children and even the idea of silence into some of the show’s most terrifying villains. Sadly, the mysterious extra door you often … Read more

The 2024 Movie Monster State of the Union

The 2024 Movie Monster State of the Union

As the year draws to a close, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to provide a sort of state of the union on the year’s movie monsters—a quick analysis of what’s still regarded to be scary. However, upon reflection, what was envisioned as 21st century bestiary began to look less like a Dungeons … Read more

‘Doctor Who’ Christmas specials ranked, and where to watch them

‘Doctor Who’ Christmas specials ranked, and where to watch them

Happy Christmas, Whovians! To celebrate the holiday and the debut of “Joy to the World,” we’ve re-ranked every Doctor Who Christmas special to figure out which are the best to rewatch when you want to get into the spirit. Since the series rebooted in 2005, a yuletide special has meant big things for the Doctor … Read more

This Is the Best Reason to Set Up Apple Family Sharing

This Is the Best Reason to Set Up Apple Family Sharing

Summary Apple Family Sharing reduces Apple Music costs to $2.84 per person per month when split between six people. Each member receives an individual Apple Music library to keep music and recommendations separate. Apple One Family offers Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+ for $4.33 per person per month. There are many benefits to … Read more

A Complete Unknown review: a crowd-pleasing, safe music biopic

A Complete Unknown review: a crowd-pleasing, safe music biopic

“Director James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is an engaging, if superficial, Bob Dylan biopic.” Pros Four impressive lead performances A strong, immersive sense of time and place Several well-staged musical performance scenes Cons A surface-level screenplay An anticlimactic conclusion A thinly drawn central romance Few artists have ever maintained the same levels of fame and … Read more

7 Tips to Speed Up File Transfers on Windows 11

7 Tips to Speed Up File Transfers on Windows 11

If you’re experiencing slower file transfer speeds on your Windows 11 PC, there are tweaks you can make to your system to speed up the transfers. Use SSDs Over HDDs If you have the option, always use solid-state drives (SSDs) over hard disk drives (HDDs), as the former are significantly faster than the latter. This … Read more

Best Internet Providers in New York, New York

Best Internet Providers in New York, New York

What is the best internet provider in New York? CNET recommends Verizon Fios as the best internet service provider for most New Yorkers, thanks to its fast, symmetrical fiber-optic speeds and competitive pricing. However, New York City also boasts a variety of other top-tier providers, including Optimum, Astound Broadband, and Spectrum, making it easy to … Read more

Headlights Are Growing Brighter – Slashdot

Headlights Are Growing Brighter – Slashdot

Modern LED headlights are significantly brighter and more glaring than traditional halogen bulbs, creating dangerous driving conditions, lighting experts report. The newer lights produce an intense, concentrated beam that is bluer and more disorienting, particularly affecting older drivers. “Headlights are getting brighter, smaller and bluer. All three of those things increase a particular kind of … Read more

$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data

2K – 9K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data

Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? Kruze Consulting, a CPA firm that specializes in venture-backed startups, recently analyzed average salary ranges for over 450 seed-stage startups and shared that data with TechCrunch. The following averages are based … Read more