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Apple’s Vision Pro headset, the company’s first venture into mixed reality, isn’t due to hit shelves until early 2024, but you can already create content for it. So long as you have the right iPhone running the right version of iOS, you can shoot three-dimensional videos only viewable on Apple’s forthcoming $3,500 goggles. Consider it…

Photo: charnsitr (Shutterstock)The Apple Watch is made to work with your iPhone, but you don’t need your iPhone to use your Apple Watch. OK, you do need an iPhone to pair and set up the device, but following that, your Apple Watch can function as a standalone device, at least for a variety of tasks—even…

Photo: mangpor2004 (Shutterstock)When you learn and use a studying method, you’re making it easier for your brain to synthesize new information. Great! Now think of how much more you could learn and retain if you could double up on the methods you’re using. You can do that. It’s called “dual coding” and it’s a popular…

Image: Total TR/Cal State ElectronicsThis Apple iPad 6th-generation is on sale for $149 right now (reg. $250). It comes with a grade “B” refurbished rating, so there might be light scuffs or scratches on the body, but none on the screen. It has a 9.7-inch Retina display with 2048x1536 resolution, an Apple A10 Fusion chip,…

Image: KodakThis Kodak scanner digitally preserves film negatives and 50mm slides, and it’s on sale for $169.97 right now (reg. $224.99) when you use the code KODAK through November 9. It comes with a 50x50mm slide holder and adapters for 135, 110, and 126 sizes.It works fairly easily: You put your film or slide into the…

Image: XFyroxFyro Hybrid ANC wireless Bluetooth earbuds are on sale for $29.97 right now (reg. $59). These earbuds feature three different feedback and feedforward microphones on each earbud, so noise can be captured and canceled at any frequency. These earbuds offer studio-quality audio with 7mm graphene drivers, are equipped with Bluetooth 5.0, and they seamlessly…

Early Black Friday deals are in full swing: Target, Best Buy, and Walmart all have their deals live already, and Amazon just put out their Black Friday plans (with some deals available now). But if you’re looking for even better deals on Blink and Ring security cameras—and some other Amazon devices—it’s Woot you want to check…

Long past are the days when one simply had to set an absurdly early alarm on the day after Thanksgiving and head out into the chill air to stand in line at a big box retailer to take advantage of once-in-a-year sales and deals. In 2023, “Black Friday” has become a month-long affair, and you…

Combining multiple PDFs can be really stressful, mostly because the process isn’t clearly outlined in the programs you’re probably using to view the, and a lot of the third-party apps that offer the feature (like Adobe Acrobat) cost money. But if you want to combine PDFs together without paying anything extra, you can—you’ll just have…

Samsung’s FE lineup has always tried to cater to that sweet spot between the expensive, feature-filled flagships and the low-budget devices filled with compromises. But with so many other options duking it out in this midrange space, the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE has a tough battle ahead of it—a battle made even tougher by the…