After a decade in Adobe's ecosystem, I replaced Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, and Premiere with free alternatives
The apps aren't the hard part of leaving Adobe. The glue between them is.
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How Meta says it’s addressing privacy concerns amid new smart glasses lineup
It’s no secret that Meta has privacy issues. After all, there’s been a lot of apprehension surrounding the company’s ever-growing lineup of smart glasses. In particular, these products have sometimes been called “pervert glasses” due to being used to harass people and, according to a recent lawsuit, even allegedly cap...
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Google is sending AI into space, but there's one brutal problem
A prototype satellite will test TPU resilience against launch g forces, cosmic rays, and vacuum cooling challenges.
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Robot vacuums aren't the time-savers we've been sold
Robot vacuum manufacturers market on time-savings, but still need your day-to-day attention.
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iPhone chips are running full AAA games natively, and consoles should worry
Unofficial ports blend emulation and native builds into weekend projects that actually feel playable on handheld glass.
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Promising Canadian gothic narrative roguelite Curse of Resthaven launches Oct. 29
Curse of Resthaven, a new gothic narrative rogue from Toronto’s Hilltop Studios, will launch on October 29 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Mac. In a marked departure from Hilltop’s acclaimed debut game, the colourful deduction puzzle-adventure Lil’ Guardsman, Curse tasks players with leading a colony that’s being thre...
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Five neat things we learned about Meta’s first-ever VR Glasses
It was a big week for Meta. During its annual Meta Connect conference, the company unveiled a suite of new products, including the VR Glasses, the camera-less Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a Canadian launch of the Meta Ray-Ban Display and more. But naturally, Meta’s first-ever VR glasses garnered a particular amount of attentio...
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Apple iPhone ‘Antennagate’ Q&A video emerges online 16 years later
Remember that time Apple blamed iPhone signal issues on how people were holding the phone? Believe it or not, that was 16 years ago (oh my god, I’m getting old!) with the iPhone 4. ‘Antennagate’ was quite the story at the time, and it’s making a comeback after a recording of Apple’s 47-minute Q&A session […]
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Meta’s new VR glasses are a (pricey) game-changer
A huge selling point for me with technology is convenience. If something is pretty easy to set up and use, chances are I’ll stick with it. That’s why consoles have long been my gaming platform of choice; you can certainly do more with a PC, but it requires much more work. Similarly, this is why […]
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Meta Ray-Ban Display now available in Canada for $1,149
Meta has launched its Ray-Ban Display glasses in Canada. The company confirmed the expansion during its Meta Connect 2026 keynote in California. The smart glasses debuted in the U.S. last fall and were slated to come to Canada in early 2026 but were later delayed due to “unprecedented demand.” Now, the glasses are ava...
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Meta unveils audio-only Ray-Ban smart glasses
Meta announced its first-ever pair of audio-only smart glasses during its Meta Connect 2026 keynote in California. Dubbed the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, these glasses pack Meta’s signature AI-powered wearable features into its lightest and slimmest spectacles to date. Notably, ditching the camera setup has helped reduce the...
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I benchmarked Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 against Apple’s A20 Pro and Google’s Tensor G6, and one clearly loses
Here's a preview of what you can expect from Qualcomm's new phone chip.
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Microsoft made the best controller of the generation and completely forgot about it
The best Xbox and PC controller is also the most underrated.
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Windows told me my drive was full, but this free tool showed me what was actually eating it
Turns out finding space hogs doesn't have to feel like a chore.
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The Elder Scrolls II just became an MMO, and it only took three decades
Jump into Daggerfall via browser with save import, bundled Unity mods, remastered audio and classic toggle.
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I turned off these Windows 11 settings to make Microsoft know less about me
I switched off a few defaults I didn't need and made Windows a little more private.
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Meta reveals third-gen Ray-Bans, Lisa collaboration
Meta unveiled the latest updates to its core Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses line-up during its Meta Connect keynote in California. First off, the company announced the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), which offers a slimmer design with nine hours of battery life (an hour more than Gen 2) and a customization action button for Meta AI...
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Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop, Pro with new Qualcomm chips
At Snapdragon Summit, which Qualcomm flew me out to, Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch built on the Snapdragon X2 Plus processor, as well as a new Surface Mouse with integrated haptic feedback. According to Microsoft, the Snapdragon X2 Plus chipset is up to 17 per cent faster in Off...
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