zdnet

2025-02-20

The Lenovo ThinkPad I recommend to hybrid workers isn't the newest model - but it's 50% off

Lenovo's 12th-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon refines its design with a host of improvements, resulting in a thoughtful and well-optimized device. [...]

zdnet

2025-02-20

Why your solar-powered power bank isn't as reliable as you think (and what to use instead)

Last summer, I tested a slew of solar-powered power banks. It turned out the devices were universally rubbish and potentially unsafe. Here's what I suggest using instead. [...]

zdnet

2025-02-20

The best free tax software of 2025

Tax season is open. That's why ZDNET rounded up the best free online tax software services that provide guidance and filing for those with simple returns. [...]

Destination

2025-02-20

Among Us VR is being transformed into a traditional 3D game for PC

Among Us VR has proven itself to be a major hit since first being released back in 2022. Now, developers Innersloth and Schell Games have announced they are rejiggering the virtual reality title for traditional PC players. Among Us 3D is playable without a headset and will be ava [...]

Destination

2025-02-20

How to make the most of the iPhone's Action Button

The Action button is available on nearly every iPhone Apple sells, offering a quick way to access a feature, app or shortcut on your phone, just by pushing a button. It can be a flashlight, activate a smart home routine or let you access any number of custom shortcuts without hav [...]

Destination

2025-02-20

Amazon is shutting down its third-party Android app store

The Amazon Appstore will no longer be available on Android as of August 20, 2025. After that date, apps from the digital storefront "are not guaranteed to operate" on Android hardware; however, they can continue to be used on devices like the Fire TV and Fire Tablets. T [...]

Destination

2025-02-20

You can now sign up to be a contributor to Meta's Community Notes feature

After announcing its plan to end third-party fact-checking in January 2025, Meta's crowdsourced replacement is finally starting to take shape. You can now join a waitlist to be a Community Notes contributor on Facebook, Instagram and Threads when the feature rolls out in the [...]

Destination

2025-02-20

Apple, Lenovo lead losers in laptop repairability analysis

Lenovo fails for not providing shoppers sufficient laptop repairability information. [...]

Destination

2025-02-20

Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP

"There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars." [...]