Your car knows a lot about you—everything from where the car goes and when to performance figures such as how fast it is driven. Add...
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Don’t Let Smartphone Snafus Ruin Your Vacation
If your smartphone is lost, broken or stolen while you’re traveling abroad, you will be out far more than the cost of a replacement phone....
Breaking Up With Amazon
Amazon is like a third member of our household. My husband will say, “We need [fill in the blank],” and I will respond, “Ask Amazon.”...
Cybersecurity ETFs
As interest rates rise and the economy slows, already hard-hit tech stocks are likely to struggle. But one niche can thrive—cybersecurity hardware and software firms....
New TVs: 4K, OLED and QLED
Yearly updates to popular TV models don’t always offer huge performance and visual-quality upgrades—but they always come with huge price tags. Consumer product reviewer Jacob...
Credit Score Apps – Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be
With catchy names like Credit Sesame, myFICO and Credit Karma, credit score apps are pitched as tools to help you achieve financial responsibility. But there...
New Hearing Aid Technology
Hearing aids have improved dramatically in recent years. Today’s models boast features such as Bluetooth, motion sensors and artificial intelligence to fade out distracting sounds....
What is the Metaverse?
No doubt, you have heard the buzz about the “metaverse,” but if you’re like me, you probably don’t know what that is exactly. So I...
The Best New Consumer Gadgets
Circular smartphones, robotic cats, tech that tracks your toilet paper usage. Hundreds of unnecessary new gadgets in one place can mean only one thing—the Consumer...
