Author Archives: Michael Crider

Your current cell phone probably supports Voice Over LTE (VoLTE), a system that allows calls to go over the data network rather than the old-fashioned dedicated calling system. It’s a good thing, enabling much higher-quality audio. According to a… Continue reading →

If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance that you subscribe to the Review Geek newsletter. It’s a great way to keep up with us—we even throw some stuff in there that never makes it to our site! But if you’re already… Continue reading →

NVIDIA’s streaming game platform continues to expand, this week in a considerably smaller chunk. Nine new titles have been added, though several are expansions to the Epic Store and/or DLC add-ons to existing games, but to my mind the clear stand… Continue reading →

Last week’s hack of Twitter, in which dozens of high-profile celebrity accounts were forced to send out Bitcoin scam messages, was unprecedented. Twitter is still getting to the bottom of what happened, noting that passwords weren’t comprom… Continue reading →

Gamers as a sub-species of tech nerd love to spend money on extras for their hardware. (That’s not a judgement, by the way—I’m typing this on a $300 keyboard.) Logitech is teaming up with famed office furniture vendor Herman Miller to… Continue reading →

Manufacturers and carriers are going to be pushing 5G phones hard from here on out, as more advanced networking is one of the few points of distinction for modern phones. Take LG, for example: long playing second (or third, fourth, fifth?) fiddle in th… Continue reading →

Though there’s hope on the horizon, the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going away anytime soon, especially in the US. Reports that Amazon had postponed its annual consumer bacchanalia of deals, Prime Day, floated way back in May. Now that July is … Continue reading →

As of now, every major home console offers an online subscription, enabling or enhancing online multiplayer and other goodies. Microsoft pioneered this space with its Xbox Live system way back in 2002, offering access either on a month-to-month basis o… Continue reading →

Amazon’s first-party Fire hardware has been a godsend for people who want low-priced tech at pretty decent quality. Today the company is offering a smattering of its first-party Fire HD tablets and Fire TV set-top boxes at some steep discounts of… Continue reading →

With data security becoming a more pressing issue, a lot of users have started adding physical shutters to their laptops’ webcams, to put a more tangible barrier between them and the prying eyes of the internet. But that might not be a great idea… Continue reading →