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Getting comfortable at your desk is largely a function of how long you’re going to sit there. Do you hammer out an email twice a day, and ignore your system the rest of the time? In that case, you can probably get away with just about any setup. But for gamers, good ergonomics become more important. If you’re sitting at your desk for hours on …

If you can get your hands on one, the PlayStation 5 is one of the hottest consoles on the market. Along with the Xbox Series S/X, it’s one of the next-gen consoles we’ve been waiting for. And just like the Xbox Series X/S, global supply shortages have made it tough to find. Even seven months after launch, many people are still trying to get their …

Improvements in WiFi and battery technology have brought us a host of benefits. For one thing, we have these advances to thank for modern smartphones. Now, we can stream our favorite shows and video chat with our friends wherever we go. But this same technology has also allowed us to keep our homes safer. For example, WiFi security cameras can be accessed from anywhere in …

A paper shredder is one of those things you never appreciate until it fails. The entire office uses it day after day, and it only gets attention when someone runs a paperclip through it. But paper shredders aren’t designed to be used indefinitely. Even the most durable, like heavy-duty cardboard shredders, eventually get dull blades. And well before the blades get dull, they need to …

Over the past few decades, technology has changed virtually every aspect of our lives. Back in the 1800s, our ancestors went through a similar time, and we call it the Industrial Revolution. Perhaps our descendants will call our times the Silicon Revolution. Regardless, the first revolution is similar to the second in that it created a ton of labor-saving inventions. Some of these were flashy …