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With scammers targeting up to 96% of Americans every day, it’s important to find ways to protect your online presence. Sadly, scam victims lose billions of dollars every year, and getting their money back can be complicated. However, there are ways to protect your accounts and data and make browsing activity safer. All it takes is investing in a Virtual Private Network that can protect you from scams. The best part? These VPNs are inexpensive.Below, we’ve shared our top VPN providers that are currently offering discounts and extra months free when you sign up for yearly or two-year terms (we…

The saying is ‘don’t look back, look forward’ but in this current day and age, there’s a lot of peering over the shoulder. With 2026 just days away, we’re in that end-of-the-year period where people are looking back on the year while also casting a glance at what’s coming up. It’s like some weird whiplash, though far less severe on the neck muscles. And in general, there is a large sense of nostalgia about modern culture at the moment. I think you could look at it from two perspectives. Either past trends have revved back into fashion somehow; or rather…

Why I like it: The Litter-Robot 5 proved to be quite easy to set up and use. After unboxing it and filling it with cat litter up to the fill line (I recommend Boxie Cat Pro), it was a simple matter of entering information about each of my three cats. I have one senior cat that weighs 15 pounds, a fluffy middle-aged 14-pounder, and a young, spry two-year-old that weighs around nine pounds. I was able to get two out of the three boys to use the litter box; the fluffy one never quite got comfortable with it, but he’s…

Google is trying out a major tweak to how AI works inside Chrome, specifically by mashing up Google Lens with the browser’s native AI side panel. Right now, this is popping up in Chrome Canary – the experimental playground where Google tests new features before they go mainstream. The big shift here is that Lens isn’t just acting as a standalone tool for looking up images anymore. Instead, it now triggers Chrome’s full AI interface right in the side panel, blending image search, page reading, and chat into one unified spot. In this new setup, activating Lens does more than…

Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly’s podcast, which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026.”The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life 3,” Mike Straw, one of the hosts of the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast and senior editor at Insider Gaming, said. “At the end of the day, the game is real.”Straw added…

A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit. In a press release, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said that it was contacted on December 7 by a man who said that he and his wife vomited and experienced a burning sensation in their mouth, nose, throat, and stomachs after eating fast food ordered through DoorDash. The man told NBC News that he noticed something red had been sprayed on the delivery bag, so he checked footage from their doorbell camera.…

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HTG Wrapped 2025: 24 days of tech 24 days of our favorite hardware, gadgets, and tech There are a ton of gaming-centric microphones on the market. However, you just don’t get the same level of recording quality that comes from a specialist audio brand that knows what it’s doing. And few brands in the world of microphones are as respected or as trusted as Shure. One of the brand’s most famous microphones is the Shure SM7B, used by everyone from Metallica to virtually every podcast host on earth—including Joe Rogan. Shure mics are typically associated with professional settings, but the…

Massage guns are great for soothing sore muscles after a long day, from the comfort of your home. If you’re after something compact that’s easy to carry on the go and doesn’t require you to spend a lot, Wellbots is making it easy to pick a Theragun (by Therabody) for yourself, or give it to a loved one who needs to prioritize relaxation this holiday season. The retailer is currently offering the new Theragun Mini 3.0 in black for $160, after taking $60 off its usual price. Use the code THERACNET10 at checkout to bring the total down to $144,…

Tumble dryers often get a kicking in the press, mostly for being expensive and even being called a ‘demon appliance’ by Martin Lewis for how much power they use. There’s truth to this, but I wouldn’t be without my heat pump tumble dryer. It’s more important to work out how and when to use a tumble dryer, or investing in a proper alternative. I wouldn’t bother with a heated airer One alternative to a tumble dryer is the heater airer. It’s a regular clothes airer, but a heating element warms the clothes, and aids evaporation of water. Running costs are…