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10 votes
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Recommendation request: Modern wifi routers
I'm running out of time to finish the spend requirements on a credit card promotion. I was planning on buying a VR headset, but I realized there was something that would actually be much more...
I'm running out of time to finish the spend requirements on a credit card promotion. I was planning on buying a VR headset, but I realized there was something that would actually be much more useful; a new router.
The market for consumer routers has been really strange; We are on the sixth generation, yet it's super common for consumer routers to be two or three generations behind, especially the less expensive ones. So much of the stuff on the market only goes up to 802.11n, and half of the time the firmware they include is halfway broken or is missing important features.
So I'm looking for a router that is relatively future-proof. I want Wifi 6. I want something that won't be interrupted by the microwave. Open source firmware would be excellent, but not a requirement. I don't need mesh networking; my house is not that big. I do want it to be relatively inexpensive; I'd consider $300 to be a hard limit unless someone has a persuasive arguement to justify the cost.
I would also prefer to avoid Netgear. I have no idea how they stay in business with the mountains of problems I have had with their products and their horrible support. The last time I owned a Netgear product, I was forced to give them my email address to download the driver and they illegally added it to their marketing mailing list without my permission. I don't do business with people who betray me.
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iPhone SE (2020) review
22 votes -
John Gruber reviews the iPad Magic Keyboard
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LIDAR: Peek into the future with iPad Pro
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Google has made significant progress toward developing its own processor to power future versions of its Pixel phones and Chromebooks
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Recommendations for a simple video chat system for Grandma
Grandma is understimulated in assisted living, and while Mom is looking into ways to either bunk with her, or drag her back to our place, I'm exploring other options. Her apartment does have...
Grandma is understimulated in assisted living, and while Mom is looking into ways to either bunk with her, or drag her back to our place, I'm exploring other options. Her apartment does have wireless internet, so we could set up some sort of telepresence or video calling device, but even something as simple as a Relay or a KC2 isn't great, because it loses power, and needs to be explained to her.
I'm thinking that we might have better luck with a Tablet or a PC solution, and I do have a Kindle Fire (5th Gen?) and an off brand Windows 10 tablet around, and I am open to a Pi Project or speciality devices, but it has to be simple enough to plug and play, and the dream would be if it could start a video chat without the receiver having to pick up, or at least as simple as a nurse being able to come in and start a call. Any suggestions?
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Report from Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch several Macs with Arm-based processors in 2021, USB4 support coming to Macs in 2022
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Alternatives to desktop speakers
For the past few years I haven't had any speakers connected to my PC due to a lack of space in my room and on my desk. For the most part I have been using a pair of headphones which are great, but...
For the past few years I haven't had any speakers connected to my PC due to a lack of space in my room and on my desk. For the most part I have been using a pair of headphones which are great, but they aren't the most comfortable thing when I just want to watch YouTube on my second monitor and keep my ears available for my significant other.
So now I am looking for alternatives to desktop speakers. Right now I am either thinking of:
I think the bone conduction headphones would give me a ton of options to use while I am biking and sitting at my desk. The Bose on the other hand have excellent sound quality. A small, discrete speaker bar may also fit my needs if there are any good ones that can be recommended. Any thoughts? Have I missed an audio product that may fit my needs that you could recommend?
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John Gruber reviews the new 2020 MacBook Air
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How bad is this $20 FATTYDOVE "Racing" 120GB SSD?
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Official Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit - Is it worth the price?
6 votes -
New ThinkPads with Ryzen 4000 announced
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The laptop market is in an atrocious state
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Steam hardware & software survey: January 2020
11 votes -
Budget wireless mechanical keyboard round-up 2020
5 votes -
Why I won't buy an iPad – ten years later
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Raspberry Pi 4 CRT-based VR Headset
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CES2020: Cyrcle Phone is round and has two headphone jacks
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Information, photos, and demo of Intel's first discrete graphics card: the DG1, based on Xe graphics architecture
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PinePhone: Everything you need to know about the $150 Linux-powered phone
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Angela Sheehan is developing wearable tech with whimsy
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Apple's modular Mac Pro now available to order
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Apple will reportedly release an iPhone without any ports in 2021
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MacBook Pro 16" 2019 teardown
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How to find AV hardware for specific requirements?
Apologies if this belongs in ~tech, that group is more on topic than ~talk but I think it’s for news and links more than open questions. (Edit: Looks like it's been moved to ~comp, I guess that...
Apologies if this belongs in ~tech, that group is more on topic than ~talk but I think it’s for news and links more than open questions. (Edit: Looks like it's been moved to ~comp, I guess that works too.)
I’m looking for an HDMI switch. It needs to support at least 4K resolution and have at least 10 input ports. It also needs to have Toslink audio out. Remote control support is a “nice to have” but physical buttons are fine too.
I’m having trouble locating a product like this online. Not sure if I’m just using the wrong terms or if it doesn’t actually exist. Can any Tildes gearheads give me a pointer here?
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Google Pixel 4 and 4XL review: More than the sum of its sensors
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Planting tiny spy chips in hardware can cost as little as $200
8 votes -
Eleven things computer users will never experience again (2015)
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Microsoft announces new Surface lineup, including two new dual-screen devices, one of which is an Android phone
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Microsoft Surface Neo first look: The future of Windows 10X is dual-screen
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Samsung Galaxy Fold review: The $2,000 phone of the future is here—please don’t break it
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Announcements from Amazon's 2019 hardware event: Echo Buds, Frames, Loop, Eero, Studio, Ring camera, and Alexa updates
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Samsung unveils new PCIe 4.0 SSDs that "never die"
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The Kindle is fine. It could’ve been much more than that.
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Google and Dell team up to take on Microsoft with Chromebook Enterprise laptops
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Asus announces ZenBook Pro Duo - Dual screen laptop
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The Valve Index Ear Speakers - Research, design, and evolution
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Consumer Reports' testing finds that many wireless routers lack basic security protections
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The high bandwidth memory standard, HBM2E: The E Stands for Evolutionary
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How Facebook failed to break into hardware: The untold story of Building 8
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How I made my own Android phone - in China
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Spotify Untold – Inside Spotify's ill-fated flirtation with TV and hardware
8 votes -
Project Glasswing: Adobe's new transparent display
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Samsung says it has fixed the Galaxy Fold and will release it in September
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Raspberry Pi Foundation confirms faulty USB-C design on Pi 4, plans to fix it in a future board revision
9 votes -
Kuo: Apple will include new scissor switch keyboard in 2019 MacBook Air and 2020 MacBook Pro
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Eleven great mechanical keyboards for coders — updated for 2019
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USB inventor regrets making them so difficult to plug in correctly
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Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now from $35 | USB3, Gigabit Ethernet, 1.5GHz Quad Core, Upto 4GB RAM
54 votes