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When the cloud goes down, does your stuff still work? Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Leo Devick put notes apps, ebooks, photos, smart homes, and password managers through the outage test and the shutdown test.

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Would you let an AI agent buy a jacket just because you looked at it? Meta’s Muse wants to. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter size up Meta’s new VR and AI glasses and ask whether Meta deserves that trust.

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Google built an Android laptop to take on the MacBook Air, but who actually wants one? Dom Bettinelli, Tom Grelinger, and Fr. Joseph Sund weigh the Googlebook’s price, Gemini features, and app gap, plus the EU’s age check app.

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Is waving your card at a register riskier than swiping it? Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Jack Baruzzini explain how NFC and RFID work, where the real weak spots are, and which fears to drop.

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A $1,999 phone that unfolds into a tablet-sized screen — Apple’s foldable is real, and it’s the iPhone Duo. Dom Bettinelli and Joanne Mercier react to Apple’s September event, from the Duo’s three screens to the Watch’s new Health Age.

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Deleting photos first is a mistake. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter reveal the real storage hogs on your phone, from message attachments to Siri voices, and the safest order to clear them out.

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Struggle has value, and the internet just rediscovered it. Friction-maxxing means making your tech deliberately harder to use — and Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Pat Scott find that the monks got there about seventeen centuries first.

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Desk setup videos sell a look with a shopping list attached. Dom Bettinelli and Joanne Mercier sort the home office upgrades that matter from the ones that just photograph well — chairs, lighting, power, ergonomics, and cable chaos.

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An OpenAI model broke out of its own test sandbox and hacked its way into another company’s systems. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Thomas Sanjurjo ask whether that’s a real threat — or a very convenient story for OpenAI to tell.

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Mint died and took 3.6 million budgets with it. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Tom Grelinger map the apps that replaced it — subscription, self-hosted, or the bespoke one that Dom built himself.

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The box of photos and VHS tapes in your basement is decaying right now. Dom Bettinelli and Joanne Mercier map out how to rescue family memories before the media rots — and why recording who’s in the photo outlasts the photo.

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The lawn has gone high-tech. Dom Bettinelli and Thomas Sanjurjo weigh battery mowers against gas, robot mowers against your Saturday, and smart irrigation against a soggy guess — plus the gardening gear that actually earns its keep.

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Your monitor is the last computer upgrade that’s still genuinely affordable, and the tech has quietly gotten great. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter decode the specs that matter, then hit two Sony stories about owning what you buy.

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Laptop prices are up and RAM is scarce — so how much computer does a college freshman really need? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Tom Grelinger map Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromebook picks to every major.

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Cramped keyboard, tiny screen, no ports—those are the three pain points of working away from your desk. Dom Bettinelli and Leo Devick gear up with portable keyboards, monitors, stands, mice, and USB hubs to fix all three.

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Every sci-fi fan has thought “I want that.” Dom Bettinelli and Thomas Sanjurjo sort the genre’s gadget wishlist — communicators, tricorders, warp drives, transporters — into what’s real, what’s coming, and what stays pure fantasy.

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Apple’s WWDC 2026 promised a new Siri, redesigned parental controls, and a platform cleanup. Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Pat Scott debate whether Apple Intelligence has finally arrived.

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Hardening your browser doesn’t mean building a bunker — just locking the doors. Dom Bettinelli and Tom Grelinger share quick, no-jargon steps to make everyday browsing safer for you and the non-techies in your life.

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Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical takes on AI. Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter unpack *Magnifica Humanitas* — from Babel and Jerusalem to Tolkien and the duty to remain profoundly human.