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This Massive Paper-Like TCL Tablet Is 26% Off for October Prime Day

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are approaching, but the early deals are already live. If you're looking for a versatile Android tablet, you need not wait for the sale: TCL's NXTPAPER 14 Android tablet , which has a massive matte screen with different viewing modes for reading, streaming video, and writing, is 26% off in the lead-up to the big October Prime Day sale. TCL NXTPAPER 14 Android Tablet $349.98 at Amazon $469.99 Save $120.01 ...
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Everything You Need to Know About the October Prime Day Sale

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. It feels like Amazon's Prime Day 2026 sale just ended, but the company isn't done targeting your wallet yet. The fall version of the mega-sale, known as Prime Big Deal Days , is just around the corner. Here is everything you need to know to prepare for the fall's biggest sale (at least until Black Friday rolls around). What is Prime Big Deal Days? You can think of Prime Big Deal Days as fall's answer to Prime Day. It's a two-day sale with deals in virtually every category you can think of. While Prime Day is the bigger sale of the two, Prime Big Deal Days has grown substantially since its first iteration back in 2022. When is Prime Big Deal Days this year? Amazon announced Prime Big Deal Days 2026 will take place from Oct. 6–7. This is the fifth year for Amazon's fall Prime Day sale. Do you need to be a Prime Member to shop during Prim...
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Five Game-Changing Features on Garmin's Fenix 9 Pro

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Garmin's Fenix line has long been the watch to beat in the outdoor GPS category, and the new Fenix 9 Pro checks all the right boxes. You still get excellent mapping, a durable and premium build, and strong battery life, plus a handful of quality-of-life updates that make daily use even better. Here are the five features on Garmin's latest flagship that I suddenlly find I can't live without. Garmin Fenix 9 Pro Solar 47mm Titanium GPS Smartwatch Pebble Gray Band $1,121.99 at Amazon Shop Now ...
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I Tested the Apple Watch's New Heart Rate Sensor to See If It's Really Better Than Garmin's

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Apple caught my attention with their claim that the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 have the “most accurate heart rate in a wearable.” It’s hard to make a really accurate heart rate sensor, and in my experience, Apple hasn’t had a great track record in that area. So I tested the Series 12 pretty intensively over the past week or so, and now I have results. Apple Watch Series 12 (GPS, 42mm) $399.00 at Amazon Get Deal ...
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I Tried Siri AI on My New Apple Watch, and I'm Frustrated

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. One of the big features Apple announced alongside the new Apple Watches is Siri AI—now available on your wrist! You need to join a waitlist to try Apple's new and improved chatbot , and since my turn just came up, I put the new on-wrist Siri through its paces. Here's how it went, and why I don't think the experience lives up to Apple's promises (yet, anyway). What devices have Siri AI?  Since Siri AI requires Apple Intelligence, you’ll need a device that supports it. Those include iPhones 15 Pro and newer, and an Apple Watch that is Series 9 or newer. If you want to use Siri AI on the Apple Watch, you need both a supported watch and a supported phone—a new watch and old phone won’t do the trick. With my phone and watch both on iOS 27 (the iOS 27.2 developer beta on the phone; watchOS 27.0 on the Apple Watch Series 12 ), I enabled Siri AI in my phone’s Settings app, which put me on a waiting...
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Your Fitness Tracker Has No Idea How Many Calories You’re Burning

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. When I test smartwatches and fitness trackers, I place a particular emphasis on accuracy. Is my running pace correct? Does the device capture the ups and downs of my heart rate? I even got a VO2max lab test to check a bunch of watches' fitness scores. But one thing I never test for accuracy is calorie burn. None of my devices come close to agreeing on the number of calories they think I'm burning, and I don't expect them to. Even scientists who study the accuracy of wearables can't answer the question in a way that's useful when you're shopping for this year's devices—but we'll get into why that is below. There was a time, before Fitbits, when nobody knew quite how many calories they were burning on a daily basis. Sure, you could calculate a rough estimate based on your body size, sex, and age. You could choose whether or not to believe the calorie readout on the cardio machines at the gym. (You shou...
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Even a VPN Can't Protect You From This Browser Security Flaw

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A VPN conceals your IP address by routing your internet traffic through a remote server, preventing anyone surveilling the network from tracking your online activity. Theoretically, that means no one should be able to identify you when you connect to a network and browse the internet, even your ISP.  In practice, though, there are plenty of gaps that hackers can exploit. A while back, Lifehacker covered browser fingerprinting , which uses hundreds of data points, like your hardware specs, operating system version, web browser, and GPU signature, to establish a shadow profile that follows you around even when your VPN is enabled. There's another way cyberattackers can intercept your data, and it involves exploiting a communication leak right inside your browser.  Major browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge have a feature called WebRTC that lets them bypass the encrypted Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) tunnel created by your VPN to establish high-speed connections for de...
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