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Author: Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAY

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Working from home: Save on electricity by paying attention to greedy appliances

March 21, 2020March 24, 2020Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Working from home: Save on electricity by paying attention to greedy appliances

Anyone who pays attention to how much power their appliances draw, and how the electric company charges for it, can make money-saving adjustments.

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Galaxy S20 phone has a 108-megapixel camera. What does that even mean?

February 17, 2020Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Galaxy S20 phone has a 108-megapixel camera. What does that even mean?

Smartphones have added cool features, but underlying camera tech has held constant. Until Samsung turned it up to 108. What’s with all the megapixels?

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CES 2020: Powerful PC or responsive tablet? New laptops increasingly offer best of both

January 7, 2020Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on CES 2020: Powerful PC or responsive tablet? New laptops increasingly offer best of both

A new generation of laptops on display at CES are starting to make a case for offering what only our tablets have been able to deliver up until now.

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Putting Wi-Fi 6 to the test: How fast can it speed up your home devices?

December 18, 2019December 31, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Putting Wi-Fi 6 to the test: How fast can it speed up your home devices?

You can have next-gen cellular-like responsiveness in the comfort of your own home with Wi-Fi 6.

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Here comes Google: Is Fitbit selling us out?

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Here comes Google: Is Fitbit selling us out?

Google’s $2.1-billion acquisition of Fitbit makes sense for both companies. But what about us?

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Apple, Fitbit, Fossil, Samsung: How to choose the right smartwatch

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Apple, Fitbit, Fossil, Samsung: How to choose the right smartwatch

Whether Apple Watch or Fitbit, the theme for this year’s crop of full-featured wearables is packing the latest tech into less pricey smartwatches.

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Apple backs up privacy chest-beating with critical new feature

June 4, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Apple backs up privacy chest-beating with critical new feature

Apple showed at WWDC that it’s practicing what it’s preaching, with strong new privacy features woven in everywhere from the Mac to the Apple Watch.

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Alexas, stop fighting! This house is big enough for more than one voice assistant

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Alexas, stop fighting! This house is big enough for more than one voice assistant

Live in a multi-device household? That can spell disaster when they all respond to the same command. But a solution appears to be on the horizon.

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3 things you can do to start safeguarding your privacy online

March 4, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on 3 things you can do to start safeguarding your privacy online

Online privacy – or “digital trust,” in industry parlance – emerged as one of the broader themes at a recent mobile industry conference.

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Sleep tech at CES aims to beat Vegas at its own game

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019Mike Feibus, Special for USA TODAYComments Off on Sleep tech at CES aims to beat Vegas at its own game

Tech for sleep monitoring and enhancing is a growing area of digital health and wellness. Here’s a look at some 2019 Consumer Electronic Show offerings.

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