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Learn about the speed, image quality, and general performance tests we run on every digital camera and lens we review.

How We Test Digital Cameras and LensesIn the lab, we evaluate image quality across the entire ISO range to see how photos will look in varying levels of light and to determine whether lenses can deliver crisp images on modern, high-resolution sensors. With an interchangeable lens camera, we always use the highest-quality lens we have available at its best f-stop to evaluate noise and detail. We rely on an X-Rite Color Checker Classic swatch chart to obtain a quantitative noise value from out-of-camera JPGs, and we frame it next to a foreign bank note to allow qualitative analysis of noise and detail for both JPG and Raw images.bit.ly

Have you been infected by spyware? Occasional wonkiness on your phone is to be expected, but these glitches can be a sign someone is listening. Here's what to look out for.

Is Your Phone Call Really Private? How to Tell if You're Being TappedWhile difficult to detect, there are several ways to tell if your smartphone device is being monitored by a hacker, controlling ex, or even a micromanaging boss. It should be noted that experiencing any one of these signs infrequently can be normal. It's only when you see several of them consistently that you may need to investigate.bit.ly

Apple lets you install, manage, and work with custom third-party fonts on your iPhone or iPad. It's a little complicated but worth the effort if you're a font aficionado.

What's Your Type? How to Add Custom Fonts on an iPhone or iPadUnfortunately, the process for grabbing the right fonts and font libraries, and then determining which apps allow them, can be challenging. Still, it’s worth the effort if you want to spruce up your emails, messages, and apps. To use Apple's font manager, you'll need iOS 13/iPadOS 13 or higher. Head to Settings > General > Software Update to check for the latest version. Your device will either tell you that you’re up to date or prompt you to install the latest update.bit.ly

A bright, colorful RGB keyboard takes your PC gaming setup to the next level. Here's how to choose the right one for your rig, along with our top picks.

The Best RGB Keyboards for 2025A bright, colorful RGB keyboard takes your PC gaming setup to the next level. Here's how to choose the right one for your rig, along with our top picks.bit.ly

Enjoy ninja clan clashes, super-powered scuffles, wild mech duels, and more with the best action games we've played.

The Best Action Games for 2026Enjoy ninja clan clashes, super-powered scuffles, wild mech duels, and more with the best action games we've played.bit.ly

Cache is all the data your phone stores locally, but over time it can build up and slow down (or even overheat) your phone. Here's how to clean things up.

iPhone Slowed to a Crawl? How to Clear Your Cache and Start FreshCache is all the data your phone stores locally as you visit websites and use apps in order to give you search results faster. However, over time, cache can build up and slow down (or even overheat) your phone. It can be an issue after updating to a new version of the operating system; Apple just released iOS 18.6.1, so you may be dealing with this right now.bit.ly

German vendor Arctic is looking to pass on tariff-related savings via a sales promotion on Amazon and eBay that reduces the price of its various liquid coolers and cases.

This PC Cooling Vendor Is Using Its Tariff Refund to Slash Prices“We’re passing it on to you by offering a dedicated sales promotion across the US,” German vendor Arctic told customers in a video.bit.ly

The company plans to use tech from Starlink dishes to develop low-cost cellular equipment, creating a hybrid terrestrial/satellite network with Starlink Mobile.

Starlink Mobile Won't Just Be Satellites, But a Ground Network Too“We definitely intend to build out the terrestrial component,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said on a Tuesday earnings call. “So you will not only have the capacity from the satellites themselves, but you will have a buildout of the terrestrial—basically the hardware and systems necessary to make a true mobile service exactly what you want it to be.”bit.ly

Despite recent price changes, the satellite internet service added 1.7 million more paid subscriptions during Q2, according to SpaceX's earnings report.

Starlink Hits 12 Million Subscribers, V3 Satellites Headed to Operational OrbitOn Tuesday, SpaceX published Q2 earnings for the April to June period, showing Starlink has grown to 12 million paid subscriptions. The growth is high, and double its paid subscribers from a year ago. But questions have been circulating about whether the satellite internet service can maintain that level of user adoption after the company ended several promotions and began raising prices for the Starlink Residential plans in May.bit.ly

The surging costs of memory and storage make for bad news for back-to-school laptop shoppers and tech consumers as a whole. Our recent survey shows a disconnect between expectations and actual prices.

Need a New Laptop? Prepare to Pay Double Your Budget“We’re doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we’ve been trying to shield our customers from the increases,” outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal, “but the situation has become unsustainable."bit.ly

Telegram's CEO warns that the same tactic could be used on other iOS developers.

Telegram: Extortionist Duped Apple Into Delisting Our App“Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting,” Pavel Durov tweeted.bit.ly

Were you impacted by Equifax's double-reporting error? Here's how to claim your fair share of the Equifax settlement.

Equifax $2.2M Settlement: You Have Less Than a Month to Claim Up to $600. Here's HowIf you were among the 37,000 affected by Equifax's reporting error, you may be eligible for a payout. Here's what you need to know and how to claim what you're owed.bit.ly

The company is trying to win public support as Apple claims 11 additional OpenAI staffers may have also illegally used the iPhone maker's trade secrets.

OpenAI: Here's What Apple's Trade Secret Theft Lawsuit Gets Wrong“Apple is getting this wrong,” OpenAI says in a blog post. “This careless, aggressive, and oddly personal lawsuit sadly doesn’t live up to [Apple’s] reputation."bit.ly

The RTX 3060 is once again the most popular card, according to the July Steam Hardware Survey.

Most PC Gamers Are Now Playing With More Than 8GB of VRAMNot having enough VRAM has been a problem for PC gamers for much of this console generation, but it's become far more pronounced in recent years. Although I'd argue 8GB is still fine if you're not playing the latest AAA games or anything above 1080p, there are games that demand more, and 10GB+ may become standard for future games.bit.ly

Apple is accused of violating Illinois law by collecting users' biometric information without consent. After several efforts to get the case thrown out, a judge ruled that it must go ahead.

Apple to Face $32.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition in Photos AppAs 9to5Mac reports, the lawsuit was brought in 2020 by a group of 10 Apple users in Illinois, who claimed Apple violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when it collected users’ biometric data without their consent to organize the People album in the Photos app.bit.ly

Developer House House's newest multiplayer title is just as experimental as its mayhem-filled Untitled Goose Game, but with an approach that's less chaotic and more profound.

Big Walk Review: Beyond the 'Friendslop' Label, a Quietly Brilliant GameBig Walk arrives at a time when cooperative games have never been more popular. Thanks in part to Lethal Company, Peak, and R.E.P.O, the slightly derogatory "friendslop" genre has risen to prominence. The moniker defines multiplayer games with simple graphics, a reliance on proximity chat, and gameplay centered around social interactions. These parameters ensure that no two play sessions are the same. At a glance, you could say this is true about Big Walk, a game that, at its core, is about walking and talking with your friends.bit.ly

Do I really need an Apple Watch for notifications, tap-to-pay, or tracking workouts? Here's what happened when I ditched my Ultra 3 for a week.

I Swapped My Apple Watch for an Analog Timex to See What I'd Miss MostAs a technology journalist and creator who’s constantly evaluating gadgets, I didn’t use this time to question whether the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch. For iPhone users, it’s really the only option. Instead, I spent just over a week seeing whether wrist-based notifications, fitness stats, and other smartwatch features are critical to my daily life or just nice-to-haves.bit.ly

Samsung's Tizen OS had apps that allowed TVs to act as residential proxies, meaning bad actors could browse the internet using your IP address to evade detection.

Samsung Blocks TV Apps That Let Others Use Your Internet ConnectionMnemonic went hunting for residential proxy software on a Samsung TV. Residential proxies allow data collectors, including AI companies and cybercriminals, to make their internet usage and data collection appear legitimate by routing their traffic through your IP address.bit.ly

File History automatically backs up important files and documents, while the Windows Backup Tool backs up core files, settings, and apps so you can copy them to a new PC.

How to Back Up and Restore Your Files, Apps, and Settings in WindowsAre you moving to a brand new computer and want to copy over your data from your current PC? For that, you can turn to the Windows Backup Tool. Built into Windows, this tool will back up and restore key folders, apps, settings, and credentials from one computer to another. Here's how to use File History and the new Backup tool to back up and restore your files.bit.ly

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