Shawn Farner

2 weeks ago | screenrant.com | Shawn Farner

When sitting down with the Nintendo Switch 2, I couldn’t help but think of its predecessor and how experimental it felt when it arrived. For the original Switch, Nintendo turned to Nvidia for a chipset that had already appeared in past products (one that was already several years old). The rest of the package omitted a lot of the niceties found in other home consoles, like 4K support, Ethernet, and more. A handful of features, such as Bluetooth audio, were missing out of the gate.

1 month ago | screenrant.com | Shawn Farner

The last ASUS Strix Scar laptop I used was the RTX 4080–powered 2023 Scar 16. I always appreciated how, performance-wise, it never felt compromised. I traveled a lot throughout 2023, and the Scar 16 was my faithful companion throughout that period. It played everything I threw at it effortlessly and kept me connected to the latest and greatest games while I was away from my consoles and desktop rig. That’s not to say I didn’t have gripes.

2 months ago | besttechie.com | Jeff Weisbein |Brian P. Rubin |Shawn Farner |Mike Mansell

In the chaotic realm of tech, it's often hard to find a quiet moment to sip your coffee and catch up on the latest buzz before something new drops and spills it all over your keyboard. But fear not, dear reader, for here's your weekly round-up of the tech world’s choicest morsels. Shein and Temu: The Price of TariffsYou know how you promised yourself you’d cut back on impulse buys from Shein and Temu? Well, the universe is giving you a hand—or more accurately, Donald Trump is.

2 months ago | besttechie.com | Jeff Weisbein |Brian P. Rubin |Shawn Farner |Mike Mansell

A Week of Tech Ups and DownsWelcome, fellow tech enthusiasts, to another week in the ever-bewildering world of technology. Our top stories today include AI's new party trick: memory, Zoom's unexpected siesta, and the bittersweet farewell to a bookworm's dream app. Let's dive in. Elon Musk's xAI and Grok ChatbotElon Musk's AI brainchild, xAI, has decided it was high time for its chatbot, Grok, to remember more than just the fact that it exists.

2 months ago | besttechie.com | Jeff Weisbein |Brian P. Rubin |Shawn Farner |Mike Mansell

So, it's 2025, and Elon Musk's xAI has decided that Grok, its chatbot, needs a memory upgrade. This is like when your phone suddenly starts remembering all the passwords you forgot, except Grok now remembers your chat history. "Finally," said no one ever, but hey, it's a step toward battling ChatGPT and Google's Gemini in the ongoing AI arms race. Now Grok can remember if you prefer cats or dogs, and maybe even your Starbucks order—because, you know, priorities.