Adam Z. Lein

Hands on with new Lenovo Legion 7 Gaming Laptops
The Lenovo Legion Gaming Laptops have offered some of the best hardware in recent years, and in this article we look at the new device the lineup has on offer in 2022.

Hands on with the new Lenovo Slim Laptops
If you want to get your hands on a new thin and light laptop with premium features and capabilities, Lenovo might have a solution in hand with a line of devices coming out this spring! Read this article to learn more about the new Lenovo Slim…

Everything I love about the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (as a photographer)
Today, in 2022, just about all of my complaints about Samsung's flagship photography features have been addressed, read this piece to understand everything I love about the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and its camera hardware.

TCL 30 XE 5G review
In the $200 price range, where Motorola's G Series has been king for a while, the TCL 30 XE 5G makes a pretty great case for itself with slightly better build quality and support for 5G, read our review to learn more about its pros and cons!

How to keep communicating when your internet is disrupted
Briar is the king of secure messaging and privacy even without internet access.

Huion Kamvas Pro 16 (2.5K) Pen Display Review
The Huion Kamvas Pro 16 is an inexpensive pen display that could be a great choice for an artist. Read our review to learn more about this device.

Lenovo may have made the best Windows on ARM laptop
ARM laptops have taken the world by storm, and we think Lenovo may have made the best Windows option. Read to learn more about the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Gen 1.

A look at Lenovo's New MWC 2022 Devices
Mobile World Congress 2022 is underway, and in this article, we take a look at the host of laptops, tablets, and convertibles that Lenovo has on display.

The Trump Truth Social network removes the most freedom-friendly features of the Fediverse
Trump's Truth Social is based on free-as-in-freedom Mastadon and Soapbox platforms, but it removes the most open non-discriminating collaborative freedom-friendly feature of those platforms.

Curious about Trump's "Truth" social network? Make your own instead
Trump's "Truth" social network is almost here, but if you want real freedom, you can just make your own version of it for free.

HP ZBook Fury 15 G8 Review
While all of the other ZBook series laptops are excellent for high-end work while being very portable, the ZBook Fury is clearly "la crème de la crème"... or "the best of the best".

What Lenovo would have shown at CES 2022
A lot of tech companies skipped out on attending the CES 2022 tradeshow this year due to the pandemic still going on. Lenovo was one of them.

Motorola G Power 2022 Review
The Moto G Power 2022 is a decent upgrade to the G Power series, but it doesn't bring anything super new and spectacular to the table for the same very budget friendly $200 price tag.

XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 Review
A beautifully thin pen display that's capable and affordable.

Like Whatsapp, Signal just “jumped the shark” and stops caring so much about privacy
Signal changes their policy about being completely open with users and decides to start adding closed-source components to their centralized servers.

How to install Windows 11, and then revert right back to Windows 10
You might not like Windows 11. There are some issues with it. But if you want to try it anyway, make sure you do it the smart way with a reliable method of getting back to how your computer was before you started the installation.

HP ZBook Power G8 review: the more-affordable mobile workstation
The HP ZBook Power is the most affordable option in the high-end ZBook series, but it's still a very powerful mobile workstation.

XDO Pantera Pico PC review: a Rubik’s Cube sized PC
A tiny inexpensive cube-shaped portable desktop PC.

Security and Privacy are just Marketing Terms for Apple
When it comes to actually proving or verifying Apple's security and privacy features, you're probably going to be met with a "Trust me, bro" response.

Explaining Windows 11’s bad design
Some backlash against Windows 11 has already started. Sure it looks pretty good, but what about the interaction design for usability, efficiency, productivity, and diversity? Well, maybe that side of things won't be so good.

This is my favorite phone as a Photographer
For the past decade or so, my primary criteria for choosing a smartphone has been its camera capabilities. For numerous years after the Nokia Lumia 1020 was released, there was no innovation in smartphone camera capabilities. Happily we've finally…

AT&T Reminds Us That 5G Will Be Awesome Someday
We've been hearing about the advantages of 5G's high speed wireless data connections for years now, but if you have a 5G capable phone, you probably rarely see significant speed boosts and you may not even know why you would want higher bandwidth…

How to make cloud gaming way better
Isn't the point of cloud gaming to have a huge amount of computing resources available to gamers? Why do Stadia and Xbox cloud games shut down?

Why would you want Android apps on Windows 11?
Android apps on Windows 11 sounds like a really great idea, but I can't really think of any Android apps that I don't already have better equivalents for on Windows. What Android apps would you really want to run on Windows?

How (and why) Email could become your favorite messaging system
Your email hatred is probably misplaced. The beauty of email is that you can modify it to do anything you want. There's probably already an easy way to fix what you hate and turn it into a dream hot rod of internet messaging.