I love "free"—it's my favorite price. But when it comes to video games, free usually comes with a catch. There's often a hidden, and sometimes not-so-hidden, cost to games that don't make you pay upfront.

I've covered smartphones for most of my career, yet there were years when I carried a dumbphone instead. I thought I had grown to hate smartphones. Turns out, it was just the algorithms I couldn't stand.

I have 28 solar panels on my roof. I used an app to confirm this number, and I use this same app to do just about anything else concerning solar power. Here's what it's like.

As winter turned into spring this year, my phone played a fundamental role in my relationship with all the life growing around my home.

There aren't as many paid, premium apps available for Android compared to iPhones and iPads. Yet after seeing why one of my old favorite Android apps disappeared from the Play Store, it's easier to understand why. Sadly, Google isn't helping.

These are early days for the Epic Games Store, and I'm rooting for its success. But there are some missing features that it needs to be a viable digital storefront longterm.

I love foldables. After taking a break from smartphones, foldables caught my eye and led me back in. But there are downsides—some I reflected on, and some I didn't!

PC gamers benefit from having multiple game storefronts and Android gamers are starting to do the same. There are already several games on the Epic Games Store that are currently not available via Google's official Play Store.

With One UI 7 hitting devices, millions of Samsung fans are being transitioned to a vertical app drawer for the first time, something other Android phones have had for decade. Why does this small change still strike so many as one of this update's most exciting new features?

Many of us equate work with being seated at a desk, hunched over a keyboard and mouse. Yet you could take away both of mine and it wouldn't affect my productivity. My stylus, though, has become my most-needed accessory.

Want a professional mouse that's good for gaming? A gaming mouse that looks professional? The Keychron M7 delivers on both counts and may just be one of the best mice you hardly notice, delivering specs at the top of the market at a great price.

Many of the best games for mobile phones are indie PC ports. With the arrival of the Epic Game Store for Android devices, we'll hopefully see even more!

Smartphones have been around long enough that you're probably holding on to more than one of them. What do we do when it's time to replace our old ones?

In terms of portability, graphics, and sheer computing power, Android phones make for great little game consoles. It's a shame, then, that game save data is often so hard to find, back up, sync, and transfer from one device to the next.