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LG GizmoPal 2 review: A cheap, rugged and fun GPS tracker watch for younger kids
The Verizon Wireless-exclusive GizmoPal 2 is a relatively cheap, simple, and fun way to keep track of your kids.
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TruSense GPS Pendant review: This GPS tracking device for the elderly needs a mobile app
The TruSense GPS Pendant is an affordable way to monitor an elderly loved one, but the lack of an accompanying mobile app is a frustrating omission.
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AngelSense GPS review: A durable, accurate tracking device tailored for special-needs kids
AngelSense GPS offers constant tracking, easy two-way calling, and frequent location alerts for the guardians of special-needs children.
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OnePlus 6 review: The Android rebel phone grows up
The OnePlus 6 doesn't just have top-of-the-line specs—it also has a premium design and one of the best displays you can buy.
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset review: Don’t leave this elf on the shelf
ESO's latest adventure takes us to the home of the high elves, along with a few otherworldly realms along the way.
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VPNhub Premium review: Pornhub’s new VPN service needs to work out the kinks
VPNhub has fair speeds and a good desktop app for Windows, but the privacy policy isn't great and there are better options if you're looking for anonymity.
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LG G7 ThinQ review: Big brains, bigger yawns
With a Snapdragon 845 processor, Boombox speaker, and an AI camera, the LG G7 ThinQ isn't a bad phone by any stretch. But it's not a particularly memorable phone either.
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LibreOffice 6 review: The open-source favorite gets an update
This Office alternative gets even better with productivity improvements.
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Bitdefender Total Security 2018 review: A solid choice for your PC
Bitdefender is a simple solution that stays out of your way and has all the essential features you need.
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MultCloud review: Syncing multiple online storage services for free
MultCloud syncs data among multiple online services or even your local NAS box, for the low, low price of free.
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Kerbal Space Program’s ho-hum first expansion is a great excuse to revisit a PC gaming paragon
Kerbal Space Program's Making History expansion is lackluster, but the game itself is one of the all-time PC greats.
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Lenovo Tab 4 8 Plus and Home Assistant Pack review: A middling tablet is a poor Alexa speaker
The Lenovo's Tab 4 8 Plus is an OK Android tablet on its own, but the Home Assistant Pack accessory doesn't do Alexa justice.
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CloudBerry Backup review: Back up anything to just about anywhere
With backups to, from, and between numerous online storage vendors as well as to your local network and direct attached storage, CloudBerry Backup is the Swiss Army knife of data safety. There's a free version for those that just want file backup, but things get expensive from there.
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ZenMate VPN review: This simple VPN clears your mind of complexity
ZenMate VPN from ZenGuard is very easy to use and offers enough country locations and speeds to satisfy most users.
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ibVPN review: A no-frills VPN with everything you need
ibVPN from Romania is a good VPN with acceptable speeds in most locations, and a nice number of options for specialized servers.
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Far Cry 5 review: Rocket’s red glare
Far Cry 5 offers a fun, vivid take on rural Americana, but doesn't dig into the questions its Montana setting raises.
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Surviving Mars review: Spreading humanity to the stars isn’t easy
Surviving Mars has a lot of interface annoyances and other small issues, but its blend of optimism and dread makes a compelling foundation for a city/colony builder.
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Q.U.B.E. 2 review: A bigger sequel and a better sequel, but the novelty’s long gone
Q.U.B.E., a.k.a. "The most Portalesque of Portal-style puzzle games" is back with a gorgeous and ambitious sequel—but maybe there's a reason the physics-puzzle subgenre disappeared.
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Samsung Galaxy S9 review: Incrementally better in all the right places
Samsung's Galaxy S9 isn't the revolutionary design breakthrough that the Galaxy S8 was, but it's no less of a great phone.
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Speedify review: A mobile-focused VPN with zippy upload speeds
Speedify is a unique mobile-focused VPN with the ability to combine internet connections, and prevent download pauses when your phone's Wi-Fi drops.
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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine review: Finding truths through myth and legend
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine offers a fascinating deconstruction of America through the myths, folklore, and scraps of history we tell each other—if you can stand its slow pace.
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Cyberlink PowerDirector 16 Ultra review: Ahead of the pack, especially in 360 video
Cyberlink PowerDirector 16 Ultra aims to bring every feature under the sun to a video editor that is accessible and affordable, and it largely succeeds.
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Magix Vegas Pro 15 review: Major overhaul makes it one of the best
Vegas Pro 15 adds numerous modern features that serious video editors expect. The result is one of the best semi-pro video editing applications for the price.
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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition review: A classic remastered, but not remade
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition might always live in the shadow of its younger sibling, but Forgotten Empires has crafted a gorgeous update for diehard fans of the original or fans of ancient history.
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VPN Unlimited review: Good speeds, but what’s with that map?
VPN Unlimited is a capable service that needs to improve its Windows interface, but the speeds are good and it works with Netflix too.
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Essential Phone PH-1 review: Sorry, even limited-edition colors won’t make it less terrible
Essential has announced that the PH-1 is finally available in ocean depths blue, but a new color won't fix what ails this phone.
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EveryDollar review: Baby steps to budgeting
Dave Ramsey's budgeting app helps users implement his "baby steps" method, offering plenty of support along the way.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance review in progress: This realistic Skyrim rival is a true role-playing game
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is equal parts unique and janky. We've spent 20-odd hours in the Holy Roman Empire circa 1400—throwing manure at people's houses, killing bandits, and trying to earn enough money to buy clothes.
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YNAB review: This budgeting app also instills better money habits
Built on a four-rule philosophy, the YNAB (You Need a Budget) budgeting app also instills better money habits.
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Quicken Deluxe review: The dominant budgeting software still has plenty to offer
Quicken's supremacy has been challenged by a growing list of competitors, but it remains one of the most full-featured personal finance programs, with real-time tracking, bill reminders, and financial planning tools.
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Personal Capital review: It’s more about managing money than teaching financial skills
Personal Capital's free budgeting tool can help you follow your money, but this app is designed with affluent investors in mind rather than novices.
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Mvelopes review: A solid system for basic budgeting
Once you get comfortable with Mvelope's old-school interface, this financial tool will keep you on track with its envelope-based budgeting.
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Honor 7X review: The most phone you can get for under $200
The Honor 7X may be priced like a budget phone, but with an 18:9 screen, slim-bezel design, and all-metal enclosure, you might mistake it for a premium one.
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Celeste review: An excellent platformer with an excellent message
Celeste is the best precision platformer since Super Meat Boy. It's also an amazing parable about depression. The way those two combine is what makes it so endearing.
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HotSpot Shield review: It’s fast, beautiful, and definitely not for anonymity
AnchorFree's HotSpot Shield Premium is a great service, unless you're concerned about the highest level of privacy.
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MiniTool ShadowMaker review: Simple, free image backup
MiniTool's ShadowMaker Free creates images of your hard drive, creates bootable rescue media and is just an all-around gem of a freebie.
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Rusty Lake Paradise review: Bizarre and brilliant
Rusty Lake Paradise's brand of Victorian Gothic weirdness is still unique enough to earn a wholehearted recommendation.
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Avira Antivirus Pro review: Great performance, but the free version is probably sufficient
Avira Antivirus Pro is great for detecting viruses and offers minimal impact on your PC's performance. Still, you don't get that much for $45 per year compared to the free version.
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ESET Internet Security review: A highly rated security suite with an eye on the connected home
It's an antivirus suite with a creepy robot mascot, but it's still a great tool.
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm review: A small town and smaller stakes
Life is Strange: Before the Storm isn’t as groundbreaking as its predecessor, but it's an excellent refinement of those ideas and a solid prequel.
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Fallout 4 VR review: An epic sense of scale bolsters this janky VR port
Fallout 4 VR stumbles with janky, unintuitive controls and UI, but the sheer scale of the Commonwealth makes up for it.
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Star Wars: Battlefront II – Resurrection review: A disappointing end to Iden Versio’s story
A month after Star Wars: Battlefront II's disastrous launch its first free add-on goes live, including a proper ending to its story. The downside: It's not very good.
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Avid Media Composer First review: Get all the pro features with just a few limitations
Avid Media Composer First is the free version of one of Hollywood’s most popular film and TV editing programs.If you have the patience to grapple with its complexity, Avid Media Composer First is excellent software for learning professional video editing skills.
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VSDC review: This free video editor holds back too much
VSDC has a lot of features you won’t find in other free video editors, like picture-in-picture, video stabilization, and the ability to upload multiple YouTube videos at once. If you can deal with its quirks, it’s one of the most powerful options available. But its interface isn’t very user-friendly, it has some major limitations, and the free version essentially throttles the speed at which you can process your videos.
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Hitfilm Express 2017 review: Powerful features lie behind a quirky interface
Hitfilm Express is a free video editor with great tutorials and powerful features. However, its unconventional interface and annoying download procedure could turn off some users.
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Lightworks for Windows review: The free version falls short in export options
Lightworks' free version is strikingly powerful in terms of features, but its export options are very limited.
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Shotcut review: This open-source video editor is impressive
Shotcut is an open-source, free video editing program that has been around for more than a decade. It’s not the most intuitive or professionally presented, but beneath its rough presentation lies a remarkably powerful program.
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Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris is a decent expansion but no game-changer (yet)
Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris expansion is here, just a few short weeks after its PC debut. Is it enough to save Destiny 2's flagging endgame?
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OnePlus 5T review: A $500 mid-range phone with the heart of a $900 flagship
The OnePlus 5T refreshes the 5 with a new 6-inch screen and skinny bezels, and a camera that's better but still a step below the best.
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