Smart glasses maker Even Realities today released its latest model, the Even G2 Display Smart Glasses. Featuring a monochrome display, stylish frames, and a unique ring controller, G2s are available now for $599. In contrast to Meta Ray-Ban Displays’ “do-everything” approach, G2s are designed to do one specific thing: provide a smart display that only the wearer can see.

Instead of a camera and speaker, the G2s feature a suite of basic apps, like a teleprompter and a map that you can see with a tilt of your head or a touch of your ring, packed into a pair of light, slick-looking designer frames. The idea is to create cool-looking everyday glasses that are useful instead of obtrusive.

Improvements over the last generation of Even Realities smart glasses

I reviewed Even Realities’ G1 smart glasses (and even used them to scam a free drink) and found them impressive. Well, Even Realities says these are even better. It has improved on the micro-LED display from the last generation—which is pretty great already—to provide a bigger, sharper, and brighter display that includes two-level 3D, so certain information can appear closer to your field of view.

Another new wrinkle is contextual AI: Switch it on during a conversation, and, according to the company at least, your glasses will silently display “suggestions for a more meaningful exchange” that only you will be able to see. If implemented correctly, this feature could be a useful way to augment your life—and if it can provide closed captioning for conversations, I’m fully on board.

All of the above is controlled via a smart ring that lets you click, tap, and scroll. It also monitors your vital signs and health information, so you could display a live-read of your heart-rate or the number of steps you’ve taken that day.

A new app infrastructure (and third-party support)

Those are all welcome upgrades, but maybe the most interesting improvement isn’t to the G2’s hardware. On its website, Even Realities promises third-party app support is coming soon. G1 glasses do everything they’re designed to do really well, but the actual use cases are fairly limited—a teleprompter is cool, but how often do you really give speeches? Opening the glasses up to developers who want to make something new on the Even OS could result in a must-have app, or at least improve apps the glasses already have.

Even Realities nailed the basics with the G1, and these technical improvements and G2’s app support could turn a great concept into an everyday essential. That is, if everything works. Once I test ’em out, I’ll let you know how they match up to what’s being promised.

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The 2021 Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Touch isn’t new, but it still has a few good years of life in it, especially if you need a solid secondary laptop for home, travel, or light work—and it’s on sale for $599.99 on StackSocial right now. It’s powered by an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 chip that can reach up to 4.7GHz, paired with 12GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. That combination is fast enough for multitasking, web browsing, and even moderate creative work. The touchscreen is a bonus, making it easy to scroll, tap, and zoom without relying on a trackpad. This model also runs Windows 11 Home, so despite being from 2021, it feels current in terms of interface and usability. It’s a brand-new unit, although it doesn’t come with a manufacturer’s warranty. However, third-party coverage is optional for $59.99.

Design-wise, the soft-touch finish of this device feels premium and resists fingerprints better than glossy surfaces. The 15.6-inch full HD display offers good brightness and color clarity for streaming, editing, or everyday tasks, while the slim bezels make the screen feel larger than it is. It weighs just under four pounds, which is manageable for commuting or moving between rooms. Lenovo also added a fingerprint reader built into the power button for quick sign-ins, as well as a physical webcam shutter for privacy, a feature not often seen in older laptops at this price point. The Dolby Audio-tuned speakers aren’t groundbreaking but do a decent job for music and calls.

The IdeaPad 5 isn’t a powerhouse by today’s standards, but it holds its own as a practical all-rounder. If you’re editing videos or gaming, newer models will make more sense. But if you’re looking for something fast, comfortable, and modern enough for writing, streaming, or working from a café, this still fits the bill. The battery lasts up to 11 hours, and the USB-C port supports fast charging and external displays, keeping it versatile even a few years later.

In a culture overwhelmed with ridiculous beliefs, an unlikely hero of rationality has emerged: reality star Kim Kardashian. Kim raised a healthy amount of skepticism of psychics in a recent TikTok video: In case you don’t follow the ins-and-outs of reality stars, Kim K.’s recent life cycle/plot development sees her trying to become a lawyer. She’s been taking an apprenticeship in the industry and presumably studying hard. She also consulted psychics, who read tea leaves or whatever and concluded that she would pass the California bar exam. Except, sadly, she did not. 

“Psychics are full pathological liars” —Kim Kardashian

“All of the fucking psychics that we have met with, and that we’re obsessed with, are all fucking full of shit,” Kardashian said to her 10 million TikTok followers. “They all collectively, maybe four of them, told me I’m going to pass the bar. So they’re all full pathological liars. Don’t believe anything they say.”

According to a 2024 survey, about 20% of Americans love The Kardashians, and about 26% of Americans believe in clairvoyance. I have nothing but vibes to back this up, but I bet the circles for “Kardashian fan” and “believer in psychics” in the American Venn diagram have a lot of overlap. Kardashian isn’t preaching to the skeptics; she’s talking to the true believers, as she once was.

Kardashian has personal credibility here, given her long history of talking to mediums and psychics, and there’s something extra convincing about someone with skin in the game. This wasn’t some meaningless test for Kim Kardashian; she was asking about something that was important to her, and she wasn’t doing it from a skeptical point of view.

Where Kim Kardashian’s psychics went wrong

A savvy psychic tries to avoid making predictions that can be proven true or false. A medium might say, “Your Dad is up in heaven, and he’s super proud of you,” but if they want to stay in business, they won’t say, “Your Dad says the stock certificates are in the attic in the green trunk,” because when you check the trunk—if there even is a trunk or an attic—the jig is up. 

Without knowing it, Kardashian put her psychics in a bind. By asking point blank whether she was going to pass the bar or not, Kardashian forced a binary decision. It’s understandable they unanimously landed on “you’ll pass,” because that’s what she wanted hear. “The fates are unclear at this time!” is too wishy-washy, and “You’re going to fail, girl,” would likely get you disinvited to the mansion. But I am surprised no one went with, “I can’t tell the time frame, specifically, but you will become a lawyer in the future.” That’s what I would have said. (I’m available for psychic readings.)

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going back to being unaware of anything Kim Kardashian does.

If there’s one thing all of us smartphone owners have in common, it’s that our devices rarely have enough battery life. Some phones are better than others, especially when paired with battery-saving settings, but in general, it’s a universal anxiety to feel like your phone might die before you reach a charger again.

There are many reasons your smartphone’s battery might drain fast, but some of the likeliest culprits are poorly-designed apps. Some of these programs use too much processing power when you’re actively using them, while others needlessly run in the background. You can always check your device’s battery stats to see which apps are the worst offenders, but what if you know know an app was a battery anchor before downloading it in the first place?

The Play Store’s new battery warnings

As of March 1, 2026, that will be the new reality. In just a few months, when you tap on an app in the Play Store, you might see a new alert that wasn’t there before. Underneath the usual details, like the app’s name, developer, reviews, and rating, you’ll see a red warning, stating something to the effect of, “This app may use more battery than expected due to high background activity.” I don’t know about you, but that would get me thinking twice about downloading it.

According to the Android Developer Blog, this has been in the works for some time. In partnership with Samsung, the company rolled out a new metric in beta earlier this year called “excessive partial wake locks,” which aimed to reveal to developers when their apps “excessively” wake the display. Following this beta program, Google says it refined the algorithm it uses to calculate this rating, and has now rolled out the metric to all developers.

Going forward, if an app wakes the screen for a total of two hours in any given 24 hour period, Google will note it as excessive. If 5% of an app’s user sessions are excessive over a 28 day period, it crosses the “bad behavior threshold.” This can result in a number of different consequences for the app: Google may first pull it from discovery surfaces in the Play Store. That could seriously impact an app’s total installs, as users won’t find it without searching for the app directly. Of course, Google may also affix the app’s Play Store page with the aforementioned battery alert, which will also discourage users from downloading it.

The onus is now on app developers to correct this “bad behavior” in their apps by March of next year. Hopefully, any battery hogs on your smartphone will be fixed in the next few months, but if not, keep an eye on their Play Store pages. If you see this alert, you might want to uninstall the app entirely.

This isn’t the first time the Play Store rolled out a feature to root out bad apps. Last year, the marketplace launched live threat detection to highlight apps that might be spreading malware. The Play Store has also tested alerts that would warn you about apps that are frequently uninstalled, or that have a significantly lower active user count than competitor apps.

If you’re a Windows user, this is your monthly reminder to ensure you install all available security updates. Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday release fixes one zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild, with 63 flaws patched in total.

As reported by Bleeping Computer, the November Patch Tuesday update addresses 29 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, 2 security feature bypass vulnerabilities, 16 remote code execution vulnerabilities, 11 information disclosure vulnerabilities, 2 denial of service vulnerabilities, and 3 spoofing vulnerabilities. (Note that these figures do not include patches for Microsoft Edge and Mariner.)

In addition to the zero-day, four of the vulnerabilities being addressed—two remote code execution bugs and one each of the elevation of privilege and information disclosure flaws—are labeled “critical.”

Patch fixes one zero-day threat

All security updates are important to install as soon as possible, but especially those that patch zero-days, which are vulnerabilities that are actively exploited or publicly exposed before the developer makes an official fix available.

Without this month’s patch, Windows users are vulnerable to CVE-2025-62215, an elevation of privilege flaw in the Windows Kernel. The bug allows threat actors to gain system privileges upon winning a “race condition,” or improper synchronization in Windows Kernel.

The vulnerability was identified by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), though no additional details about exploitation have been made public.

Other updates for Windows users

Windows 11 users will also see the rollout of the upgraded Start menu alongside Patch Tuesday updates—the new interface is scrollable with app categories and adapts to the size of your screen. Other changes include an redesigned battery icon and improved features for File Explorer, Voice Access, and Click to Do.

As of last month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has ended support for Windows 10, though users who have enrolled in Extended Security Updates (ESU) will continue to get security patches through Oct. 13, 2026.

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As YouTube TV and Disney continue their feud over rising channel rates, it’s customers that are losing out. One of my coworkers found this out last night when her family couldn’t (easily) watch their home team, the Philadelphia Eagles, play—and that was with an NFL Sunday Ticket package added on to their YouTube TV plan. The ESPN/ABC blackout is hitting YouTube TV’s sports fans hard, and with Google already issuing compensation to customers, it seems like there’s no end on the horizon.

Luckily, YouTube isn’t the only game in town for watching NFL football. There are a number of alternative solutions you can try while you wait for Disney and YouTube to come to an agreement, and they don’t all involve swapping to another Live TV provider. Before your next game starts, try signing up for or installing one of these methods for watching football during the YouTube TV Disney blackout.

NFL Sunday Ticket

While it didn’t work for my coworker on Monday night, depending on how much football you feel compelled to watch, NFL Sunday ticket might be enough for you. Currently, you can either add this to your YouTube TV base plan, or purchase it standalone (although you’ll still access it through YouTube). This will give you access to out-of-market games aired on Sunday during the daytime, with unlimited simultaneous streams at your home and two streams for those outside of the home. You also don’t have to watch live if you’re not able—condensed on-demand replays of the most recent Sunday games are available starting the following Monday and through Wednesday.

A standalone NFL Sunday Ticket subscription costs $85/month for new customers, or $145/month for returning customers. Bundled costs for new customers are unchanged, although returning customers can save a little bit by bundling Sunday Ticket with a standard YouTube TV subscription, which will drop the cost to $115/month. Alternatively, opting for a four-month subscription lowers the costs to $37.50/month for new customers, and $66/month for returning customers (or $51/month when bundled with YouTube TV). If you want to go all in, you could also opt for an annual season pass, which is $150 for new customers and $264 for returning customers.

YouTube currently advertises the YouTube TV and Sunday Ticket bundle as having “The most live NFL games,” and in a normal season, that would be true. However, with YouTube TV’s loss of ESPN and ABC, this option currently loses access to Monday Night Football and many local games.

Local games and Sunday Night Football on Paramount+ and Peacock

Before moving onto the football-specific streaming services, it’s worth touching on other streaming services you might already own. Paramount+ and Peacock allow users to watch games aired on CBS and NBC, respectively, which could be enough for you depending on which teams you follow.

According to the NFL’s official “Ways to Watch” page, CBS airs six to seven Sunday daytime games a week, and you can check your local listings for specifics. NBC, meanwhile, hosts Sunday Night Football, which is a marquee primetime game with no competition from other games.

A month of Paramount+ starts at $8, while a month of Peacock starts at $8, although the platform is currently running a fairly generous bundle deal with Apple TV. Annual plans for Paramount+ start at $60, while annual plans for Peacock start at $80.

Fox One and the ESPN bundle

Fox is currently in a similar boat to CBS, allowing users to watch select local daytime games on Sundays, but it has a twist. In addition to offering the games on its own schedule, the network’s streaming service, Fox One, also offers a bundle with ESPN. This gives subscribers access to both local Fox games, as well as games aired on ESPN Unlimited. ESPN Unlimited includes Monday Night Football, which could make it a viable solution for YouTube TV subscribers hurting at the loss of ESPN from their lineup.

On its own, a month of Fox One costs $25, and an annual subscription is $240. The ESPN bundle is only available monthly, and costs $40.

Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime

If you own Amazon Prime, there’s at least one weekly primetime game you’ve got access to. Prime Video is currently the home of Thursday Night Football, which like Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Football, is a marquee game without any conflicts from other games. Because Prime Video is included in Amazon Prime, there’s a good chance you’ve got access to it without knowing, assuming you crave two-day shipping as much as the rest of us. If not, you can sign up for Amazon Prime for $15/month or $139/year, or just subscribe to Prime Video on its own for $9/month.

ESPN streaming, Disney+, and Hulu Live TV

It’s time to address the elephant in the room. If you’re a YouTube TV subscriber who’s more willing to play ball with Disney than Google is, you can check out its own offerings.

The most comprehensive of these is ESPN, which offers both ESPN Select and ESPN Unlimited. The difference is that ESPN Select only includes content from ESPN+, which is largely made up of lower level, student, or non-football games from channels like ESPN2 or ESPN3. ESPN Unlimited, meanwhile, includes all ESPN content, including larger games from the main channel as well as ESPN+ content, which makes it a suitable way to watch ESPN’s own primetime offering, Monday Night Football.

Alternatively, Disney+ subscribers have access to a rotating “sampling of ESPN sports content,” although you’ll need to bundle ESPN with your Disney+ subscription to view most games.

If you’d like access to more than just ESPN content, you can also subscribe to Disney’s own live TV service, Hulu + Live TV. This includes all the Disney channels currently unavailable on YouTube TV, as well as other channels, including CBS, NBC, and NFL Network (more on that later). Not that Hulu + Live TV does not offer NFL Sunday Ticket, and if bought standalone, it also does not include on-demand viewing in the ESPN app.

Pricing for all of this can get a little tricky, so I’ll start with the cheapest options and work my way up. I’ll also be excluding annual pricing for expediency, although note that Disney+, Hulu (excluding Live TV), and ESPN all offer annual plans.

On its own, a month of Disney+ standalone starts at $12, and a month of Hulu standalone costs the same. Bundling these services together increases the price to just $13, so that’s likely where you’ll want to start. For more reliable sports content, though, you’ll want ESPN. A month of ESPN Select is also $13, but for NFL, you’ll want to opt for ESPN Unlimited, which has a monthly price of $30.

Then there are the Disney+ and Hulu bundles that include ESPN. Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Select starts at $20 monthly, while Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Unlimited is $30 monthly for the first 12 months and then $36/month after that. Given that the first twelve months of the second bundle have the same price as ESPN Unlimited on its own, it might be the more savvy choice, assuming you remember to cancel once your subscription is up.

As for Hulu + Live TV, this is the most expensive option, as it’s essentially a cable package. A bundle with Hulu + Live TV, regular Hulu (with ads), Disney+ (with ads), and ESPN Select (with ads) costs $64.99/month for the first three months, which is cheaper than YouTube TV, but increases to $90/month afterwards. You could also subscribe to Hulu + Live TV on its own for $89/month instead, although that’s losing out on a lot of extra streaming content just to save a dollar, and does not include the cheaper first three months. To remove ads from Disney+, you can up your bundle price to $95/month, and to remove ads from both Disney+ and Hulu, you can pay $100/month. ESPN Select and Live TV will still have ads, however. Also, to view ESPN Unlimited content in the app, you’ll need to add it on to your Hulu for $30/month (the Hulu + Live TV landing page does advertise ESPN Unlimited app content being included in this bundle, but upon moving to checkout, it’ll shift to ESPN Select, and the official chart of plans does not currently have an option with ESPN Unlimited in a bundle with Hulu + Live TV).

Finally, Disney offers a bundle in collaboration with NFL+, which I’ll discuss in a moment. This bundle costs $40/month for the first year, after which it bumps up to $46/month. It includes Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Unlimited, all with ads, as well as NFL+ Premium. Alternatively, you could pay $9 more (this applies to both the promotional and permanent pricing) to remove ads from Disney+ and Hulu Premium, although ESPN Unlimited will still have ads.

What is NFL+?

Likely the cheapest option on this list, NFL+ gives you access to a lot of content for not too much of an investment, but with a pretty serious catch.

There are two tiers to the service, and both offer live streaming of local and primetime regular games, but only to your phone or tablet. That’s right: These won’t work with the service’s TV app, and DRM prevents AirPlay or similar screen mirroring features. Even those attempting to connect the phone or tablet app to a larger monitor via a cable have reported difficulty.

Because football games are a popular big-screen activity, and because NFL+ has such a low cost compared to other options, this is likely due to behind-the-scenes content agreements with other services to ensure the app does not eat in on their own subscriptions.

Still, if you have a large enough tablet option and only want to watch prime time or local games (including Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, and even Sunday daytime games), it’s a strong solution. NFL+ also comes with live game audio for every game of the season, ad-free highlights, and a selection of original NFL Films content, all available on PC and TV in addition to phone and tablet. Upgrading to NFL+ Premium will add condensed game replays and gives you access to NFL Redzone (live select coverage of all Sunday afternoon games) as well as the NFL Pro stats service. Replays and Redzone are viewable on PC, TV, phone, and tablet, but NFL Pro is only available on desktop and mobile browsers.

There is also one caveat that allows you to watch live games in an internet browser, and that is the NFL Network live stream (also available as a channel in certain cable and Live TV packages). This is included with either NFL+ plan, but you’re at the mercy of whatever content NFL Network is playing, which is not comprehensive and includes analysis and other non-game programming.

NFL+ costs $7/month (or $50/year) while NFL+ Premium costs $15/month (or $100/year). It’s a strong option if you’re most interested in keeping up with stats and big plays, and don’t mind being restricted to watching live games on certain devices.

Other Live TV services

In addition to Hulu + Live TV, ESPN, local channels, and NFL Network are available on a number of other Live TV streaming services as well as traditional television providers, including DIRECTV, Fubo TV, Spectrum, Verizon FiOS, and Sling.

While the YouTube TV and Disney feud is fierce, based on prior YouTube TV contact blackouts, it’s not likely to last long. This makes DIRECTV, Fubo TV, and Sling especially strong alternatives in the meantime. Both DIRECTV and Fubo TV offer free trials, with DIRECTV’s lasting five days and FUBO TV’s lasting seven days. Meanwhile, Sling Orange offers day passes for $5 a pop, if you just need to watch one specific game.

Get a digital antenna

Finally, if your eyes are glazing over from these various subscriptions as much as mine are, it’s important to remember that local networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX are available using a digital antenna in most U.S. markets. While not comprehensive, this will give you access to local games as well as prime time games including Monday Night Football (aired on ABC as well as ESPN) and Sunday Night Football.

While I personally have had mixed luck getting reception from digital antennae, Lifehacker sister site PCMag has a tested selection of antennae, with costs as low as $25. Just set it and forget it.