Every keyboard has a key that many users consider pointless—the Insert (Ins) key. With over 100 keys on a typical keyboard, some go unused, leading to confusion about their actual function. Among ...

The keyboard is one of the most important devices of your computer, allowing you to give commands for the different operations you want to perform. Most keyboards these days come with 104 alphanumeric ...

The Stream Deck is great for running macros on your Mac, but there are ways to do it significantly cheaper. Sometimes, all it takes is a spare keyboard or a secondary numpad. In the pursuit of ...

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...

I’m a certified mechanical keyboard nerd at this point, which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering most of the best gaming keyboards are mechanical options. Still, mechanical keyboards aren’t ...

The Keydous NJ98 has a detachable magnetic color display which can be customized. There is also a rotary knob which can work as a volume or mute control. Alternatively, like many of the keys, the knob ...

Mismatched colors between case and keycaps. RGB customization can be clunky at times. Plate-mounted stabilizers. Infrequent and minor connectivity issues. Getting into the mechanical keyboard world ...

What if your keyboard was filled with tiny screens that showed you exactly what any given press would do, each built into a crystal-clear key? The keys would morph and shift as you needed, ...

A gamer’s preference for their keyboard switches is a personal affair. You’re almost always guaranteed to start a debate if you ask a room full of gamers which they’d prefer: linear or clicky switches ...

Poppy and crisp sound. Smooth linear switches. Impressive build quality with gasket mount, hot-swap sockets, and tri-mode connectivity. QMK/VIA support. The Rainy 75 is available in three flavors: ...

I wrote the vast majority of this article on my phone. But if you’re picturing me painstakingly tapping out a thousand-plus words on a tiny screen with my thumbs, think again. The process was much ...

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