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Levi Leidy is a writer and editor who joined Forbes Advisor in 2026. Previously, he worked at GOBankingRates, and his writing has been featured on MSN, Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq and other outlets. He ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

At IFA 2026, I stumbled on a booth where Ugreen, a company I’ve mostly known for its charging and USB-C hubs but that also makes NAS servers, has announced a new smart hub line that supports Matter, ...

The mark of a good boss is that former employees gravitate back toward them. NC State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore has been coaching on some level since 1984 and with the Wolfpack since 2013. He ...

Google has announced that it’s rolling out early access to its new Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Google Home, which allows AI agents to securely connect with and control smart home ecosystems.