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As convenient as it might be to use your phone as an alarm clock, standalone alarm clocks come with all kinds of features that can make waking up — or even going to sleep — a little less painful. Some ...

Today we expect alarm clocks to fit around our lives, from phone alarms that sync with our calendars to smart speakers that wake us with gentle music. But the very first mechanical alarm clock offered ...

[WhiskeyTangoHotel] wrote in with his newest clock build — and he did warn us that it was minimalist and maybe less than useful. Indeed, it is nothing more than a super-cheap ESP32-C3 breakout board ...

Typically, your iPhone lays flat on your desk or nightstand while it's locked and charging. To see any useful information, you'd need to pick it up, but a feature called StandBy Mode turns your iPhone ...

TIOBE Index for September 2025: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent Perl experienced a slight decline in the TIOBE Programming Community Index rankings between August ...