TheApple Magic Keyboard for iPadtransforms the tablet into a laptop, with features such as a precise typing experience and a responsive trackpad — but at a hefty price. Fortunately, there are less expensive options, and to help you out, we’ve rounded up the best Magic Keyboard alternatives. They may be cheaper than the Apple Magic Keyboard, but they cater to different types of users with various helpful features, so there’s probably something for you in the list below....

V Risingis jam-packed with ways to improve your vampire character. As a survival game, you’re able to expect tons of crafting and looting to equip your lord of the night with new, more powerful gear as you progress, but your physical tools are only a small part of your arsenal. You’re not just a vampire for the fun of it, after all, and the game takes advantage of your undead status to give you a host of powerful skills and abilities to unlock related to your vampiric nature to unleash upon your foes....

While there are no classes to pick between inPayday 3,you do still have complete control over how your character plays and what role they will have in any given heist. The obvious changes will be in your weapons and equipment loadouts, but it is in the skill system where you are really free to personalize your masked criminal. You begin the game with two unlocked naturally, but quickly see that there are dozens more to unlock and try out within various categories....

DARPA, the United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is looking to occupy some kind of underground lair where it can carry out all manner of crazy experiments. How do we know? Well, mainly because DARPA just put out a public request for anyone who happens to know of any potential underground lairs that may happen to be on the market. It’s kind of like the military-industrial complex version of asking if you’ve got any friends renting out a room right now....

Remember when the race was on to see who could create the smallest phone in the world? Those days are long gone, and it’s no longer too difficult to find a phone that’s big enough to also double as a tea tray in times of need. But those phones aren’t big enough for you — you want a truly massive phone. That’s where theXiaomi Mi Max 3comes in. With a tablet-sized 6....

Sonos makes one of the best wireless whole-home sound systems you can buy, but the company rarely discounts its products. That’s why events likeBlack FridayandCyber Mondayare worth noting if you’re looking to buy your first Sonos components or expand an existing system. Black Friday is over, but the deals are just as good for Cyber Monday. Here’s what we’ve found… Sonos Beam— $319 ($80 off) With Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant built-in, theSonos Beamis for all intents and purposes a smart speaker that doubles as a soundbar....

While it’s best known forvacuums and other household appliances, Dyson has also established itself in the world of farming, with a team of engineers coming up with tech-based solutions to improve efficiency and boost production. A video (top) shared recently by the British company features a remarkable — and remarkably huge — Hybrid Vertical Growing System, located inside a greenhouse. Dyson’s innovative system, which finished tests just recently, grows the strawberry plants on 5....

Startup company Lumina, maker ofits 4K AI-based webcam, has announced a new programmable-height computer desk that also has a built-in screen and its own operating system, Lumina OS. While an embedded display might sound a bit silly, Lumina thinks it could actually have an impact on productivity. Sit-stand deskshave been around for a while now, and push-button raising and lowering is nothing new. Where Lumina has innovated is by making the height adjustment programmable....

A number ofU.S. news sites have blocked European readersover concerns related to theEU’s new data privacy laws, TechCrunch reports. The guidelines, known as General Data Protection Regulation, went into effect on Friday. The law requires internet companies that collect personal data, including news organizations, to follow strict guidelines regarding how they handle the data. The penalties for failing to comply are strict enough that Tronc decided to block all European readers from its websites rather than risk being found non-compliant....

Welove Lego. Welove robots. And we sure love breakfast. So what could be better than a Lego-based robot ready and willing to whip up a perfectly cooked breakfast? Reminiscent of Caractacus Potts’breakfast-preparing contraption fromChitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the so-called “Breakfast Machine” is a brick creation capable of breaking eggs, disposing of the shells, and then cooking and plating up bacon and eggs. It’s probably not a labor-saving device per se, but it’s definitely a nifty one....

NASA’s Dawn spacecraftwent darklast year, but data collected by the craft is continuing to be used to make discoveries about the dwarf planet Ceres that it orbited. Ceres is an object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter with a radius of 473 kilometers (294 miles). This makes it too small to be considered a proper planet but far larger than most asteroids, so it is therefore categorized as a dwarf planet, like Pluto....

Young Sheldon spinoff reveals “great” replacement for George Sr. Although the cast of Young Sheldon lost a large father figure, its spinoff series hopes to fill that gap with a lovable replacement. Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriagewill be the much-needed continuation ofYoung Sheldon Season 7,which ended on an incredibly sour note with the passing ofGeorge Sr. However, because the role of father figure is currently absent, the series is setting up George Sr....

YouTube poker show moves to Twitch after being “banned for no reason” One of YouTube’s most popular poker shows is having to move to Twitch after being “banned for no reason” and getting no help. Even though streaming services like Twitch have been trying to cut down on gambling streams, poker events are still popular. Tune into the likes of the World Series of Poker and you’ll get a massive production covering thousands of players....