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Windows 11 has a robust virtual desktop feature, but it is rather basic. It probably doesn't help that Microsoft only built its own virtual desktop solution long after Linux and macOS had shown us what they could do.

We’ve all come across those “must-have apps for Android” lists somewhere. But this article is a little different. Instead of telling you which apps you need to download, I’m telling you which ones you can finally delete. Android has matured a lot over time, and features that once required a separate app are now built right into your phone.

Memory price hikes have pushed new Raspberry Pi prices up across the board and the secondhand market has started looking more appealing than it has in years.

I love Jellyfin; it allows me to stream my entire movie and TV show collection across multiple devices. There's really only one thing that Jellyfin can't do, and that's deciding what I'm going to watch. I wanted to find a more entertaining way to choose a show or movie, and what I found was even better than I expected.

I’ll admit, I’m not sure what I was expecting when I first opened up the box for the latest Dell XPS 13 laptop. However, I know for sure I wasn’t expecting to love this tiny laptop as much as I do. At $699, this could be the mid-range Windows laptop to beat in 2026.

TL;DR: Get the InstaHeadshots Premium Plan for $59.99 (reg. $200) and receive 50 AI-generated headshots, five styles, and 50 edit credits.

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InstaHeadshots can create professional-looking AI headshots in about 15 minutes, without requiring a professional photoshoot. The InstaHeadshots Premium Plan is on sale for $59.99 (reg. $200), and all you need to get started is 10 photos of yourself.

Upload your images, choose from five styles, and let the AI generate a collection of headshots for your LinkedIn profile, résumé, website, or other professional needs.

The Premium Plan includes 50 AI-generated headshots in five different styles, giving you more options than a single studio portrait. Uploading photos from different angles and lighting conditions can help the generator create results tailored to your appearance. The plan also includes 50 edit credits, which you can use to request changes such as a different outfit, background, setting, or hairstyle.

The resulting images are generated in 4K resolution and come with full commercial usage rights, so you can use them for professional profiles, business cards, websites, speaker bios, team pages, and résumés. Your headshots are stored permanently and can be re-downloaded, while your account access isn’t tied to a particular device.

If you’re actively job searching, building a personal brand, or just need updated photos for several professional profiles, having a batch of different looks could save you from booking separate photoshoots. The service is also available to all users, and product improvements are included at no additional cost.

If AI-generated photography fits what you’re looking for, this deal offers a sizable collection of professional headshots. Get the InstaHeadshots Premium Plan for $59.99 (reg. $200) while it’s on sale.

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How often do you play local media files on your PC? These days, most of what we watch comes from a cloud server viewed through a web browser. Even if you have your own media, you're probably watching it using a self-hosting solution like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby.

I converted to a foldable Android phone a couple of years ago, and I've used them for nearly everything ever since. In that time, I've owned three different foldables during that time, borrowed a few, and have placed my hands on demo units of several others. Based on my experience, here are the five best or most impactful foldables to hit the U.S. market to date.

Open-source software is wonderful: it's free, diverse, and surprisingly accessible. You might feel that software development is a secret world of privilege and insider knowledge, but OSS has made great strides to overturn this misunderstanding.

Tech prices are going through the roof, with the high cost of RAM affecting everything from Raspberry Pis to high-end gaming PCs. The good news is that with Home Assistant, it’s often possible to repurpose old tech so that you don’t need to buy anything new.

I’ve been running a Plex server for a long time, which means I’ve made my fair share of amateur mistakes. Storage is probably one of the biggest things plaguing my Plex server, and I have definitely made all three of these mistakes at least once (if not multiple times).

These days, when you're buying an x86 CPU, you're buying Intel or AMD. (Probably AMD, actually, as even used Ryzen 5000 chips are a good deal right now.) That just wasn't the case in the mid-1990s, though. There used to be more players in the CPU market, and we had all the freedom of choice we could've ever asked for.

With Labor Day landing on the 7th this year, this weekend comes with a bonus Monday with absolutely no obligation to do a dang thing with, other than watch movies. If you're like me, more often than not I lean towards a good thriller. And if you're a Paramount+ customer in the U.S., the streamer is no stranger to the dark and intense.

Every time you upload a file to a cloud AI service, you trust that they'll be responsible stewards of that information. When you're talking about medical data, financial records, personal details about your life, or any other sensitive information, that is a big ask.

Most people know texting while driving is dangerous, but they do it anyway. There is so much peer pressure to be considerate of those waiting for you, but the law is pretty clear. Distracted driving is one of those crimes that makes a lot of sense when you see the numbers, but you want to be considerate. Luckily, Google has already thought this through.

What looked, on the surface, like a clear case of copyright infringement has taken a surprising turn in court, as a judge for the District Court of Delaware has ruled that, because X abandoned both the term "tweet" and the blue bird logo, both are now fair game.

In deference to the judge's decision and to pre-empt any further potential legal action, Operation Bluebird has re-rebranded, transforming Twitter.now into Tweet.app, under the tagline "The square is back. And this time, it's yours."

SEE ALSO: Elon Musk found liable for defrauding Twitter investors

Back in 2023, Elon Musk rebranded the platform entirely, nixing the Twitter name and iconic blue bird logo in favor of a simplified X. And now a brash startup, originally named Operation Bluebird, has attempted to swoop in and pick up the abandoned iconography, creating a social media platform called Twitter.now that recycles both the concept of a "tweet" and the blue bird logo of the OG Twitter. 

What looked, on the surface, like a clear case of copyright infringement has taken a surprising turn in court, as a judge for the District Court of Delaware has ruled that, because X abandoned both the term "tweet" and the blue bird logo, both are now fair game. Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly did draw the line at the use of "Twitter" in the name, however, arguing that because X still owns the Twitter.com domain name, and because the site is still referred to as Twitter by many of its users, a dual-use authorization would create confusion. 

They go on to take a direct shot at both X.com and Elon Musk: "The richest man alive bought the town square, renamed it, and threw the bird away on his way out. Three years and a great deal of money later, people still say tweet. So we went back and picked up what he dropped, and rebuilt the square on the thing that got sold off first: Trust."

As of this writing, Tweet.app is not yet live, but you can become an early subscriber as either a Founder ("You were here at the start") for a one-time payment of $20 or a Fighter (“You didn't just show up — you stood up”) for $40. According to Tech Crunch, more than 170,000 people have already signed up. 

Is Tweet.app destined to supplant X.com or will it fizzle out in costly legal disputes? Only time will tell. 

If you've been in the Linux space for a while, you know just how customizable KDE Plasma can be. However, a lot of us only limit that customization to picking the theme or moving the panel. What surprises me is how many plug-in surfaces Plasma exposes that I barely even touched. On top of that, they sit right next to the Plasma features you probably use daily.

Home Assistant is incredibly powerful, but all that complexity means things can and do go wrong. I was tired of one of my most useful automations failing, so I decided to rewrite the automation with the expectation that it would fail. The result is that my smart home is now far more reliable.

Another year, another IFA conference. How-To Geek is scouring the halls of Messe Berlin to uncover all the new innovative tech at IFA 2026. Through our search, we've managed to go hands-on with the slimmest portable SSD of all time, super-long-lasting hybrid batteries, the first batch of RTX Spark laptops, and more.

If you walk into a big box store and look at Samsung tablets, you may be surprised to see that they almost feel more like picking up a Microsoft Surface than an iPad. Samsung has quietly made enough changes to Android that the latest Galaxy Tab slates don't look all that different from the Windows laptops across the aisle.