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Don't you just love a mini PC? Smaller than a laptop, way smaller than a desktop, and with specs that often sit somewhere in between. I love the idea of having a whole computer that fits inside my purse, but I have to admit that my mini PCs spent most of their lives collecting dust on a shelf. What a waste.

With all due respect to the Chevrolet Corvette, no vehicle is more deeply woven into the American identity than the Ford pickup truck. The F-Series has been the best-selling truck in the country for nearly half a century, and the best-selling vehicle of any kind for 44 years straight.

If you’re like me and you’re a reader, you like all kinds of different formats of books. With so many movie and TV adaptations coming from books, I’ve been reading physical copies, loving my e-reader, and, what’s even better, listening to audiobooks. This, of course, has led me to Libby and to Audible.

A NAS is one of the devices you expect to be available 24/7, working around the clock to allow seamless file transfer and retrieval. The thing is, running non-stop means that even small differences in power consumption can add up on your electricity bill. The savings won’t be huge, but you can still shave more than a few bucks off your monthly costs by avoiding the following NAS mistakes.

As a lesbian, you probably know all about dating apps. Lesbian Americans (along with bisexual and gay Americans) are far more likely to have ever used dating apps than straight Americans: 51 percent to 28 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.

There are a few reasons why LGBTQ people might turn to online dating quicker than straight folks. For one, you might live in an area without a thriving LGBTQ community, and in-person dating may be hard. If you don't know other lesbians to begin with, how can you meet more IRL to date? (Sometimes, lesbian spaces can also be co-opted by The Straights.) And, unfortunately, in-person dating may also be less safe depending on where you live. 

Thankfully, we live in a time where we can find people like us with a few swipes. Lesbians are welcome on major dating apps, and there are also niche ones specifically for lesbians and other queer women and people. But which one to choose?

How to find the best dating apps for lesbians Niche lesbian dating apps aren't your only option for finding love. Credit: Stacey Zhu / Mashable

In Mashable's recommendations below, you'll find both general dating apps and apps specifically for queer people. As the former appeals to the general population, you'll find more users in these spaces. The caveat, however, is that when you swipe on other women, you might find those coupled with men who are looking for another woman to have a threesome with (aka unicorn hunters). No judgment here, but that's probably not what you're looking for. Then again, people of all types are on dating apps like Tinder and Hinge. You never know who you may come across.

Then there are apps specifically for the community, like HER and Lex. If you yearn for a smaller dating scene, head for these apps. While there's no "Grindr for lesbians" — we go into why in the FAQ section — these apps are more so like stepping into your neighborhood lesbian bar than an app like Bumble. 

You can also try multiple dating apps, as each one below has a free version. You can filter by the gender you identify with and are looking for, and sometimes, as with OkCupid, there are many options to choose from.

Diving into the dating pool isn't easy, but the water's fine. Check out our guide below for the full rundown of our recommendations and dating app reviews.

Grammarly Pro feels way too expensive in a world where affordable LLMs like ChatGPT exist and can handle grammar just fine. The only reason you'd still pay for it is the experience—inline editing that shows you exactly what's wrong without rewriting your voice. Well, here's a prompt that makes ChatGPT behave like Grammarly Pro, offering inline edits for seamless proofreading.

A nice Hi-Fi system used to be the center of a home's audio experience, but today a flood of Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones, soundbars, and even more audio gadgets make it seem like the Hi-Fi's days are done.

Disney+ is embracing the Dark Side, as Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is about to emerge on the service. Before The Mandalorianbrought Star Wars into live-action television, the franchise was thriving in animated form, thanks to the initial success of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Among the many new twists that the series introduced, one of the most notable developments was the return of Darth Maul after his apparent death in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

Claude users will now have to pay more to use third-party tools like the viral AI assistant OpenClaw, Anthropic announced.

The news came via email from Anthropic to Claude subscription holders. It was posted on Hacker News and states that as of April 4 at 12 p.m. PT, subscribers will "no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses [tools] including OpenClaw. You can still use them with your Claude account, but they will require extra usage, a pay-as-you-go option billed separately from your subscription."

SEE ALSO: Anthropic makes the case for anthropomorphizing AI in ‘unsettling’ research paper

Head of Claude Code, Boris Cherny, said the same on X on Friday, and mentioned these tools can also be used with an API key. He shared an explanation for the change: "We've been working hard to meet the increase in demand for Claude, and our subscriptions weren't built for the usage patterns of these third-party tools. Capacity is a resource we manage thoughtfully and we are prioritizing our customers using our products and API."

In February, OpenClaw developer Peter Steinberger joined OpenAI after the tool became widely known online. On Friday, Steinberger posted on X that he and OpenClaw board member Dave Morin "tried to talk sense into Anthropic, best we managed was delaying this for a week."

He continued, "Funny how timings match up, first they copy some popular features into their closed harness, then they lock out open source."

Cherny responded to this (though not to Steinberger directly), stating that the Claude team is "big fans of open source," and that this is more about engineering constraints. "Our systems are highly optimized for one kind of workload, and to serve as many people as possible with the most intelligent models, we are continuing to optimize that," he said.

Cherny also added, however, that if users want to cancel subscriptions, Anthropic is giving full refunds.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable's parent company, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in April 2025, alleging that it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

Not that long ago, I received a text message from the Illinois Tollway Authority stating I had an unpaid toll. At first, I thought it might be possible, since I do travel through Chicago on occasion to see family elsewhere in the Midwest and have an E-ZPass on my windshield.

If you've ever accidentally entered the wrong command in Command Prompt or PowerShell you aren't alone—everyone does it eventually. Fortunately, one of Linux's best safeguards is now available for the Windows Terminal.

Over the past decade, AMD has fallen into NVIDIA’s shadow, especially as DLSS and NVIDIA’s push into AI and machine learning reshaped what gamers expect from a GPU.

If you like using open-source apps on your Android phone, you likely visit GitHub on a regular basis, since it's the largest open-source app repository out there. But GitHub, in its default form, is anything but the best way to discover new apps and update the ones you already have on your phone, even if you have a GitHub account.

If you’re anything like me, then you’ve probably put off certain projects in your homelab because they feel too difficult up front. Recently, I found that the homelab projects I was putting off weren’t actually as difficult as I thought when I did them, and that completely changed how I viewed projects in my homelab and in other areas of my life.

The Raspberry Pi lineup consists of a range of great devices, and the most powerful units can even be used to self-host a number of services. However, there are some things I'll never use them for. These are the projects I stay away from.

The long-awaited sequel to the cult movie Spaceballs now has a release date: April 23, 2027.

Spaceballs was released on June 24, 1987, making the Spaceballs 2 premiere nearly 40 years later.

Original writer-director Mel Brooks officially announced Spaceballs 2 last year, with Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, and Daphne Zuniga reprising their roles. Now, Amazon MGM Studios has announced the actual release date ahead of CinemaCon 2026, exclusively for Deadline.

From there, we really only know the details that were released last year, like that Josh Greenbaum (Will and Harper) is directing, and the script is written by Josh Gad, Benji Samit, and Dan Hernandez. Gad is also expected to star, along with Keke Palmer.

Think back to the 1990s. I imagine some of you—myself included—were in school. You're in a classroom when, suddenly, the teacher rolls in a television and pops in a VHS tape. It was one of the best feelings a student could have. Nowadays, a teacher would pull up a video on YouTube to play on the computer.

I had an old mini laptop lying around that had been gathering dust for years. It's too old to run modern operating systems and its screen doesn't work. It doesn't even have a storage drive inside. It sounds like it belongs in the bin, but it's not useless. I turned it into a tiny home server, and it now runs a handful of Docker containers. It consumes very little power (no screen) and it has perfect uptime because of its built-in battery backup.

Although the number of Linux Desktops has fluctuated over time, the fact that several are available is an important Linux tradition. It follows the principle that programs should be modular and composable; you should be able to swap out your desktop for an alternative, easily and seamlessly.

Your 3D printer setup is only as good as the tools you have. I’ve been 3D printing for years at this point, and I’ve found that there are a few essential tools that most 3D printer owners forget to buy because I wish someone had pointed these out earlier to me on my 3D printing journey.