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JetBrains IntelliJ, the popular integrated development environment for Java and Kotlin, is finally combining its separate Community Edition and Ultimate Edition. The free version is also getting new features, and a fully open-source IDE will be available in the future.

Spotify added audiobooks back in 2022, and it's been a sneakily great feature for book-lovers who already pay for a Premium subscription. However, the free hours of listening each month have been restricted to the plan manager on Family and Duo plans. That's finally changing.

Building your own PC means spending a lot of money on things you just can't cut corners with: the CPU, the graphics card, storage, and your power supply—there's no avoiding a hefty cost for these parts. But you can offset the cost of those components by going cheap on other parts.

You can snag the Acer Aspire Go 15 Laptop for an incredible $300 at Best Buy right now. This marks a massive 50% off its regular price of $600. This is a fantastic deal that shaves a full $300 off the cost, making a powerful laptop surprisingly affordable.

Anker's excellent 100-watt Nano Charging Station is currently on sale for just $36. That's a 28% discount on the MSRP, and it's $5 less than what Apple charges for its single-port 30-watt adapter.

Time goes on, and technology changes. Many of us (who aren’t retro enthusiasts) have done many things for last time without realizing it. Here is a list in honor of the tech we no longer use and the things we no longer have to do.

Finding a good deal on a laptop can sometimes be hard. The cheap ones have awful specs, and the usable ones are often on the expensive side. This Dell laptop is very usable, if you ask me, and now, it's a whopping $400 off—and the new discounted price is pretty good as well.

While fans can argue about which superhero is the best, there’s no real argument as to which one is the most iconic. Superman is the ultimate symbol of everything a hero can be, so much so that he inspired countless other characters, ranging from Omni-Man to Goku. Unfortunately, the Man of Steel’s cinematic outings haven’t always managed to live up to this awesome alien’s storytelling potential.

You would rightfully assume the apps and photos in the “Secure Folder”—emphasis on Secure—on your Galaxy phone were safe. Well, a sneaky little flaw allowed anyone with physical access to your device to peek at your hidden treasures. Samsung is finally addressing this with the One UI 8 update.

It's rare these days for a subscription service not to increase its price. It's sadly all too common—from streaming services to other useful subscriptions. Google's Nest Aware subscription, which is a boon for those in the Google smart home ecosystem, is the latest victim to this increasingly common phenomenon.

If you've read stuff I've written about Motorola, you know I'm not the biggest fan of its phones. That doesn't mean, however, that a Motorola phone can't be a good deal at the right price. The 2024 Moto Edge is currently at a great price, making it one of the rare cases where I'm willing to recommend one of these.

Documentation isn't beginner-friendly, and tutorials often leave gaps. Learning Python can feel overwhelming, so you're not alone. To address this, I have prepared a concise, no-nonsense guide to rapidly boost your skills with Python lists—in less than 30 minutes too!

Smart lighting manufacturer Deako just announced its latest smart light switch, which features a built-in light bar, magic pairing, and a redesigned app. The new 2nd Gen Smart Switch promises to be easy to configure, use, and see.

You can grab the incredible M2 MacBook Air for an astonishingly low price of just $699 at Best Buy, which is a fantastic $100 off its usual price of $800. This is a major discount that brings a powerful Apple laptop to a surprisingly low price point.

Apple's yearly releases mean that older OS updates get deprecated a lot more quickly. Now, Google Chrome is dropping support for what used to be a pretty popular macOS release—and it could mean trouble for some older Macs.

Sometimes, trying to find a good anime to stream is a bit like fishing through those discount DVD piles at Walmart. Will you find some good stuff? Maybe. Will you have to sift through a bunch of unwatchable junk to get to it? Definitely!

Like many people, I mostly play games to relax. But even after trying countless cozy farming sims and chill puzzle games, I've found that nothing helps me unwind quite like a stressful challenge.

The HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Pro is not the mouse for me, but that’s actually its strength. It packs quality components into a package designed for underserved small hands. This gives it an edge that it otherwise may not have amid stiff competition in the high-end gaming mouse market.

For a while now, your couch has not been the only place to play your Xbox games, thanks to the magic of streaming. If you'd rather play them on your PC, though, that surprisingly has not been an option. Until now, at least.

Have you tried out experimental features in ChromeOS before? I used to live on the experimental branch, but lately I have just been enjoying the stable branch—mostly because Google has rolled a lot of features that used to require flags into the main operating system.