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We were supposed to be holidaying on the moon, driving hover cars, and passing our chores off to humanoid robot helpers by now. Though robotic helpers are closer than ever, the path forward is fraught with doubt, challenges, and serious privacy considerations.

Apple's history is replete with hyper-successful hardware ventures. From the Apple II to the M-series processors, the company has amassed a trove of triumphant products. However, there is also a small, exclusive group of Apple hardware products that bombed. Let's check them out.

The KDE team announced today a collection of maintenance updates for KDE Gear, its set of open source apps including the popular video editor Kdenlive and mobile multi-tool KDE Connect. Many other apps are also getting minor updates, improving the KDE experience overall.

VLC Media Player 3.0.23 'Vetinari' has been released, and despite the minor version number change, the latest update isn't just bug fixes. It has more improvements for the dark theme, which you might not have noticed from the last release.

Cron jobs are usually considered to be boring automation for backups, log rotation, and cleanup. I firmly believe that undersells what they are capable of, as with a little creativity, cron can easily become one of the most personal and surprisingly fun parts of your system. They are weird, practical, and just geeky enough to make your homelab and daily workflow feel alive instead of invisible.

Bose is open-sourcing the API documentation for its SoundTouch smart speakers. When a company decides to retire a product line, that's generally the end, but not in this case. This means the hardware won't become useless when cloud support officially ends on May 6, 2026.

CES is most often associated with new product announcements, but every now and then, you can find some fantastic CES specials on slightly older tech as companies make way for the new products. Sometimes, if you’re really lucky, you just might find discounts on brand-new tech.

USB ports come in many variants, but it's easy to assume that essentially, USB is USB. If it plugs in, it'll work equally well across every device. Unfortunately, that couldn't be further from the truth, and using your laptop as a way to quickly recharge your devices is a mistake in more ways than one. Here's why.

Luxury plug-in SUVs sound like the perfect compromise—quiet electric driving during the week, long-range comfort on road trips, and a premium badge in the driveway. The problem is that all that tech also means more parts that can go wrong once the warranty runs out.

Another year has arrived and that means there's no longer any need to stick to some seasonal-mandated viewing list. You will likely have your own methods for achieving this, be it in the form of seeing what these early months of 2026 has to offer theatrically or catching up on what you missed out on in 2025. For me, I like to use these cold winter months to indulge in some side-splittingly funny stand-up comedy.

Do you think an empty desktop is a wasted desktop? Do you love decorating your workspace with widgets to make your desktop more useful? Well, here’s how I used KDE Plasma widgets to turn my Linux desktop into a functional project management dashboard—no extra apps required.

Reinstalling Windows is sometimes unavoidable. I’ve done it plenty of times when a system was truly beyond saving. But it is also one of the most disruptive fixes you can choose. You lose time reinstalling apps, reconfiguring settings, and chasing down little tweaks you forgot you ever made. In many cases, Windows is not actually broken beyond repair. It is just confused, partially corrupted, or stuck after a failed update.

Ubuntu has long been the face of Linux. For many of us, it was the first distro that we ever tried. But sometimes you outgrow your first love. That's what happened to me and Ubuntu. Here are five key reasons I decided to move on.

Many people say they would switch to Linux if it weren't for the lack of some Windows-exclusive apps. In my case, it’s the opposite. There are quite a few Linux-only apps that I love, and more are popping up now than at any time in recent memory. Whenever I use anything other than Linux, these are the apps that I miss.

USB-C is finally making its way into everything, and I'm all for it. It's no longer just a cable for phones and laptops. There are all sorts of wild things you can power with a USB-C cable, and I recently bought three items that I never knew I needed.

Are you in the market for an ice maker? Even if not, you should be. It’s all too easy to see how quickly ice can disappear from the ice trays during a meal or get-together, and it’s not exactly easy to replace it.

Throughout the 2010s, The Hunger Games dominated pop culture, as Suzanne Collins' dystopian tale of teens forced to fight to the death for entertainment made the leap to the big screen and became one of the most successful movie adaptations of a book.

Sporty sedans are perfect for gearheads who still need a bit of practicality. They pack powerful engines, handle corners with confidence, and still have room for four people plus a decent trunk.

If an old Samsung Galaxy phone is collecting dust in your drawer, or you have just switched to a new phone and don't know what to do with your old faithful Galaxy, here are eight ways to repurpose it.

Your inbox is about to look a lot different. Google has slowly trickled out some Gemini tools to Gmail, but the floodgates are being opened. AI Overviews, proofreading, and a fully AI Inbox are coming to Gmail starting today.