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The KDE development team promoted last week that it was making several small but meaningful changes and fixes for KDE Plasma 6.6.0 and 6.5.5. One of those fixes will address a thorn in my side I've had for over a year: power management changes during sleep.

There’s a lot to be excited about where HBO Max’s January lineup of new content is concerned. For starters, the streamer is kicking off the New Year with the major anniversary celebration that is the release of The Pitt, season two, exactly one year to the day after season one premiered. Also, the new Game of Thrones prequel is in store for us, as are two new HBO Original documentaries, season 4 of Industry, and season 24 of Real Time with Bill Maher. We’ll also see the debut of two big A24 films.

A new, fully local voice control application called EasySpeak has arrived on the Linux desktop, with accessibility and hands-free control for users running modern GNOME environments. Developed by Matt Hartley, EasySpeak is free, open source, and designed to turn voice commands into action.

Are you still buying those cheap throw-away printers every time you need to print a book report? Yes, they’re cheap, but they end up costing you way more money than you think they do.

NVIDIA just dropped a massive list of updates at the CES trade show, but the biggest news is the immediate availability of G-SYNC Pulsar monitors. These deliver a truly tear-free gaming experience alongside a perceived effective motion clarity of over 1,000Hz.

If you’re running Home Assistant on a server that’s not easily accessible, you might be interested in making the platform’s files more easily accessible via a network share. This is pretty easy to do, and gives you quick access to files you might want to edit or copy elsewhere.

You'd think that buying a graphics card should be as straightforward as buying anything else. You pick it, you pay for it, you wait for it to arrive, and there you go—a brand-new GPU is in your hands.

Valve has released the results of its Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, and they show Linux continuing to gain ground and reaching record highs among the Steam userbase. Meanwhile, the share of Windows users is reducing.

The latest Toyota Prius is still a solid option, even in a market obsessed with SUVs. It shows there’s still a place for affordable, efficient hatchbacks, but its more upscale direction also means the interior doesn’t always feel as premium as the price suggests.

I run Android apps on my Windows machine from time to time. Sometimes it's just better to play a video game on a big monitor with better hardware. Other times, I just want to access certain apps that aren't available on the desktop. For example, my bank has a great mobile app but a terrible website, so I prefer running the Android app on my computer instead. Here's how I do it.

As useful as a NAS can be, it's also hardware that's really expensive to set up—a good NAS with several terabytes of storage might cost more than your PC did. So you definitely don't want any of those drives failing and sacrificing your data.

I never leave the house without a few essential items. I'm talking about my smartphone, wallet, keys, along with my daily carry pocket knife and a flashlight. I've tested dozens of flashlights over the years, and after seeing this particular model go viral on social media, I decided to pick one up. Now, I'm confident in saying it's the best $20 I've spent in a long time.

Whether you're a frequent traveler or an occasional vacationer, Wi-Fi is usually an annoyance. It's always a pain to log your devices into a hotel's network, and in some cases, it can actually be a security risk. Thankfully, these travel woes can be solved with a simple, affordable travel router.

Linux has a reputation for reviving old hardware, but it's surprising just how old that hardware can be. There's a modern Linux distribution that packs the entire kernel, a file system, and a graphical environment into just 20MB. It's called Tiny Core Linux, and it can even run on hardware from the 90s. Here's everything this tiny operating system can do.

Linux has a reputation for reviving old hardware, but it's surprising just how old that hardware can be. There's a modern Linux distribution that packs the entire kernel, a file system, and a graphical environment into just 20MB. It's called Tiny Core Linux, and it can even run on hardware from the 90s. Here's everything this tiny operating system can do.

Dell just revealed the UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor, which the company says is the world's first 52-inch ultrawide curved 6K monitor with IPS Black technology. You will be paying a high price for all those pixels, though.

Dell just revealed the UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor, which the company says is the world's first 52-inch ultrawide curved 6K monitor with IPS Black technology. You will be paying a high price for all those pixels, though.

I've spent a lot of time listening to music from a single smart speaker in my home office. While the sound quality is okay, there's only so much a single speaker can do. I recently acquired a ten-year-old hi-fi system, and the difference is night and day.

Linux Mint is known for being intuitive and beginner-friendly, but did you know it packs one of the most powerful gesture systems in the Linux ecosystem? Here's a closer look at Cinnamon’s built-in gestures and how they outshine other desktop environments.

Some iconic phones, like the iPhone 4, light the world on fire and have sales numbers to match. Others may not have sold as many units, but they’re no less beloved. Ask an Android user what the best looking phone of that era was, and most will tell you the same thing—the HTC One M7.