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This weekend, we’ve set you up with some engrossing drama series to watch on Amazon Prime Video. Each features a well-structured, character-driven narrative in an immersive world of deeply flawed personalities, solid performances, and strong thematic depth. They’re guaranteed to strike a bingeworthy chord of connection.

One of the primary issues people face when using Microsoft Word is how the program deals with formatting. At times, it seems the program has a mind of its own! However, many of these frustrations can be solved by displaying non-printing characters.

This weekend is the Super Bowl for cinema. Sunday marks the 98th Academy Awards, and by all accounts, it should be an unpredictable show. One Battle After Another and Sinners are set to duel it out in 11 different categories, including the night's top prize, Best Picture. Other categories to keep an eye on are Best Actor, featuring Timothée Chalamet versus Michael B. Jordan, and Best Supporting Actress.

The floppy ruled removable storage for decades, but it quickly became too small and spurred on many pretenders to the throne. Yet while many tried to topple the floppy from its throne, it clung on far longer than you'd expect.

America’s appetite for SUVs isn’t slowing down, and Toyota is leaning into it with a whole lineup of high-riding family haulers. Among them is a three-row model that’s quietly putting up some impressive numbers in the brand’s early-2026 sales reports.

If you're looking to curate your Netflix watch list, what better place to start than with the titles that swept the awards at their peak? From Oscar-winning movies to Emmy-winning shows, the platform has many decorated titles to choose from.

Apple surprised no one (and surprised us all at the same time) with the MacBook Neo announcement. This low-priced laptop is a showcase of modern tech prowess though, in ways you probably didn’t realize. The MacBook Neo is powered by the same processor in your iPhone 16 Pro.

When I use Linux, I practically live in the terminal. As with any living space, I like to add my own touch when I move into a new place. Here are the apps I install on a new system to make it feel like home.

One of the biggest benefits of Zigbee devices is that many of them are battery-powered, allowing you to place them almost anywhere. The downside is that when the batteries die, so do your sensors, so it's important to keep track of battery levels. Here's how I manage it as a Home Assistant veteran with more devices than I can count.

For cinema lovers across the world, the most anticipated weekend of the year is finally here. This year's Academy Awards will celebrate the incredible films of 2025 and the talent behind them in a grand ceremony, cherishing filmmaking, acting, production, music, and more.

When I was but a wee young computer nerd, there was a mythical master among us who could make "crossover" Ethernet cables. This cable could connect two computers with no switch or router, and was perfect for two-player LAN gaming.

Saving files online was once a novelty. Now this is expected behavior. Yet I personally opt out of using cloud storage. There are other options that don't require me to store my data on someone else's PC.

It's no secret that the Milwaukee PACKOUT system is the king of modular rollable storage for all your tools. However, Harbor Freight just released an upgraded version of its budget-friendly alternative, and for only $70, it looks impressively rugged and packed with features.

Apple debuted its affordable MacBook Neo earlier this month. For more than a decade, the company's laptops have been difficult to repair due to glued-down batteries, soldered ports, and layers of adhesive tape. It turns out that the MacBook Neo is a very different story. A teardown video shared by Australian YouTuber repair channel Tech Re-Nu shows the entry-level notebook from the brand being completely disassembled in just six minutes.

The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge came out a decade ago. While the two have nothing on the brand-new Galaxy S26 family when it comes to computing power, hardware specs, or camera quality, there are still more than a few areas where the Galaxy S26 falls behind its ten-year-old cousin.

Stay strong, the weekend is here—and that means more homelab projects! This weekend, you should get a Jellyfin server going, set up Syncthing for backups, and even deploy Speedtest Tracker—you’ll thank me later.

Running a NAS is becoming a popular pastime, and part of the appeal is that you can get out of paying for a cloud storage subscription for the rest of eternity. At least, that's the idea, but what about the reality?

For decades, PivotTables have been the undisputed king of data summarization in Excel. But as useful as they can be, they've always felt like an "app-within-an-app." They live in their own layer, have their own quirky menus, and don't always play nice with the rest of your formulas.

Hybrid vehicles promise lower fuel costs and improved efficiency, but they often come with a higher purchase price than their gasoline-only counterparts. For many buyers, that raises a simple but important question: will the fuel savings eventually make up for the extra money spent upfront? The answer depends on several factors, including fuel prices, driving habits, and the efficiency gap between hybrid and non-hybrid models.

Linux Mint is one of the most user-friendly Linux distros available, and by memorizing a few simple shortcuts, you can make it even better.