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If you've seen just about any Superman movie, you'll know that Superman's people, the Kryptonians, make heavy use of crystals in their fictional technology. Including the storage of memories and even entire minds within them. When the writers first conceived of this idea, it seemed like mystical sci-fi hand-waving, but now it's essentially real.

Who needs text-based prompts when you can simply talk to your favorite AI? Voice interaction is the hot new feature that developers are scrambling to add to their models, with ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode, Copilot's Natural Voice Interaction, and Gemini Live leading the way.

As promised, Samsung is now rolling out One UI for its 2023 line of smart TVs. Bundled with the Tizen OS 8.0 update, One UI transplants Samsung's smartphone design language to the big screen. It also introduces several new smart TV features.

OLED TVs have long been synonymous with exceptional picture quality. And with the arrival of the QD-OLED tech, they have only gotten better. However, which OLED TVs stand out and deserve your money? Let's find out.

Video games can be a great way to spend time with your kidsovercoming challenges and completing objectives (even digital ones) together is satisfying and, more importantly, fun! Also, the Switch is great for local co-opnot only does the console come with two (admittedly limited) controllers out of the box, but Nintendo has always been the go-to option for couch multiplayer.

Samsung's Frame TV is renowned for its ability to emulate a real painting. Now, a collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art brings 27 ultra-famous paintings to The Frame, but only if you're willing to join a new subscription.

It's a meme that DOOM, the classic 90s shooter, has been ported to everything from pregnancy tests to McDonalds kiosk screens, but now we have Quandoom: a version of DOOM designed to run on quantum computer hardware. Except it can't yet. It's complicated.

Are you hoping to avoid yet another subscription? Rather than opting for a Ring Protect or Nest Aware plan, buy a smart doorbell that gives you options instead. Heres how to avoid the ongoing fees.

The Elgato Stream Deck has carved out its own niche over the years, but it's about to get some competition with Logitech's latest product.

Video generation is slowly getting to the point where, not only can it produce solid results, but it can be accessed by those who are not-so technically inclined. Now, Adobe's Firefly generative video component is finally going live in Premiere Pro.

After nearly a week of downtime, the Internet Archive is back online in a "provisional, read-only manner." You're free to trawl the Wayback Machine, though the Archive's broader collection of documents and software is still inaccessible.

Open-world games are heaps of fun. Who doesn't want to explore a huge map filled with activities, treasures, and easter eggs? However, with so many new releases boasting a big open world, the market is starting to feel saturated. Maybe it's time for more traditional linear video games to make a comeback.

Adobe now offers Frame.io V4 for both free and paid customers. The collaborative video and photo platform has been completely overhauled in its V4 release, especially when it comes to Camera to Cloud (C2C) functionality.

A recent incident, described in a personal blog by Sam Mitrovic, shows how AI-powered scam calls are becoming harder to discern. Mitrovic received a series of suspicious notifications and phone calls that mimicked legitimate Google communicationa threat that could have led to the loss of his Google account.

Some PDFs are encrypted with a password that you need to enter any time you view the document. There are many ways to remove a password, but most methods assume you know the password to the encrypted PDF. Here are two ways to remove a password from a PDF with built-in tools or third-party software.

With various tools available at your disposal, you no longer have to manually copy text from the images on your computer. You can use Windows 11s built-in or free third-party tools to extract and copy text from pictures. Ill show you how to use those tools.

Windows Security, built into Windows 11, eliminates the need for a third-party security app. While the default Windows Securitysettings are sufficient for most situations, Ive made these five changes to the Windows Security settings for optimal security.

Like millions of other people, you now own a 4K television. With at least four times the pixels of your old non-4K set, I bet it all looks great, but are you actually getting the most out of those pixels? I think there are a few things every person should check on their 4K sets to make sure you're getting the experience you've paid for.

If you're interested in getting a Surface device, the two main options to pick from are the Surface Laptop and the Surface Pro. Despite being similarly powerful, you should be aware of a slew of differences setting apart the two lines if you're in the market for one or the other.

I have loved my time with handheld Windows gaming computers a lot, but there's no doubt that the whole experience feels a little slapped together. The main problem is, of course, Windows itself, but assuming that Bill and his crew can get it together, your current handheld might get a lot better overnight.