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NotebookLM, Google's AI-powered research and learning assistant, has added a bunch of new features. The platform can act like a tutor now, with Flashcards, Quizzes, a redesigned Reports function, and a "Learning Guide" conversational style.

Back in March, the founder of Pebble announced the much-loved e-paper smartwatch would return. After all these months, it's finally happening. Pebble 2 Duo is officially in mass production, and you might get to have one on your wrist this month—with a catch.

LineageOS is (probably) the most popular Android custom ROM, bringing a stock-like experience and longer support to many phones and tablets. The project has recently added official support for 10 more phones, including the OnePlus 12 and original Moto G Stylus 5G.

Are you ready to embrace the all-digital life? I am. In the digital world we live in, sometimes it can be nice to go back to physical mediums. That’s not for me. Instead, I’m an all-digital, all-the-time kinda guy, and these are the five things I refuse to go back to physical on.

Rack-mount servers seem like the best solution for a powerful homelab, right? That’s what I thought—but I was so wrong. I recently decommissioned two of my rack-mount servers in favor of a single desktop-based server, and it was the best change I’ve made to my homelab in years.

The past few weeks haven't been the best for Plex. After the company disclosed a catastrophic vulnerability in its client, it has now suffered a breach. Surprisingly, the two things are not related.

When was the last time you bartered for something? Last week? Last month? Never? You should totally start bartering. I recently used the barter system to get a new Kindle and a photo printer, and it inspired me to barter more. Here’s why you should use the barter system more (and why I wish more people used it in general)

Google's fancy new Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro are finally available, and users are taking advantage of its many new features, from a powerful Pro Res Zoom and Magic Cue to Google's new Daily Hub. Unfortunately, the latter feature isn't all that great, and Google's removed it from phones until further notice.

If you’ve been thinking about getting an electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV), this is a gentle reminder that the federal tax credit of up to $7,500 is set to expire on September 30, 2025.

Watching TV. A simple pastime that once involved nothing more than turning on the television and flipping through a handful of broadcast TV stations before settling on something to stare at for a few hours. Then came cable, and now subscription-based media streaming platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, and others, that are funneled into your home over the internet.

It’s 1993, and the Holiday season is in full swing. Mrs. Doubtfire is on the big screen, and Doom is about to become an overnight smash hit. However, a 5-year-old boy has his heart set on something else. A movie prop that became a real toy—the Talkboy Deluxe.

Want to play Windows games on your Linux computer but don't know where to start? Did you hear some Linux distros are better suited for gaming but don't know which ones to try? Well, here's a list going over the five best Linux distros that can help you play AAA Windows games.

All-button controllers promise greater precision, speed, and comfort, particularly for fighting games. Although its use cases have limits, the 8BitDo Arcade Controller is an affordable and, more importantly, quality way to game in this unique way.

Signal has managed to position itself as a strong competitor to WhatsApp and similar apps, but it lacks one very important thing—cloud backups. Now, we have them, though they work a bit differently from how backups work in other apps.

The PlayStation Store is full of games, and a surprising number of them are free to play. Not all are worth your time, however, so we’ve taken the liberty of rounding up a few of our favorites.

We all need charging cables, and the costs can add up quickly. So it's tempting to simply order the cheapest cables you can find and call it a day. However, saving a few dollars on charging cables can end up costing you much more than it saves you in the short term.

If you need a new work computer and have a tight budget of only $400, it might seem like an impossible task. However, if you know where and how to spend your money, you can build a surprisingly capable workstation setup. Here’s what I’d do with that budget.

Ever wondered what the Linux ip command might be able to do for you? Maybe you're just getting into Linux terminal work or network management. Let me walk you through some basic examples of the ip command at work.

I'm not much of an online multiplayer gamer, preferring to play single-player games, or sticking to local multiplayer with people I know.

This year marked the first-ever international sporting event to feature humanoid robots as athletes. These robots, with some help from the humans behind their creation, competed against each other in the World Humanoid Robot Games to showcase the athletic and practical abilities these machines possess.