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Do you use Linux Mint but feel like you’re not getting the most out of it? Or maybe you think Mint is too basic for serious work. Whether you’re a student or a working professional, these three Cinnamon applets can help you become more productive on Linux Mint.

Car culture and PC culture share more vocabulary than you’d think—often entire concepts lifted straight from automotive engineering. Here are nine common PC terms that came directly from car culture, and how their meanings shifted (or stayed the same) when they drifted over.

There's a reason why Outlook is one of the most widely used email providers. But it's even better when you know how to get around it better.

You may think that Android's USB debugging feature, hidden within the developer options, is only for developers. But it can be very useful for just about anyone and could very well save your data someday. To do that, you'll need to have enabled the feature beforehand.

Last year, wireless charging for Android devices received a boost thanks to Qi2. The Galaxy S25 was one of the first to support this new standard, but Samsung infamously left out one of its biggest features: magnetic wireless charging—a.k.a. “MagSafe.” The Galaxy S26 series is making the same mistake.

Got an old Android phone sitting unused in a drawer? By installing an open-source ROM, you can bring it bang up to date and give it a whole new lease of life. That's what I did with my old Motorola phone. Here's how it went.

A non-working NVMe drive can be alarming. Not only are NVMe SSDs expensive, but if it was previously working and your system now won’t recognize it, it could also put your data at risk.

Working as a developer doesn't mean you always code. Often, you're assigned boring, mundane tasks. Be it converting data formats, encoding and decoding data, or validating their structure, jumping from tool to tool is cumbersome. That's where Dev Toolbox comes into play.

If you’ve been shopping for a Prius because of its affordable starting price, but dream of something more refined and luxurious, the used market has an intriguing alternative. For roughly the same price you’d pay for a new Prius, you can step into a German sedan with premium appointments, thoughtful design, and the kind of build quality usually reserved for higher price brackets. It’s a rare opportunity to get true luxury without stretching your budget.

You're probably familiar with the most common ways to trigger automations in Home Assistant. You can trigger an automation when the state of an entity changes, when you press a button, when presence is detected, or at a specific time of day. Today we're going to take at some lesser-known triggers that can be just as useful.

BYROW is the gold standard for row-based math in Excel. By housing your formulas in one spilled range, you eliminate the risk of manual overrides, keep your files lean, and make your data more scalable. It's the easiest way to turn a fragile, messy workbook into a robust tool that actually works.

The one thing that slows me down (or at least used to slow me down) was having to look up documentation or commands while working with Termux. So I found a way to bring an AI assistant (not a coding agent) into Termux. Now I can look up commands and search for stuff on the fly without leaving the terminal. It's helping me learn Termux faster and saves me the trouble of switching between apps.

Most people getting into Linux just use Ubuntu, but there are a lot of other distros out there. One of them is Fedora, which is actually pretty cool.

Luxury and frugality don’t usually go hand in hand. Most people assume a luxury vehicle comes with indulgence, not savings—but some SUVs are proving you can have both.

Today's the big day: Home Assistant 2026.2 is now rolling out. It includes a new default Home Dashboard, a redesigned quick search, opt-in data collection for the new device database, and much more.

As streaming has become the preferred way to listen to music, buying physical CDs has grown less common. Yet this isn’t new; physical music purchases began to decline when digital downloads became available through services like iTunes.

Visual Studio Code releases major updates once a month, and right on schedule, version 1.109 is now rolling out to desktop platforms. It's the continuation of Microsoft's push for making VS Code "the home for multi-agent development," but there are some non-AI improvements as well.

In a segment crowded with practical four-doors, one affordable family sedan has quietly built a reputation for reliability that outpaces many of its rivals. While competitors focus on style, tech, or brand prestige, this model delivers consistently dependable performance and low ownership costs, making it a smart choice for buyers who want peace of mind alongside everyday usability.

The old-school flashlight is legendary. It was heavy, dependable, and ate up those big, bulky D-cell batteries. I used to think the weight of a metal tube meant quality, and that the sputtering yellow glow from an incandescent bulb showed you were really ready for anything. In reality, these old flashlights that seem so dependable are outdated.

The Discord messaging application is getting a much-needed speed boost on desktop platforms. There are also new improvements to screenshots and game streams, a new way to share times, and much more.