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Modern smartphones are expensive devices, and if you're not careful, the costs can spiral even further. There are some common smartphone habits that could be costing you a significant amount of money.

It's fair to say that streaming has completely revolutionized the way that many of us consume media. While streaming offers convenience, there are some key reasons why owning physical media is still superior.

This week, a message popped up on my wife's Facebook page. It asked her if she wanted to continue seeing ads on Facebook and Instagram, or whether she would prefer to remove ads by paying a monthly fee. I was intrigued by how much Meta was charging for the ad-free service.

SNL hasn't hesitated to evoke Epstein, and last night's Weekend Update was no different.

Anchor Colin Jost mentioned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's comparison of ICE's presence in the state to the Nazi occupation described in Holocaust victim Anne Frank's diaries. "But remember, this administration has always ignored the stories told by young girls," Jost said as the photo switched to one of Epstein. The audience ooohed so hard that Jost himself had a visual reaction.

Weekend Update was full of other political references this week, including the killing of Alex Pretti and the release of the Melania documentary.

Winter is tough on your car. Snow and ice make driving more challenging, cold temperatures can cause starting issues, and, more often than not, frozen doors leave you scrambling to find another way to get to work in the early morning hours.

Own a Kindle Scribe and looking for avenues to use it beyond reading and jotting down notes? Here are eight things you can do with it that go beyond its battle-tested use cases.

Do you still pay for third-party antivirus software like Norton or McAfee? You may be surprised to learn that there’s no real benefit to doing so. Software like this is mostly obsolete today.

Former SNL cast member Pete Davidson returned to 30 Rock last night as the White House's Border Czar, Tom Homan, whose name has been in the news a lot in recent weeks, considering the surge of ICE in Minnesota.

In usual fashion, SNL tried to make light of the horrors we're seeing on our screens daily, this time referencing the shooting of American citizens, the arrest of journalist Don Lemon, and ICE's use of force.

"I'm Tom Homan, okay?" Davidson's Homan said, trying not to break character. "I'm the 'separating families at the border' guy. I'm the 'on film taking a $50,000 bribe' guy, and y'all are making me look like the upstanding, reasonable adult in the room. That's crazy!"

SNL also took the opportunity to take another jab at the Epstein files, saying that the White House's Minneapolis operation was meant to distract from that initial drop, while the latest Epstein files released Friday are, ironically, distracting from Minneapolis.

In recent weeks, Microsoft has focused on improving Excel's end-to-end efficiency. Whether you're looking to create complex files more efficiently, import data via formulas and clean it in the cloud, get help to fix errors, or send your analysis as PDF reports, these updates are set to transform your February workflow.

Self-hosting is both an entertaining hobby if you like computers, and a reasonable way to save a few dollars if you swap out your subscription services for something you host yourself. It does come with a bit of risk, however, if you put your self-hosted services online so they're accessible from the internet. I was curious about what kind of attacks my server was getting, so I set up a honeypot to see what happened.

Home Assistant can feel intimidating, especially when there are a whole bunch of extra terms that you need to understand. Here’s a cheat sheet so that you can quickly get up to speed.

Adult content creator platform OnlyFans is in talks to sell nearly 60 percent of its business to Architect Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

The deal would be valued at around $3.5 billion, putting OnlyFans' valuation at $5.5 billion, including debt. The platform brings in almost $1.6 billion in annual net revenue, according to a presentation seen by the Wall Street Journal.

The presentation also apparently stated that Architect sees a way to build an infrastructure at OnlyFans to pay "under-banked" creators. For years, some adult creators have claimed to be financially discriminated against and debanked, or have had their accounts closed at financial institutions, due to their work being "high risk."

The firm also believes that OnlyFans has an opportunity to go public in 2028, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Tech firm Fenix International currently owns OnlyFans, with Leonid Radvinsky as the majority owner. In May 2025, the New York Post reported that Radvinsky wanted to sell OnlyFans but was having trouble finding buyers.

The news comes days after the latest class action lawsuit was filed against OnlyFans. The complaint claims that OnlyFans "baits and switches" customers by offering all a creator's content after they pay a subscription, only to be met with upselling behind the paywall.

Linux has a somewhat contradictory reputation. On the one hand, it's known as a rock-solid operating system that never goes wrong and offers countless hours of uptime. On the other hand, it's also known for being easy to break in the wrong hands when you start digging around under the hood.

We tend to think of the M.2 NVMe slots on our computer motherboards as "SSD" slots used only for storage. However, fundamentally, these are just a different form factor for the PCIe slots we plug all sorts of peripherals into. Most of the time these days, an M.2 NVMe slot offers four lanes of PCIe connectivity, which makes it equivalent to a PCIe 4X slot in its full-size form.

When we think "high-tech" we tend to think of devices like smartphones that have a short life cycle. When it comes to home appliances that we don't replace often, it can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the latest washing machines, vacuums, stoves, and other mundane devices are still pretty much the same as they've always been.

Among all automakers today, there is a renewed focus on customer service and the dealership experience. Not unlike many industries, legacy auto manufacturers and their dealer networks face the same headwinds in attracting consumers. They are competing against emerging brands, negative public perceptions, and the background noise of everyday life.

If you don't have $100 (or more) for a standalone Windows license, then you can download any distro of Linux for free right now and have a working computer in just a few minutes. However, the cost of something can be measured in more than just dollar bills, and there are more than a few ways Linux ends up costing you more than a commercial operating system like Windows or macOS.

Paramount+ has released its February lineup, and tucked amongst all the glowing mid-season TV premieres are new shows and movies worth highlighting. Most notably, the month kicks off with the 68th Annual Grammy Awards and features the series finale of Showtime’s frantically thrilling character study Coldwater.

Tired of your laptop crawling with Windows updates? Considering switching to Linux on your laptop but overwhelmed by hundreds of distro options? Well, here are the three best Linux distros for laptops that promise excellent hardware compatibility and user experience.

I adore books, and not just reading them. I mean, I truly adore the physical nature of books. How they smell, how they feel to read, and I like seeing them on a shelf. It's a promise of knowledge or adventure to come. As I write this, I own a few hundred physical books. Enough to take up three or four moderate bookshelves, and a few boxes on top of that.