When you're planning an SFF build, you're probably thinking about saving desk space, going for a unique look, or crafting a compact machine for your streaming server or home lab. While each of these is a noble pursuit, going SFF has many other benefits that not all people realize, until they're well into the process of building one.

Apple reported its latest quarterly earnings on Wednesday under the backdrop of a court ruling that’s poised to upend the company’s App Store business and tariff uncertainty that could spur price increases for devices including the iPhone. At least on this occasion, Apple’s revenue numbers weren’t top of mind for tech industry onlookers like they ordinarily would be. Still, overall revenue in fiscal Q2 2025 was $95.4 billion — a 5 percent jump compared to the year-ago quater — and services reached another all-time high. The iPhone, Mac, and iPad businesses all performed well thanks to new products; the iPad was particularly strong, with revenue up 15 percent year over year.In recent months, Apple has released hardware including new MacBook Airs, a more powerful Mac Studio, and the refreshed iPad Air tablet. And the iPhone 16E, designed to compete with lower-cost smartphones, debuted in February. But Apple’s software team has been going through a rough patch following a series of stumbles and embarrassments. The company’s attempts to build out its own artificial intelligence capabilities that rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and other leaders in the category have been slow going. In early March, long-promised improvements to the company’s Siri assistant were delayed. Apple is rumored to be integrating Google’s Gemini to its Apple Intelligence software suite this fall to help keep pace.Meanwhile, the effect of President Trump’s tariffs are already reverberating across many industries, but Cook downplayed any major impacts in an interview with CNBC. He pointed to Apple’s well-distributed supply chain and manufacturing operation as a potential buffer. “If you look at the US, over half of the US sales of iPhone come from India,” he said. “If you look at the other products, Mac and iPad and AirPods and the Watch, almost all of the country of origin is Vietnam.” Much has been made about the possibility of Apple’s next iPhone lineup getting a price hike. “With an iPhone, you really have to go a step lower and look at the individual parts and where they come from,” he said.  Apple is also navigating significant legal battles. In a Wednesday ruling, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers excoriated Apple executives including CEO Tim Cook for deliberately trying to limit and mollify a 2021 ruling intended to loosen the iPhone maker’s grip over the App Store. Apple has appealed Rogers’ order, but if it holds, companies including Epic, Spotify, and Patreon are planning to seize the opportunity to more freely sidestep Apple’s in-app payments and steer users to the web.

Apart from writing articles online, I also make videos that I upload to YouTube. Making videos involves recording the video first and then editing it before uploading it online. Since I am a one-person team, I have to carry out these tasks quickly and efficiently to ensure my videos go out on time, and I don't spend too much time working on a single video. While I can't really do much when recording the video, I've found that an optimized video editing workflow can certainly speed things up.

High-temperature 3D printing lets you create parts that withstand severe heat, wear, and chemical exposure. The capabilities of materials like polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyether amide (PEI, or Ultem), and carbon fiber-filled nylons go far beyond what PLA or PETG can offer. No wonder more makers are starting to explore this side of the hobby.

Respawn Entertainment, the developer of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor for consoles and PC, has announced that it was canceling two projects that were in early development. In doing so, the studio stated that it was refocusing its efforts away from the canceled projects towards development of the upcoming sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, as well as new content for Apex Legends. By doing this, a number of employees have been moved around to other projects.

Anyone that was looking forward to playing Lost Soul Aside on PC and PlayStation 5 may need to have more patience. The developer Ultizero Games has decided to push the release of the game back a few months, changing the release date from May 29th to August 29th, 2025. For some, the delay is only a minor setback for a highly anticipated game.

We've called DJI's baby steadicam "almost everything I wanted my iPhone camera to be" and one of our favorite gadgets of 2023, but it's just become a harder product to recommend. In April, DJI quietly hiked the US price of the camera from $519 to $619. Now, DJI has hiked the price again, officially listing the camera at $799 in the US.That's a $280 price hike in just two months, a 54 percent increase, and the company says it's not a mistake. "The price you saw today is the current price," DJI spokesperson Daisy Kong tells The Verge. We're seeing that US retailers have already updated their listings.DJI's "Creator Combo" has risen in price even more. The kit, which adds loads of useful accessories including a modular extended battery handle and one of the company's excellent Mic 2 wireless lav microphones, is now listed at $979, up from the original $669 list price it had maintained before April. (It quietly rose to $799 around the beginning of April.)Is this the impact of Trump's tariffs on China? DJI is a Chinese company, after all, but it says things aren't as clear-cut as that. Tariffs "are certainly among the key considerations," the company tells The Verge by email, but …Read the full story at The Verge.

In Amazon’s Q1 2025 earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy touched on the potential impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs, and he seems to think that Amazon won’t be affected too harshly.People are “buying a lot of their everyday essentials at Amazon” and the company has “extremely large selections” and “hundreds of millions of SKUs,” Jassy says, which means that “we’re often able to weather challenging conditions better than others.”While “none of us knows exactly where tariffs will settle or when,” Jassy says that “we haven’t seen any attenuation of demand yet.” The company has also seen “some heightened buying in certain categories that may indicate stocking up in advance of any potential tariff impact.” And, according to Jassy, the “company hasn’t seen “the average selling price of retail items appreciably go up yet” and that “most sellers just haven’t changed pricing yet.”Here’s Jassy’s full statement on tariffs from his opening earnings remarks.I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the prospect of heightened tariffs on our stores business. Obviously, none of us knows exactly where tariffs will settle or when. We haven’t seen any attenuation of demand yet. To some extent, we’ve seen some heightened buying in certain categories that may indicate stocking up in advance of any potential tariff impact.We also have not seen the average selling price of retail items appreciably go up yet. Some of this reflects some forward buying we did in our first party selling, but some of that reflects some advanced inbounding our third party sellers have done. But a fair amount of this is that most sellers just haven’t changed pricing yet. Again, this could change, depending on where tariffs settle.Amazon is not uniquely susceptible to tariffs, as it relates to China, retailers who aren’t flying directly from China are typically buying from companies who themselves are buying from China, marking these items up, rebranding, and selling to US consumers. These retailers are buying the product at a higher price than Chinese sellers selling directly to US consumers in our marketplace, so the total tariff will be higher for these retailers than for China direct sellers.It’s also sometimes easy to forget what Amazon sells. We’re not mostly selling high average selling price items, though we certainly sell a bunch. In the first quarter, our everyday essentials grew more than twice as fast as the rest of our business, and represented one out of every three units sold in the US on Amazon. Even if you exclude Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh, Amazon is one of the largest grocers in the US with over $100 billion in gross sales last year. People are buying a lot of their everyday essentials at Amazon.We also have extremely large selections, hundreds of millions of unique SKUs, which means we’re often able to weather challenging conditions better than others. When there are periods of discontinuity, substantial, unexpected product trends emerge. Think about the pandemic, when items like masks and sanitizer became big sellers. When you have the broadest selection like we do, and two million plus global sellers like we do, you’re better positioned to help customers find whatever items matter to them and lower price points than elsewhere.Finally, when there are uncertain environments, customers tend to choose the provider they trust most. Given our really broad selection, low pricing, and speedy delivery, we have emerged from these uncertain arrows with more relative market segment share than we started, and better set up for the future. I’m optimistic this could happen again.

Turning a Raspberry Pi into a home automation powerhouse wasn’t something I expected to enjoy as much as I do. But once I got started, I couldn’t stop adding new ways to control and customize the surrounding environment. These five projects have become daily tools I rely on, not just cool tech experiments. They save time, add convenience, and give me total control over my space, all without tying me to any cloud services or monthly fees.

After years of testing and validation, Aurora says its first fully autonomous tractor-trailers are operating on public highways in Texas. The company’s Class 8 trucks are now making customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston, having already completed 1,200 miles “without a driver,” Aurora said. The clients for these initial trips are Uber Freight, the ridehailing company’s trucking brokerage, and Hirschbach Motor Lines, a carrier that delivers time- and temperature-sensitive freight. Aurora CEO Chris Urmson said he rode in the backseat during the first truck’s inaugural ride, which he called “the honor of a lifetime.”“We founded Aurora to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly,” Urmson said in a statement. “Now, we are the first company to successfully and safely operate a commercial driverless trucking service on public roads.”Aurora said it plans to expand its driverless service to El Paso and Phoenix by the end of 2025.Driverless trucks were once expected to precede robotaxis and personally owned autonomous vehicles in mass adoption, considering that highways are vastly less complex than city and residential streets. But self-driving truck operators have run into hurdles involving the technology and regulation that have delayed their public debut. Some companies, like Embark Trucks, TuSimple, and Locomation, have gone out of business, while others have cut plans to deploy driverless trucks as timelines have stretched into the future and funding has dried up.Moreover, public opinion toward autonomous vehicles has trended downward, thanks in part to missteps of companies like Tesla and Cruise. But like Waymo, Aurora has placed its hopes on a measured, conservative approach to commercialization, as well as an emphasis on safety. Founded in 2017 by alumni of Uber, Tesla, and Waymo, Aurora had planned to deploy its fully autonomous trucks in 2024. But those plans got delayed until this year, with the company continuing to tweak its autonomous system for surface-street driving and construction sites. Aurora says its technology presents a possible solution to the challenges currently facing the trucking industry, such as a trucker shortage, high turnover rates, and increasingly expensive operating costs. The company says its system can address these specific problems, while also reducing labor costs and heightening safety on the highway. Aurora has spent four years conducting supervised pilot hauls, mostly in Texas, where it delivered over 10,000 customer loads across 3 million autonomous miles. The company says it has also demonstrated capabilities, such as predicting red light runners, avoiding collisions, and detecting pedestrians in the dark hundreds of meters away. And it has forged partnerships with a bunch of leading players in the trucking industry, including Continental, Volvo, Uber, and others. The need to start charging customers for deliveries is evident if you look at Aurora’s earnings. In its most recent report, the company reported a net loss of $748 million for 2024, down from $796 million the previous year. While the loss decreased, Aurora’s revenue estimates have declined. Aurora expects to report its first quarter earnings on May 8th.

Anker’s 45W Nano charger is pocketable yet powerful.If you need a svelte USB-C charger that won’t weigh you down on your commute or your next flight, Anker’s new 45W Nano charger is on sale for the first time at Amazon, where you can pick it up in either black or white as part of a lightning deal for $25.99 ($9 off).At 1.45 inches long and weighing just 52 grams, Anker’s latest Nano charger is easy to slip into your pocket, bag, or laptop sleeve. Its single USB-C port is capable of delivering 45W to a wide range of devices, allowing you to charge everything from smartphones and tablets to laptops and handheld gaming consoles. And with Samsung Super Fast Charging support, you can juice phones like Samsung’s S25 Ultra to around 70 percent capacity in roughly 30 minutes or provide a full charge in just under an hour (according to Anker).Additionally, the lightweight charger ships with a six-foot USB-C cable, allowing you to start charging directly out of the box. It also comes with Anker’s welcome 18-month warranty, so if anything goes wrong, the company will replace or repair your charger at no additional cost.Three more deals worth a lookAs a part of its ongoing Mother’s Day sale, the 10-inch version of one of our Mother’s Day gift guide picks — the Skylight Calendar — is on sale for $139.99 ($30 off) directly from Skylight. You can also pick up the 15-inch model for $269.99 (also $30 off) from Skylight, or for $10 more from Best Buy. Not only can the Wi-Fi-connected smart calendar display your family’s schedules from Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud at a glance, but it also doubles as a hub for showcasing grocery lists, chores, and other tasks. Read our review of the 27-inch Max model.Now through May 30th, Woot is selling the Beats Fit Pro for $129.99 ($70 off), which matches their best price to date. The fitness-friendly earbuds don’t have ear hooks like the PowerBeats Pro 2, but their built-in wing tips still do a good job of staying secure during intense workouts. They also feature an IPX4 rating for water resistance, deliver excellent noise cancellation and sound quality, and pair well with Android and iOS. Read our review.The Breville Barista Express is currently on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target for $549.99 ($150 off), which is its best price of the year. With 16 grind settings, the home espresso machine lets you brew your coffee just the way you like it; it’s also easy to use and maintain, making it a great option for enjoying cafe-style drinks from the comfort of your own home. Read our review.

During Wednesday’s earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook went into the most detail yet on how the company is responding to the far-reaching US tariffs imposed by President Trump — and the potential impacts on its business. “Assuming the current global tariff rates, policies and applications do not change for the balance of the quarter and no new tariffs are added, we estimate the impact to add $900 million to our costs,” Cook said. “This estimate should not be used to make projections for future quarters, as there are certain unique factors that benefit the June quarter,” he clarified. Once the call moved on to the Q&A section, Cook expanded quite a bit further, and I’ve transcribed that entire answer below:For the June quarter, we do expect the majority of iPhones sold in the US will have India as their country of origin, and Vietnam to be the country of origin for almost all iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and AirPods products also sold in the US. China would continue to be the country or original for the vast majority of total product sales outside the US. If you look at the categories of tariffs that are applicable of us today, for the June quarter, most of our tariff exposure relates to the February IEEPA-related tariff at the rate of 20 percent, which applies to imports to the US for products that have China as their country of original. In addition, for China, there was an additional 125 percent tariff for imports of certain categories of products announced in April. For us, that’s some of our US AppleCare and accessories business, and brings the total rate in China for these products to at least 145 percent.Also, for transparency and clarity, the vast majority of our products including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro are currently not subject to the global reciprocal tariffs that were announced in April, as the Commerce Department has initiated a Section 232 investigation into imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and downstream products that contain semiconductors. For the June quarter, as I talked about in my opening comments, we estimate the impact — assuming that the current global tariff rates, policies, and applications don’t change for the balance of the quarter — to be $900 million to our costs. I wouldn’t want to predict the mix of production in the future, but I wanted to give you clarity for the June quarter.So there you have it. It sounds as though Apple believes tariff costs might rise once those “unique factors” at play in the June quarter no longer apply, but the company isn’t yet confirming as much. “For our part, we will manage the company the way we always have, with thoughtful and deliberate decisions,” Cook said.