Have you ever wondered how an LLM works? Perhaps you know some of the basics, such as how they use tokens to get the job done, and how their text generation is somewhat like the autocomplete feature on your phone; however, how would you go about making one from scratch? Where would you even start?

Though both the NotebookLM and Gemini trains had long left the station before I jumped on either of them, I got there eventually. And then Google put them on the same track through a new feature called Notebooks. At first, I couldn't help but notice similarities to Claude's Projects because of their persistent context. But after using them for a few weeks now, it became clear where they actually slot into my workflow - connecting the learning to the practicing.

For the past few months, I’ve been making the case for the ESP32. I'd argue that the $5 ESP32 microcontroller can easily replace the Raspberry Pi 5. That helps to save on cost and reduce the bulk. I still believe that.

Linux offers an overwhelming number of distributions, and there's something for everyone. Desktop environments (DE) add the visual medium to interact with the underlying OS, and there's no dearth of them as well. You've got GNOME, KDE, Xfce, COSMIC, just to name a few. It's also possible to switch to a different desktop environment, which is one of the key things I love about Linux. I've been using Ubuntu with GNOME for a long time and KDE Plasma for a little less than that.

Windows Phone users (yes, all ten of you) are eating well this week. It was just last week that we saw the rise of 8Marketplace, an unofficial store for Windows Phones. Now, someone else has emerged from the shadows to prove that, if there's any fanbase that's worthy of being labelled 'die-hard' in 2026, it's the Windows Phone one, and their offering is a native Telegram app.

When Nvidia launched the RTX 5090 last year, I didn't have the same level of excitement I used to have. I mean, I did watch the CES keynote live, but it didn't tempt me to consider buying it. And it wasn't just about the $2,000 MSRP. For the first time in years, I looked at a new flagship GPU and wondered whether it would meaningfully improve my gaming experience. Then, when early benchmarks started coming out on YouTube, I only had more reasons to skip this generation altogether.

Sony sold just 1.5 million PS5 consoles in its most recent fourth fiscal quarter, down 46 percent year over year. The slump in PS5 sales comes after Sony raised the price of its PS5 consoles twice over the past year, pushing the price of the regular PS5 from $499.99 all the way up to $649.99.Sony blamed "continued pressures in the global economic landscape," for the price hikes in March, amid an ongoing memory crisis and pressure from the war in Iran. Sony now forecasts that annual gaming revenue will drop 6 percent, but these forecasts could be impacted by ongoing memory costs. "We plan to base our PS5 hardware sales in FY26 on the volume …Read the full story at The Verge.

In the fourteen-ish hours I spend on my PC every single day, fifteen minutes are spent on LinkedIn, without fail. Not because I'm super interested in knowing what everyone in my network is up to, but because the daily LinkedIn puzzles and word-games are undeniably one of the best parts of my day. Of course, at the same time, it's impossible not to peruse through the feed, seeing every fifth post be about how resumes can be made more ATS-friendly by having an AI agent "clean it up" for you.

You can't go wrong with attaching a tracking device on things you might commonly misplace or lose. And while you can stuff an Apple AirTag in your wallet if you want, we don't think it's the best solution since it's quite bulky when used in that scenario.

For years, tinkerers have helped us answer the age-old question: what's going on around us? Okay, sure, you can just turn your head and look, but that's neither as cool nor as fun as making a device that does the looking for you. As such, we've seen all kinds of projects, from motion sensors to security cameras, to help us see more than we usually can.

The price of computing products changed quite dramatically over the past year. While RAM and SSDs used to be pretty cheap, they're now nearly impossible to afford. Of course, this has had a domino effect on the industry, with desktops, laptops, and other devices seeing sharp increases in prices, or brands maintaining prices by getting clever with product configurations.

Nintendo is raising the price of its Switch 2 console globally, "in light of changes in market conditions," and is now forecasting a drop in sales over the next year. Starting September 1st, the Switch 2 will cost $499.99 in the US, up from its current $449.99 price. At the same time, prices will also increase by $50 in Canada ($679.99, up from $629.99) and €40 in Europe, bringing it to €499.99 (about $587). The price increases in Japan go into effect sooner, on May 25th, and impact a greater range of Switch products. The Switch 2 will increase from ¥49,980 (about $318) to ¥59,980 (about $382), with similar increases being applied to the o …Read the full story at The Verge.