Since the 2016 release of Doom, the classic first-person shooter series has had a wild resurgence. Glory kills brought some Mortal Kombat-like gruesome finishers to the game, but there's much more that people have loved about the newer Doom games. The pure power of the Doomslayer in these games feels like you are in control of a super-powered tank and that looks to continue with Doom: The Dark Ages.

Thanks to their low power consumption, inexpensive price tags, and multiple I/O options, ESP32, Arduino, and other microcontroller families are perfect for automation and circuitry projects. Then you’ve got Single Board Computers, which serve as multi-purpose computing systems capable of doubling as a (low-end) PC.

A quality webcam is an absolute must if you're looking to up the quality of your video calls. And while some of the best webcams can be quite expensive, there are some that are more affordable. The Obsbot Meet 2 is a webcam that we loved, delivering excellent video quality, while being compact and having a sleek design.

As someone deeply involved in the world of finance and accounting, I heavily rely on the power and versatility of Microsoft Excel. It’s not just about spreadsheets and endless numbers; it’s about leveraging the right functions to unlock meaningful insights. Through trial and error and countless hours spent analyzing data, I have shortlisted a collection of Excel functions that constantly deliver powerful results.

There are many useful things you can 3D print, and some interesting applications of 3D printing are for decoration. Unlike traditional ways of creating things, which often limit customization and can be expensive, 3D printing allows for complete creative control and is cheaper. Many people have used this technology to create interesting decorative models and have published them on various popular 3D printing websites. We are going to look at some of the best ones. We selected them from different categories based on their popularity and the number of downloads and likes. Below are the five interesting ones:

Users have been making modifications to operating systems for years. Enthusiasts like to put out files that change settings and add cosmetic changes. No one is ever happy with the look and functionality of the stock version of Windows. There is a plethora of free and paid tools that make Windows 11 look like version 95 or 3.1. In comparison, others make your system look futuristic. For instance, there are Rainmeter mods that can make your system look incredible or multiple tools that make your desktop look amazing.

We really love Framework laptops here at XDA. If you've never heard of the company, Framework's entire business model offers, well, frameworks for laptops. You can pop hardware out and slot new pieces in on a whim, and makes them an essential business for anyone who detests how most laptops tend to entomb their chips and sticks under warranty-voiding screws and tape.

One of the big selling points of the Switch 2 is that it can also work with your original Switch games. HGowever, as time went on, we slowly learnt that this didn't mean all Switch games. While most of them would work, some of them would be left on the wayside; at least, until a fix is developed. Now, Nintendo has released lists of titles that will have issues making the jump over to the shiny new hardware.

Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash “across a broad range of widely reported benchmarks.”Maverick quickly secured the number-two spot on LMArena, the AI benchmark site where humans compare outputs from different systems and vote on the best one. In Meta’s press release, the company highlighted Maverick’s ELO score of 1417, which placed it above OpenAI’s 4o and just under Gemini 2.5 Pro. (A higher ELO score means the model wins more often in the arena when going head-to-head with competitors.) The achievement seemed to position Meta’s open-weight Llama 4 as a serious challenger to the state-of-the-art, closed models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Then, AI researchers digging through Meta’s documentation discovered something unusual. In fine print, Meta acknowledges that the version of Maverick tested on LMArena isn’t the same as what’s available to the public. According to Meta’s own materials, it deployed an “experimental chat version” of Maverick to LMArena that was specifically “optimized for conversationality,” Te …Read the full story at The Verge.

Considering how easy it is to permanently lose access to your precious data, backing up your documents is an important maintenance task for every PC owner. However, full backups are infamous for occupying a lot of storage space. Syncing them between your on-site and off-site storage servers can also take quite a while, making frequent full-backups inefficient for the casual user.

macOS is a deceptively open platform. On the surface, in typical Apple fashion, it can look like an incredibly locked-down system, but there are a lot of tweaks and mods you can do to make it look and feel like you want it to. One such application is Stats, a free and open-source application that can show you all of the important metrics about your Mac in the Menu Bar.

When it comes to demonstrating the power, flexibility, and foundation of free and open-source software, look no further than Home Assistant. This isn’t just another open-source project; it’s the perfect example of what can be achieved when software is built by the community, for the community, and without the limitations of proprietary control. It is a compelling model for how software development can be collaborative, transparent, and, ultimately, better for everyone.