Some people may have forgotten about Windows Phones, but we at XDA never do. We've covered some of the best Windows Phone features that should make a return and the greatest Windows Phones of all time. And even if Microsoft refuses to get back into the mobile market, people can and will stuff Windows 11 onto as many portable devices as possible. For example, a Redditor has shown off Windows 11 running on their phone, and people are intrigued.

Rand (Joshua Stradowski) and Moiraine (Rosamund Pike). | Screenshot: YouTube Amazon announced at CCXP in Brazil yesterday that season three of Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time will start streaming on March 13th, 2025, writes Deadline. The company also released a new teaser trailer, setting stakes that include the life of at least one main character. The trailer opens with Rand al’Thor (Joshua Stradowski) and others standing on a hill overlooking a fog-shrouded city. Rand and Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) are headed to the Aiel Waste “to uncover the true fate of the Dragon Reborn” in this season, according to the trailer’s description. If you haven’t watched the show or read Robert Jordan’s book series by the same name, Rand is the Dragon Reborn, a prophecied being who could save the world — or destroy it if he succumbs to the Dark.We’ve seen a thousand, thousand futures, and in every one of them, The Wheel of Time returns March 13. Behold the official Season 3 teaser trailer. pic.twitter.com/ULZiKjWEHy— THE WHEEL OF TIME (@TheWheelOfTime) December 7, 2024“I have seen a thousand thousand futures. In every future where I lived, Rand dies,” says Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike). “And the only way he lives is if I don’t,” she adds before she’s seen being carried, unconscious, by Rand at the end of the trailer.Besides Stradowski and Pike, season 3 will see the return of several characters, including Perrin Aybara (Marcus Rutherford), Nynaeve al’Meara (Zoë Robbins), Mat Cauthon (Dónal Finn), and al-Lan Mandragoran (Daniel Henney).

Invincible season three is on its way, and Amazon has released a new trailer in which hero Mark Grayson takes on robots, rams a rocket in space, and chastises Oliver. He also gets a new blue suit.“Mark’s speed has increased 65 percent; his endurance, 70 percent; and his strength, 138 percent,” says GDA agent Donald Ferguson (Chris Diamantopoulos), setting up the action-filled trailer. What follows are a Mortal Kombat-style beheading, nuclear explosions, and the promise of drama as Mark (Steven Yeun) tells GDA director Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins) that he’s quitting. The action will apparently persist all season long, as Invincible creator Robert Kirkman said earlier this year that he wanted every episode of it to “feel like it’s a finale.” And unlike the last season, this one won’t have a midseason break. Three episodes will start streaming on February 6th, 2025, with a new one following every Thursday through March 13th.

What kind of stuff do you think you can power with an RFID field? It turns out that it can muster just enough power to charge a small digital thermometer long enough for it to take a reading. Someone created a board that does just that, and if you like it, you can make or purchase your own.

While spreadsheets are amazingly helpful for organizing and analyzing data, they can sometimes feel a bit static and isolated. Here is where you can explore dedicated tools to transform those boring rows and columns into dynamic, interactive web applications that engage your audience and provide real-time insights. These tools can empower anyone, regardless of their coding knowledge, to convert spreadsheets into powerful web apps.

While Obsidian has been a powerhouse in the world of note-taking, it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution. If you are in the market for an alternative with a different flavor, both Capacities and Logseq offer a unique approach to knowledge management.

Microsoft Office has been the de-facto choice in the world of productivity suites. But let’s be honest, the price tag can be a real barrier for some and, at times, you just don’t need all those bells and whistles. While there is no shortage of Microsoft Office alternatives, most of them have compromises in one way or the other. For instance, Google Workspace doesn’t have native apps, the Apple iWork suite is limited to the company’s devices only, and LibreOffice looks and feels outdated.

Keeping track of your basic vital statistics used to involve a trip to the doctor's office where you would be subjected to expensive equipment that you couldn’t hope to understand. But now, with the rise of modular and kit electronics, you can build some of those devices right on your desk using a microcontroller like Arduino or Raspberry Pi Pico. With the return of winter and the rise of respiratory illness, it might be beneficial to have an easy-to-reach pulse oximeter. Granted, you won’t get medical-level accuracy with your home-built pulse oximeter, but when has perfection ever stood in the way of a good project? (We've got quite a few if you're interested.)

There is no shortage of project management tools out there. They offer sleek UI, collaborative tools, automation, and other add-ons to justify the asking price. While these options have their merits, there is a powerful, often overlooked tool hiding in plain sight on your computer: Microsoft Excel.

If you’ve checked the application store of your smartphone, you’ll find a host of tinkering apps. But when it comes to the Raspberry Pi, few apps can match the utility of RaspController, which is equipped with an arsenal of tools to enhance your project-building experience with the ultra-popular SBC lineup. If that sounds intriguing, here’s a quick guide to help you get this neat app working on your setup.

Michelle Yeoh in Star Trek: Section 31. | Image: Paramount Plus It’s the first week of December, and the end of the year is coming in fast and with a lot to look forward to at theaters this month. That very cool-looking Lord of the Rings anime hits US theaters on the 13th; Sonic the Hedgehog 3 follows on the 20th; and I’m deeply excited to see Nosferatu on December 25th. (If you’re not with me on that last one, give Matt Zoller Seitz’s RogerEbert.com review of it a read and get back to me.)While I’m waiting to go be unnerved by Robert Eggers’ new spooky vampire movie, let’s take a look at some good trailers from the last week. Star Trek: Section 31I’ll admit that the biggest appeal for me about this straight-to-streaming spy movie spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery is Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou. She’s just having so much fun in this trailer. The trailers haven’t revealed yet what threat she’ll be facing, other than being forced to do teamwork, but it seems like it’ll be pretty heavy on the rag-tag team of antiheroes action thing.The Olatunde Osunsanmi-directed movie also stars Omari Hardwick, Kacey Rohl, Sven Ruygrok, Humberly Gonzalez, Rob Kazinsky, and Sam Richardson. It premieres on Paramount Plus starting January 24th.SeveranceI was late to the Severance party, having finally finished it a few months ago, so I can only imagine how eager people who saw its cliffhanger ending have been to see the story continue. Well, the second season of creator Dan Erickson’s bizarro sci-fi drama is almost here, and it looks like it’s probably going to bring answers, with even more mystery heaped on top of it. All of the first season’s main characters, including Mark (Adam Scott), Dylan (Zach Cherry), Helly (Britt Lower), and Irving (John Turturro) are returning, and they’ll be joined by characters played by the likes of Alia Shawkat, Gwendoline Christie, and Bob Balaban. Season two of Severance premieres January 17th on Apple TV Plus.InvincibleThe third season of Invincible will see a stronger, older Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) tell off GDA director Cecil Stedman (Walton Goggins) and episodes that show creator Robert Kirkman hopes will each feel like a finale. And there’s no season break this time around.The show debuts with three episodes February 6th on Amazon Prime, with new episodes releasing every Thursday after until March 13th.The Wheel of TimeThe Wheel of Time continues its retelling of the Robert Jordan fantasy epic on March 13th next year. In its third season, the show follows Joshua Stradowski’s Rand al’Thor — the “Dragon Reborn” — and Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) as they go into the Aiel Waste. It’s been more than two decades since I read the book series, so I couldn’t spoil what happens there for you if I wanted to, but I seem to recall this was a fairly dark time in the series. The GorgeWho knows what evil is in The Gorge’s, uh, gorge, but it’s apparently contained well enough that humanity only needs two snipers — who aren’t allowed to interact with each other — stationed on either side of it to make sure it stays there. The snipers, Levi (Miles Teller) and Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy), do interact and fall for eachother, then end up in the gorge. Oops! Scott Derrickson directs the movie, which also stars Sigourney Weaver, Sope Dirisu, and William Houston. It premieres February 14th on Apple TV Plus.Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuXGiant robot anime fans rejoice: there’s a new Mobile Suit Gundam coming next year. It’s called Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, and it’s produced by Khara, the studio behind the Rebuild of Evangelion films.The weird name references a Gundam called the gMS-Ω GQuuuuuuX. The show will follow a highschooler — named Yuzuriha “Machu” Amate (Tomoyo Kurosawa) — who learns to co-pilot the building-sized, sword-wielding robot with pilot Shuji Ito (Shimba Tsuchiya). Some of its episodes will head to Japanese theaters on January 17th.

Welcome to The Drive, a weekly column looking at some wacky, interesting, cool, and pivotal things within the tech space! Curated by PC Hardware Lead Editor Richard Edmonds through almost two decades covering the sector. Think something should be covered? Hit me up at [email protected]!