I think optical character recognition (OCR) is one of my favorite productivity tools. Grabbing text from an image and copy-pasting it wherever you like is a godsend, especially when the alternative is manually typing it out.

ZFS and Better File System (Btrfs) are two popular modern file systems. Both are designed with advanced storage features and offer snapshot capabilities, data integrity protection, and highly efficient storage management. However, ZFS has been the more reliable option for both personal and enterprise-level usage.

The Apple Mac Mini is one of the smallest and most powerful compact PCs on the market right now. Not only does the latest model get a new redesign, but it now also packs Apple's M4 chip. And when it comes to price, it's not all that bad either, starting at $599.

PC gaming has everything you could possibly want to play, with quite literally thousands upon thousands of games you can play split across dozens of platforms. That said, there’s nothing more tantalizing than a game you can’t play.

While Steam sales are a PC gamer's delight, it's very rare for a really good game to go on an extreme discount. As such, you can color me surprised when I discovered that one of my favorite roguelikes, Monster Train, is now 90% off on the Steam store. So, if you've got $2.49 sitting around, I've got a great idea as to how you can spend it.

Intel Arrow Lake has only just arrived though many of us are eagerly awaiting to see what Intel has next up its sleeve to remain competitive against AMD. We could very well see an Arrow Lake Refresh arrive sometime this year, but all eyes are firmly locked on the next generation of Core Ultra chips codenamed Nova Lake. Slated to arrive in 2026, here are some rumors you should be excited about. If everything holds out, we could see some healthier competition in the CPU space.

Well, I don't know how to break this to you without feeling old, but GTA 5 is reaching its 10th birthday on PC. It came a little late to the party, as the consoles got it a year or two before the PC, but it made the jump in the end. However, there are still some things that console gamers get that PC players don't yet have. Fortunately, Rockstar is changing that in a new update that brings some of the missing content over to PC.

Fortnite continues to be extremely weird in its new season. The battle royale game is returning to a heist theme for Chapter 6: Season 2, which has been dubbed “Lawless.” Players will be able to break into bank vaults, rob armored cars, and even perform robberies on the train that services the island. Also, there’s a giant pickle that raps.After a Japanese-inspired season, Lawless looks like it’s taking cues from games like Grand Theft Auto. In addition to all of the robbery, there are also a handful of new locations, including an urban locale simply called Crime City. Other new features include: gold water that gives you powers when you swim in it; a fictional crypto currency that you can buy gear with but resets after each match; black markets for buying high-end weapons; a scanner for detecting where enemies are; and a mob boss who apparently likes to show up in the middle of a heist. Also new is the ability to have a specific song playing when you drop onto the map and win a match, as if you were a professional wrestler.Here’s how the new season’s map plays out:For those who pick up this season’s battle pass, there’s a crew of thematically appropriate criminals, as well as the aforementioned pickle — known as Big Dill — and, for some reason, Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat. A series of Cowboy Bebop quests will also appear in-game starting March 1st, while outfits of the characters Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine will appear in the item shop on February 28th.Lawless runs from today until May 2nd. And while the battle royale updates are always Fortnite’s biggest draw, the game has also been expanding quite a bit in other ways over the last few months. That includes adding local multiplayer to its music mode, a new Counter-Strike-style shooter mode, and a Lego social game inspired by GTA roleplaying.

In today's market, you have an abundance of laptops to choose from, which makes it harder for competitors to have products that really stand out from one another. For most, you can't go wrong with just buying what we believe to be some of the best laptops on the market.

TinkerCAD is one of the easiest 3D design software for anyone who wants to learn 3D modeling quickly. It is free and runs online, and many recommend it as a great starting point for creating 3D models. It is popular among beginners because it has a user-friendly interface that most 3D modeling software doesn't have.

It's hard to stay private online, and it’s no secret that search engines like Google and Bing collect enormous amounts of user information. At times, their lack of transparency has landed them in hot water with regulators, leading to hefty fines.

Virtual machines and containers are both tools frequently used by developers to develop, test, and deploy software. On paper, they share many similarities: both run within a host operating system, allowing multiple applications to operate on the same hardware. They’re transferable between systems, provide isolation between applications and hosts, and can be easily set up. However, they’re really designed for totally different purposes. Here are a few ways containers and virtual machines differ.