If you've been looking for a compact PC that can literally fit inside your pant pocket, this mini PC is going to be the one for you. Right now's going to be the perfect time to pick this one up as it hits its lowest price at just $140. Just be sure to click on the digital coupon before checking out in order to save the most that you can. This is the best price we've seen on this PC stick for the entire year, so grab it while you can.

So, it's no secret that we love the Windows Phone here at XDA. Whenever we see someone get Windows running on their phone, or change their device to look like a Windows Phone, we love it. So, when I reported that someone turned their Android phone into a pseudo-Windows Phone using an app, I knew I had to give it a try. So, here's how things went after I turned my Android device into a pseudo-Windows Phone.

If you have networking equipment that can support them, setting up virtual local area networks (VLANs) makes sense from a security and management perspective. Your devices will still think they're on a physical LAN and will be able to talk to each other, but the different VLANs will only be able to talk to each other if you allow it.That's perfect for keeping insecure IoT devices away from your data, your data away from your guests, and your guests away from the contents of your computer. Unless you decide you want them to talk to each other, of course. It essentially gives you multiple networks from one set of equipment, and makes your life much easier as a budding homelabber or network admin.

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier to see your replies or conversations you’ve been tagged in on the platform.Speaking of replies, update 1.96 lets you easily access settings that let you control how replies on posts appear to you. Replies can be linear, meaning they show up one post after another, or threaded, which means they will appear in indented threads (kind of like how they appear on Reddit). You can also sort replies by newest, oldest, most-liked, “hot,” and “random” (which Bluesky also calls “Poster’s Roulette”). App Version 1.96 is rolling out now (1/6)In this release: a notifications Mentions tab, reserving your default username when you verify your account with a domain, and other improvements!— Bluesky (@bsky.app) 2024-12-19T21:54:27.472ZIf you choose to set a custom domain as your username, with 1.96, Bluesky will also reserve your old .bsky.social name so that it can’t be picked up by someone else. I wish this feature had been available when I set my custom domain — when I did that, I made an alt account that’s parked on my old .bsky.social name so that it doesn’t get taken.Bluesky saw a surge of new users in November, and although growth has slowed as of late, the platform surpassed 25 million total users last week. The company plans to launch a subscription service early next year and, at some point, its own payment platform.And the platform has some big competition from Meta’s Threads, which seems to be doing everything it can to remind people that it can ship lots of features and that it’s much larger than Bluesky.

Gigabit Ethernet has been around for a quarter of a century, and the chances are that most of your home networking equipment uses it for wired network connections. But in that time, networking standards have evolved, and both wired and wireless connectivity have become faster. Wi-Fi 7 routers can exceed gigabit speeds, and Ethernet can easily be found at up to 100 GbE speeds.

For mobile gaming, a gaming laptop or a top-notch tablet can be worth consideration, but in 2024, mobile gaming is squarely in the domain of gaming handhelds. But should you pick up a new handheld like the MSI Claw 8 AI+ or stick with a reliable pick like the Steam Deck?

In the ever-evolving universe of productivity apps, two names often rise to the top: Notion and Capacities. Both promise to streamline your workflow and build an ideal PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) system of tasks, notes, and ideas. However, only one tool deserves a place on your desktop and phone. In this post, I will compare Notion to Capacities on multiple fronts and help you make an informed decision and conquer your productivity goals.

We live in an age of online collaboration, and sharing files is more important than ever. But you don't want to just upload important files and documents on some random website where everyone can get access to it. Sharing flees in a secure way is incredibly important, so you want to use the right service.

Sometimes gaming on a touchscreen or using a keyboard and mouse just isn't enough. For some games, you just need or want to play with a controller. It's a simple piece of hardware that can really enhance the gaming experience. Of course, you'll want to make sure you choose the right one, and for that, we recommend the 8Bitdo Ultimate 2C wired controller.

Smartphones are a big part of our lives today, and the best smartphones serve as more than just phones. They hold memories like photos and videos, and also protect other important things such as passwords and confidential apps. Many of us have banking apps or investing apps on our phones, and allowing the wrong person access to those apps could be detrimental to our online security portfolio. Luckily, there are steps you can take to secure applications on the best Android phones, including locking applications individually.

I've been using the M4 Mac Mini for a little over a month, and to be quite frank, I've loved it for the most part. I mean, that much was probably obvious from my review, but as I've gotten more accustomed to how things work on macOS, there are a few things that I actually prefer here compared to Windows, despite using Microsoft's OS all my life.

For many gamers, their gaming PC is perhaps one of their most prized possessions. They spend an enormous amount of time in the pre-build phase, lovingly build their PC themselves, and freak out at the slightest frame drop or temperature increase. Another thing that PC gamers daydream about is upgrading their rigs to the latest and greatest hardware on the market.