A Kanban board helps visualize all the tasks in your projects. It helps you see everything clearly, prioritize tasks, and track progress. Each task is represented by a card that moves along a path, usually labeled “To Do,” “In Progress,” and “Done.” This way, you can quickly see what’s happening, who’s doing what, and how the project is progressing.

CES 2025 is buzzing with the latest hardware from NVIDIA, AMD, Lenovo, and plenty of other tech giants — all of which were expected, but unexpectedly, it's also buzzing with news about the new Nintendo Switch that's slated to arrive this year. The latest being a report from Numerama (thanks, VGC) where accessory maker Genki has potentially spilled the beans that Nintendo's next generation of hardware will arrive sometime in April 2025.

At one point or another, you may have noticed that Windows labels your Wi-Fi networks as either private or public networks in the Wi-Fi settings. In fact, by default, they're all public networks, even if you're using it at home.

The DNS servers from your ISP turn an easy-to-remember xda-developers.com address into its unique IP address. There are multiple reasons for using a different DNS service. You may want something that improves performance while browsing, you might want to host your own DNS server at home, or you want site-blocking capability. Getting the most out of your DNS service takes trial and error, but this list should help you choose an alternate that works for you.

One of the most annoying things about Windows laptops these days is the sheer amount of bloatware, not to mention straight-up ads, littered throughout the OS. Microsoft has been steadily increasing the number of ads appearing in places like the Start Menu and even Settings (gotta pay off that OpenAI acquisition investment somehow), and every time I review another laptop, it seems like there are more and more pre-installed apps that I didn’t ask for or want.

The Surface Laptop 7 with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is preparing for a “major” Surface announcement later this month. The software giant has started teasing “a major announcement from Surface for Business” this week in a LinkedIn post spotted by Windows Central. The announcement will be made during Microsoft’s AI tour in New York City on January 30th.Microsoft is rumored to be launching Intel-powered variants of its Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 devices soon, and a prototype of a Surface Laptop 7 with Intel’s Lunar Lake chips appeared on a Chinese second-hand marketplace in October. It’s likely that Microsoft will announce Lunar Lake versions of the Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 that are designed for businesses.The Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 both shipped with Intel’s Meteor Lake processors earlier in 2024, before Microsoft went on to launch refreshed Surface Copilot Plus devices with new designs and Qualcomm chips. The Surface Laptop Studio is also due for an upgrade from the current model’s 13th Gen Intel chips, but that’s less of a business-focused device so it’s unlikely to be part of this event. There are also rumors of an 11-inch Surface Go / Surface Laptop Go hybrid device powered by a Snapdragon X Plus processor, but again that’s unlikely to be targeted to businesses.We’ll be following Microsoft’s AI tour live later this month, so stay tuned for details on the Surface “major announcement.”

Upgrading any part of your computer setup is always a fun time. Even if you're not a gamer, getting that little bit of extra comfort or quality can go a long way toward making your experience better. It could make it easier to win games, but it could also help you get work done faster, and that's no different with computer mice.

Even if you’ve been using ComfyUI for a while, you’re bound to discover something that seems simple in hindsight, but you just never noticed. I’ve been using ComfyUI for almost two years now, and I still remember how overwhelming it was to open someone else’s workflow — dozens of nodes, hundreds of parameters, and all that spaghetti everywhere.

When Xbox unveiled its new generation of subscription services with Xbox Game Pass in 2017, the appeal for players was immediately apparent. Pay a monthly fee and get an ever-growing library of games right at your fingertips. Even brand-new releases from Xbox's first-party studios, at no extra cost. Like Netflix, but for games, and with limited-time promotions that made the cost of a Game Pass subscription as low as $1, Game Pass colloquially earned the title, 'the best deal in gaming.'

Gaming is a visual medium, hence graphics are naturally a huge part of the experience. Since the 1990s and the widespread adoption of 3D graphics, the race to photorealism has been well underway. You can argue that we already achieved it years ago — for some, it was in Red Dead Redemption 2; for others, maybe in Crysis or even Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

Despite the existence of several new-age browsers like Vivaldi and Arc, and some old-school ones too, like Firefox, I've stuck to using Google Chrome for the past decade or so. A big reason for this is that Chrome has always offered a no-frills experience. Sure, it eats up more RAM than required at times, but I've largely had a pleasant experience when using Chrome. Owing to this, I've also become dependent on some native features Chrome offers. For instance, I use Chrome's built-in send-to-devices feature to create my own ecosystem with an Android and a Mac, and many extensions - including Grammarly and a VPN.

If you're looking for an alternative to storing your data in the cloud, then a NAS is going to be a fantastic option. While there are plenty of different options to choose from, you might want to check out the Synology DS124.