I don't know about you, but I only use PDFs to read documents and sign things. Well, it turns out I'm way behind the times because you can use PDFs to run apps. If you're just as surprised as I am, here are some projects where people got something running inside of a PDF document.

While macro pads are nothing new, they are becoming increasingly popular. A lot of this is down to gamers and streamers using them, but they can be quite helpful for almost anyone with a computer. If you find yourself having to open the same program all the time or do any repetitive tasks, a good macro pad could save you a lot of time and effort and increase your productivity.

While I pride myself on being able to focus on my work, even though I work remotely, I'm not immune to getting distracted. From messaging notifications to inconvenient pop-ups, there are so many things that can get in the way of your workflow.

There are a lot of great tablets on the market. But if you want one that's really going to be able to handle all that you can throw at it, then Apple's iPad Pro is going to be the one. The iPad Pro series has always delivered, and the latest M4 models take things even further with more refinements than ever before. And while the 11-inch model is usually priced at $999, you can now score an impressive discount that takes $150 off, dropping it down to its lowest price at $849.

Thanks to its powerful and flexible way of connecting ideas and building a personal wiki, Obsidian has quickly become a favorite for personal knowledge management (PKM) enthusiasts. While it shines with a graph view, markdown support, and a robust plugin ecosystem, Obsidian misses out on one key element — Calendar support.

The Raspberry Pi single-board computer (SBC) is a compact powerhouse for DIY electronics projects. It’s been shown time and again how instrumental it can be in learning electronics, computer programming, robotics, and more. This is, of course, thanks to its vast support community, extensive documentation library, and wide range of accessories compatible with the platform.

They say too much of anything is good for nothing. When I first got into mechanical keyboards a few years ago, little did I know that I would someday be writing about my hobby turning into something compulsive. Mechanical keyboards have been one of the best sources of joy for me over the years, but my love for them has now turned into an obsession.

It has been around four years since I ceased creating and maintaining open-loop liquid cooling solutions for my systems. Gone are the days when I had bottles of coolant ready for system flushes and installs. No longer do I spend hours cutting and shaping acrylic tubing after meticulously planning out how everything will fit inside a mid-tower chassis. It's only when coming across my tried and trusty Thermaltake Tower 900 in storage did I encounter flashbacks of how incredible a PC can look with custom liquid cooling. So, I'm switching back, and here's why!

I have two mini PCs mostly just lying around: the Ayaneo AM02, which I turned into a game console in my living room, and the Ayaneo AM01. I've been trying to figure out ways to make use of the AM01, and I had an idea. What if I could turn it into a really basic NAS, that uses significantly less power than my actual NAS?

Most devices and operating systems nowadays come with a host of accessibility features that make it easy for the specially-abled to use them. Apple has been at the forefront of this for several years, but other brands are also catching up more recently with useful features. Samsung introduced a bunch of accessibility features on its smartphones as a part of OneUI a couple of years back, while Google has been dropping a few of its own features for Android here and there. More recently, Microsoft has jumped onto the bandwagon by adding a slew of accessibility features to the Office suite. In fact, the company has also introduced several accessibility features on Windows 11 that not a lot of users may be aware of.

It's another Friday, so you know what that means: another Windows 11 Beta and Dev update. This round has brought in some interesting features for the operating systems, but OneDrive fans are getting an especially lovely treat with this update.

The internet is filled with awesome stuff to read, and there’s new awesome stuff to read being published every day! That’s the good news. The bad news is that finding the good stuff feels harder than ever. You either find your favorite writers or sources and check them religiously or just hope that the algorithm gods deliver you something you’ll like. It’s all a lot more work than just tapping the TikTok icon, you know?Allow The Verge to help a little. This is an endless, often-updated stream of the stuff we’re reading and think you should read, too. Whether it’s a great piece of longform journalism, a sharp take on the news, interesting new studies or lawsuits or whitepapers, a new sci-fi book that will inevitably convince a bunch of founders to build new kinds of robots a decade from now, or something else entirely, it’s all here. So scroll through, click on some stuff, let us know what you think in the comments, and get your read-later queue ready to rumble. The surprisingly deep history of a ubiquitous font. Warner Bros. Games suffered $300 million in losses last year. The Supreme Court case that “could eliminate longstanding free speech protections for sexual content.” “From the means of production to a meme in production: It’s one kind of American dream.” An 1891 recording is country music history. Pedometers tracked philandering spouses and sleepy employees back in the 1800s. Amazon just axed a secret fertility tracker project. The whitewashing of the National Archives. Go read how the US government’s big bet on Intel is in jeopardy. How many people are donating to Trump in your neighborhood? Snapchat to the Trump campaign: We’ll take your money but not your posts. The problem with custom AI chatbots. Anthropic’s CEO has many, many, many thoughts about AGI. Uber and Lyft blocked drivers from working to save money. Here’s the scoop on why the Annapurna Interactive staff resigned. KitchenAid’s new walnut stand mixer is indeed as impractical as it is beautiful. A reminder about marketing. Microsoft pitches generative AI to oil and gas companies. The extraordinary Prince documentary we might never see. The battle of the Bobs. Why is comedy TikTok seemingly all crowd work clips? AI search “shouldn’t be this easy to manipulate.” “The Titanic was an insurance scam” is my new favorite conspiracy theory. The people who worry about killer AI are still worried about killer AI. Whistleblowin’ from 9 to 5. Tim Walz may have liked to make some cuh-razy money in Crazy Taxi. Don’t pick up a Project 2025 duffel bag, I guess? Some teachers worry generative AI hurts students’ critical thinking skills. Bloomberg has an interesting deep dive on Worldcoin. Thomas White reveals himself as a co-founder of Silk Road 2.0 and DDoSecrets. NFT FTX DAO WTF? It takes one to know one? “It never seemed like he was even working.” Do we really “live in a world of social media?” OpenAI wants in on the AI chip business. It is fully 2024 and J. D. Vance’s Venmo is still public. Posting godhood. Cops covet Cybertruck. The Netflix-ization of Disney. Amazon’s quality control issues led to the shipment of a dirty diaper. Bob Wehadababyitsaboy. Dark patterns are everywhere. The many, many, many, many definitions of AI. a16z is trying to keep AI alive with Oxygen initiative. Remember when the iPhone 15 Pro was rumored to have haptic buttons? Does Airbnb protect its guests’ privacy? Open secrets. Literary Theory for Robots is a compelling journey through generative AI’s analog roots. Are bitcoin miners causing major health problems? Scalpers: always one step ahead of Ticketmaster. What if being lonely is what makes people vulnerable to scams? Final Fantasy creator can’t stop playing Final Fantasy XIV. Japan finally quits the floppy. This is what climate change is doing to the US. The new hot gadget is… the Kindle? “A willingness to kiss without paperwork is now a form of chivalry.” George R.R. Martin on a potential Elden Ring adaptation: YouTube didn’t give Dr Disrespect a contract because of rumblings about his Twitch ban. “Be realistic, buddy. No one cares about you.” AI is eating its own tail, Perplexity edition. Artificial intelligence, good old-fashioned consulting fees. Teen sextortion. Sony once made a massive 45-inch CRT TV that cost $40,000. Just how complicit is Mark Zuckerberg? Can AI chatbots crack good jokes? Perplexity continues to piss off publishers. “The 2024 elections will be the most consequential in crypto’s history.” Another look at child influencers on Instagram.