Ever since Microsoft released its new Outlook client, people haven't been too pleased with it. From missing features to lacklustre performance, Microsoft has had a real problem with getting people to gel with the revamped version of the app.

While Google Wallet has been a godsend for many because it means you don't need to carry a physical wallet, it can also be a major annoyance. You could be fumbling at the checkout, waiting for the fingerprint sensor to wake up, or accidentally opening the camera when you actually meant to pay.

Utah is allowing an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor. It's only the second time the state - and the country - has delegated this kind of clinical authority to AI. State officials say it could bring costs down and ease care shortages, but physicians warn the system is opaque, risky, and unlikely to expand mental health care to those who need it.The one-year pilot, announced last week, will allow Legion Health's AI chatbot to renew certain prescriptions for psychiatric medications, in some cases. The San Francisco startup promises Utah-based patients "fast, simple refills" through a $19-a-month subscription. The prog …Read the full story at The Verge.

I’ve been using NotebookLM for long enough now to know its pain points, and the lack of organizational features is something I’ve just kind of accepted. I made do, tried to find workarounds, and just tolerated the chaos. Then I started getting closer to my notebook cap (I’m using the free tier), and it dawned on me that I was going to have to do some decluttering. And since NotebookLM doesn’t have many organizational functions, it would need to be done manually - painstakingly sifting through all the notebooks and every notebook’s contents to decide what’s worth keeping or tossing.

If you’ve been a part of the home lab ecosystem for a long time, you’ll often hear veterans complaining about the hassle of managing multiple virtual guests, detailed backup pipelines, network stacks, and clusters. I agree with them to some extent, as there comes a point in this hobby when everything starts to feel like a second job.

Microsoft's approach to Windows features is a mixed bag. It tries to keep the operating system overly simplified and doesn't ship several features that should be a part of it. PowerToys became my savior as it targeted the pain points of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. It includes a vast tool set now, much bigger than the original edition, and almost all of them make sense. Windows decides to skip even crucial features like a better preview tool, file management options, batch file rename, and many more.

If there's one thing PC gamers really look forward to besides new releases, it's upgrading their hardware. And nothing feels quite as exciting as installing a brand-new GPU. You expect everything to run smoother despite cranking up the graphics settings, and for the most part, you get exactly that. It's the kind of upgrade that's supposed to be instantly noticeable, not something you have to second-guess like a CPU or RAM upgrade usually is.

OpenAI is undergoing another round of C-suite changes, according to an internal memo viewed by The Verge. Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI deployment - who was until recently the company's CEO of applications - says in the memo that she will be stepping away on medical leave "for the next several weeks" due to a neuroimmune condition. While she's out, OpenAI president Greg Brockman will be in charge of product, including leading OpenAI's super app efforts. On the business side, CSO Jason Kwon, CFO Sarah Friar, and CRO Denise Dresser will take charge. OpenAI's CMO, Kate Rouch, has also decided to step down in order to focus on her health, …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Legion Go 2’s mouse mode, unique among Windows handhelds. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Remember when we thought the Legion Go 2 was expensive at $1,099 and up? Those were the days - Best Buy is now listing Lenovo's handheld for $1,499 with a Ryzen Z2 or $1,999 with a Z2 Extreme. The latter originally cost $1,349, so that's a $650 jump in just six months.And yes, that means Lenovo's flagship may now cost twice as much as a $999 Microsoft/Asus Xbox Ally X with the same AMD chip, as much as a far more powerful GPD Win 5 with AMD Strix Halo cost last year. But the way things are going, it's probably only a matter of time till Microsoft hikes its handheld Xbox price too. (For now, Asus rep Anthony Spence tells me there's "no pric …Read the full story at The Verge.

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. | Photo: Joe Raedle via Getty Images On Thursday, during Artemis II's journey to the Moon, commander Reid Wiseman ran into a tech issue some of us back on Earth can relate to: Microsoft Outlook wasn't working. In a conversation captured in NASA's Artemis livestream and shared on Bluesky, Wiseman reported to Mission Control: "I also see that I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working." To take care of the issue, Mission Control had to remotely access Wiseman's personal computing device (PCD), a Microsoft Surface Pro. During a press conference on Thursday, Artemis flight director Judd Frieling said NASA had fixed the issue, stating, "This is not uncommon …Read the full story at The Verge.

In my time building PCs and sitting at them for extended periods of time, I treated my monitor as an afterthought. Not the entire thing—I still cared a lot about refresh rate and response time, but besides that, the other specs didn't really matter to me. That is, until I finally made the jump to 4K. Resolution was the number I cared about when stepping up from 1080p to 1440p, and I assumed 4K would be more of the same, but it really transformed the way I look at those other numbers and features that I had previously ignored.

It feels like Netflix is no longer the one-stop shop. It's expensive, the library rotates too fast, and the Basic with Ads tier is a significant downgrade.