If you want to feel truly invincible when driving in the snow, you need a set of studded snow tires. They're illegal in some places, typically restricted to the frigid months of the year in others. Spring for a set, though, and they'll see you through the worst, slipperiest, snowiest driving conditions you can imagine.They come at a pretty substantial cost, though, and I'm not just talking about a financial one. Yes, quality tires with embedded tungsten tips are generally far pricier than your average bargain rubber with snowflakes on the sidewall. The bigger issue, though, is that they can be extremely loud and are substantially worse for …Read the full story at The Verge.

Every DIY tinkerer knows that a broken device can always be repaired. The screen may be busted, the motherboard may be fried, and the audio ports may have been worn away after years of use, but if you have a soldering iron, a sense of adventure, and a ton of patience, you can always restore a device to how it was (or, at least, as close as possible).

If you want a modern and stylish way to replay the classic titles in the modern era, you can do a lot worse than purchase a retro gaming handheld. There are plenty out there that combine the look and feel of the older generation with enhanced features and modern quality-of-life upgrades, and people who love to relive the classics often sing their praises, especially if the device allows them to use their existing library of physical games.

"I'm pleased to report to you that Apple's back on track." It was May of 1998, and Steve Jobs was about 10 months into his second stint leading the company he'd cofounded more than two decades earlier. (It was also a bit more than a decade after that company forced him out.) Jobs took the stage at the annual Macworld conference in a white shirt and dark jacket, and told the audience the Apple team had been working harder than ever to finish up a new computer, one designed with the internet in mind. It was called iMac. "We think iMac's going to be a really big deal," he told the audience. He was right.When Jobs came back to Apple in 1997, h …Read the full story at The Verge.

People don’t like that they can’t identify AI music. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge AI has touched every part of the music industry, from sample sourcing and demo recording, to serving up digital liner notes and building playlists. There are technical and legal challenges, fierce ethical debates, and fears that the slop will simply crush working musicians through sheer volume. Is it art or just an output? What exactly is “really active“? Whether it’s a new model or a new lawsuit, we’re covering it all to make sure you don’t miss any major developments. So follow along as we dig into the latest in AI “music.” Suno leans into customization with v5.5 The music industry has embraced a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about AI. North Carolina man pleads guilty to AI music streaming fraud. Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals Qobuz is automatically detecting and labeling AI music now, too. This Chainsmokers-approved AI music producer is joining Google Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app Deezer opens its AI music detection tool to other platforms ElevenLabs made an AI album to plug its music generator Bandcamp becomes the first major music platform to ban AI content Universal Music signs a new AI deal with Nvidia Musicians are getting really tired of this AI clone ‘bullshit’ Get ready for an AI country music explosion 97 percent of people struggle to identify AI music, but it’s not as bad as it seems Warner Music Group partners with Suno to offer AI likenesses of its artists The music industry is all in on AI No, typing an AI prompt is not ‘really active’ music creation Suno valued at $2.45 billion in latest funding round as lawsuits loom. The human behind AI music artist Xania Monet, revealed. Suno’s upgraded AI music generator is technically impressive, but still soulless What happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess Record labels claim AI generator Suno illegally ripped their songs from YouTube Can the music industry make AI the next Napster? AI music company Suno acquired a browser-based audio editing tool called WavTool. The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs Sabotaging AI music with sick beats. YouTube’s new AI tool generates free background music for videos Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on where to draw hard lines around AI in music Making human music in an AI world AI music startups say copyright violation is just rock and roll The music industry’s AI fight Listen to the AI songs music labels say violate their copyright. Warner Music Group’s CEO says we might see AI prompt-generated music really soon. AI-generated music isn’t just a copyright hazard. How AI is solving one of music’s most expensive problems

My morning routine is chaotic, to say the least. Setting aside the fact that I'm not a morning person at all and waking up on time is a challenge on its own, there's the entire "actually figuring out what I'm supposed to be doing" problem that no amount of sleep or coffee can fix!

If you've spent any time recently comparing GPUs solely through their spec sheet, you'll probably already know how quickly the numbers stop telling the whole story once you watch a gameplay benchmark. As GPU architectures mature, raw compute metrics have started to become an increasingly unreliable basis for real-world performance comparisons, and that isn't by accident.

A week ago, all seemed well on the Linux 7.0 front. While the first few release candidates were looking a little spotty in terms of bugs, the fifth release candidate finally calmed down, and Linus Torvald himself said that the operating system was looking better.

I have to admit, I slept on Claude at first, and that was a mistake. I was already using several other AI tools and just didn't see the need to further complicate my stack. Perplexity for research tied to a local LLM for summarization, and I didn't see the need for more chefs in the kitchen. Except, I should have fired them all and moved over to Claude Code, because it's far more versatile and powerful for the workflow I use for ideation and research.

Looking at your desk right now, you probably have a stream deck for shortcuts, a dedicated number pad that you rarely use, and a bulky volume knob. The issue with commercial control centers is that they are expensive, often coming in at over $150 and locking you into proprietary, resource-heavy software. You can easily fall victim to picking up multiple devices that you simply just don't need. However, by spending less than $20 on a few choice parts from AliExpress or Amazon, you can build a 6-key dual encoder keypad that does the job of all the devices I've named above with zero background CPU usage.

One of the coolest ways I've seen Raspberry Pis used is to give a second life to retro hardware. Granted, it often requires gutting the original hardware and replacing it with more modern alternatives; however, given how it's so difficult to get genuine parts for older hardware, it feels like a necessary evil.

Aside from its solid compatibility with smart devices, Home Assistant has several tricks up its sleeve. Its trigger-action automation workflows are simple enough for beginners, while packing enough depth to keep tinkerers like yours truly hooked for a long time. Then there’s community blueprints, official (and third-party) integrations, and add-ons (or apps, as they’re called in recent releases).