If you're an avid DIscord user like me, then you probably know that the service can be enhanced with bots and a Nitro subscription. However, did you know you can use modded Discord clients, enabling you to use custom themes and plugins? It's really easy, and there are a ton of programs out there to do it, like Better Discord.

President Donald Trump. | Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump will no longer be subject to extra severe penalties for content rule violations on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, Meta said on Friday. Previously, Trump’s account could be fully suspended for even a relatively small infraction that wouldn’t lead to the same penalty for any other account. Now, with the Republican National Convention taking place next week, he’ll be treated more like everyone else.“In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for President on the same basis,” Meta’s president of of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said in a company blog post. He added that the previous restrictions to Trump’s... Continue reading…

The Kobo Elipsa 2E lets you actually take notes directly on pages, which is one of the reasons I recommend it over the Kindle Scribe. | Image: Kobo We’re already seeing great deals land on Amazon devices like the Kindle Scribe ahead of Prime Day next week, which makes sense as it’s an Amazon event. It’s possible we’ll see even more Kindle deals arrive soon, but it’s less certain what kind of discounts — if any — we’ll see on e-readers from rivals like Kobo. Thankfully, if you don’t want an Amazon e-reader, Rakuten Kobo has launched a new sale, dropping its top-notch Kobo Elipsa 2E down to an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) when you purchase it direct from Rakuten Kobo. You can also pick it up for the same price at Amazon or Target via a third-party seller.I spent a lot of time testing both the Kindle Scribe and the Kobo Elipsa 2E, and ultimately Kobo’s is my favorite... Continue reading…

Image: HBO In Julio Torres’ series Fantasmas, survival in the future is an intricate, corporate-owned game of feeding your identity to the machine. Continue reading…

If you're in the market for a great smartwatch to pair with an excellent smartphone, particularly an Android phone, you've definitely got options. Some of the top contenders out there are Google's Pixel Watches and Samsung's Galaxy Watches, but which should you opt for?

Image: First Film Corp. Director Gary Hustwit tells us about his living documentary and the technology that changes it for every screening. Continue reading…

There’s a bit of a theme of payoff in this week’s trailers. Anthony Mackie finally takes the lead on the big screen after 10 years in the MCU; Ridley Scott’s two-decade-plus plan for a Gladiator sequel is coming to fruition; and we finally get to find out what happens next to the macrodata refinement team in Severance. There’s a lot to go through this week, from big-budget tentpole movies to whimsical TV, so let’s get down to it, starting, naturally, with the MCU.Captain America: Brave New WorldIn the trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) wants to make Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) part of the US military once more. He’s clearly put off by the idea, but is forced to jump into the fray after super... Continue reading…

Fully equipped direct-to-consumer e-bikes still require compromises at this price range. Continue reading…

Image: The Verge Valve is a famously secretive company with an enormous influence on the gaming industry, particularly because it runs the massive PC gaming storefront Steam. But despite that influence, Valve isn’t a large organization on par with EA or Riot Games’ thousands of employees: according to leaked data we’ve seen, as of 2021, Valve employed just 336 staffers.The data was included as part of an otherwise heavily redacted document from Wolfire’s antitrust lawsuit against Valve. As spotted by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik, some data in the document was viewable despite the black redaction boxes, including Valve’s headcount and gross pay across various parts of the company over 18 years, and even some data about its gross margins that we weren’t... Continue reading…

Back in June, Microsoft began tracking an issue in Windows 11 where the Photos app may fail to start under certain conditions. This typically happened after the June 4 update was applied on the Photos app, which caused the app to display a spinning circle and then close immediately after launch. In its initial investigation, the Redmond firm discovered that the problem was likely to occur if certain policies were applied on a machine. Now, it has offered a workaround for the bug, while it works on a permanent fix.

Although Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome are competing browsers, they are built on the same Chromium codebase. Despite being based on the same project, Microsoft regularly adds extra features to Edge, often to the ire of many customers. That said, the Redmond tech firm has now built a capability that improves productivity across all Chromium-based browsers, including Edge and Chrome.

Last month, Intel promised to bust the "myth" that Arm is better than x86. While time will tell whether Intel lives up to its promise, instability issues related to Intel's existing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs have still not been addressed properly. Worse for Intel and its users, a game publisher recently claimed a 100% failure rate with 13th and 14th Gen CPUs.