If you've built PCs long enough, you've definitely done something a bit "jank", or perhaps installed a component of dubious quality because of a tight budget. I know I certainly have, and in those scenarios, we're all aware of the risks involved in regard to hardware failure, but when you buy brand-new components, there's no reason to believe they should fail out of the box.

I’ve been exploring Claude to see where it actually fits in my daily workflow. As a freelance tech blogger, productivity matters a lot to me — not just working fast, but working smart. I don’t like complicated systems or unnecessary steps. I prefer simple setups that reduce friction and help me move from idea to published content quickly.

I decided it was time for a bit of spring-cleaning, and as a result, audited my bank statement and realized I was paying $85 a month just to own the right to use my own computer.

I saw the camera arm unfold from this demo phone, though it didn’t do much else. Honor has revealed more details of its so-called Robot Phone at MWC 2026, and finally showed a working unit in action alongside a dancing humanoid robot. Specs are still thin on the ground, but the company has confirmed it plans to release the phone in the second half of this year - though I've been told that will only be in China.The Robot Phone doesn't quite live up to the name - really it's a smartphone with a gimbal-stabilized camera arm crammed into the back. Honor has now revealed that the main camera will have a 200-megapixel sensor, and is built into what it says is the smallest 4DoF gimbal system in the industry, though those are …Read the full story at The Verge.

The last day or two have been very tumultuous in the world of American AI. On Friday, we saw Donald Trump declare that he was cutting the use of Anthropic within governmental agencies. A few hours later, OpenAI announced that it had struck a deal with the Department of War to tailor an AI model that fits the military's needs without breaking down OpenAI's guardrails.

A few weeks ago, I gave AerynOS a spin because nobody was really talking about it. What I found was a cool little distro that offered the atomic experience without the immutable filesystem. Usually, the two go hand-in-hand, so it was interesting to see what happened when a distro adopted one but not the other.

Most modern password managers have quietly turned into online services where you create an account, login, and your vault synchronizes through someone else's infrastructure. It's certainly very convenient, there's no denying that, but I wanted something simpler. A password manager that works even when my internet doesn't, or one that I can have in a portable form factor, so setting up my accounts on new devices or fresh installs doesn't require the same song and dance with Bitwarden every time. KeePassXC turned out to be the perfect open-source replacement, allowing for an offline encrypted vault that I control at all times.

Grocery lists become a daily argument when someone adds an item, someone else buys it, and someone else realizes the list was never updated. Most apps that solve this require a subscription, an account, or an ecosystem, leading to texting, screenshots, and crossed fingers.

I've lost count of how many times I've seen someone blame the cooler when their CPU temperatures look scary. I totally get it, though. When you spend a premium on a dual-tower air cooler or a 360mm AIO, you expect CPU temperatures to comfortably stay below 80C while gaming. But with modern CPUs, that's often not the case, which is why many people start wondering whether they picked the wrong cooler or messed up the installation. Sometimes, they're even quick to replace the thermal paste.

Windows 11 is getting a feature that should have been there since day one. Well, Windows 11 has a few features that meet those conditions, but the one I was most confused about was the lack of a colored battery icon with a percentage on it. Android had them, macOS had them, and they were excellent ways to quickly show the user what their battery levels are like at a glance, but Microsoft didn't add them.

We finally have an update to the Soundcore Space One that launched two and a half years ago. At MWC 2026, Soundcore has announced the Space 2, which will be available in the US on April 21st in three colors - linen white, jet black, and seafoam green - for $129.99. That's $30 more than the Space One's original price.According to Soundcore, the Space 2 have had a full-band noise cancellation upgrade with the focus of those improvements on the low-frequency sounds we all generally use ANC headphones to block - things like airplane, train, and bus engine sounds while traveling. The Space 2 use the same number of microphones as the Space One f …Read the full story at The Verge.

Back in the '90s, handheld gaming devices were hungry for batteries. I remember going through them by the packet to power my Pokémon Blue playthrough, and while I never owned a Sega Game Gear, I heard they chewed through six AAs in five hours flat. Battery companies probably made a tidy profit off of handheld consoles.