The big whiteboard apps like FigJam and Miro are really good at what they do, but whatever you end up sketching or drawing in them just ends up in a browser tab somewhere, instead of near the notes it actually came from. That's fine for something you want to be more polished, but less so for the early-stage lo-fi work and brainstorming.

I've had a Sony STR-DH520 driving the same pile of speakers since 2011, and every time I test a new soundbar, I land on the same conclusion. It's not even close, and you can buy a used AV receiver for the price of a cheap soundbar to hear it for yourself. A real center channel, real surrounds, and a subwoofer I can park wherever the room likes. It beats beamforming tricks and up-firing drivers.

My first encounter with the Windows Subsystem for Linux was when I had to install it to run Docker containers for uni projects. For the longest time, WSL was merely the backend engine for my Windows-powered containerization experiments, while a dedicated Ubuntu partition was responsible for housing typical Linux apps.

Much like any gamer in the world before me, and many after, I, too, have spent years desiring and chasing better graphics. I've obsessed over DLSS modes, ray tracing, frame rates, textures, lighting, and all the other little things that make a game look "closer to reality." As such, it feels rather strange to say this, but DLSS 5 has genuinely made me question whether that pursuit has finally gone too far.

Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 - nearly a decade after its initial introduction. On Thursday evening, the company held yet another event for the Semi to demonstrate to customers and investors that the long wait was finally over. The event was held at Tesla's new Semi factory next to Gigafactory Nevada, where the company says it can build 50,000 trucks a year, or 1,000 per week. The purpose was to announce a raft of new (and old) customers for the Semi, including PepsiCo, US Foods, DHL, WattEV, ABF, Einride, IMC, and OK P …Read the full story at The Verge.

I love using VS Code. It's my favorite integrated development environment (IDE) and my top Microsoft software pick. Obsidian is great, but it's no IDE replacement, at least not for me. That said, VS Code still needs a few tweaks to make it even better. I rounded up a few setting adjustments I always make before writing a single line of code in a new project. Some may alter the way you work while others are simply cosmetic.

The first time I tried to run a LLM locally, I wasn't really impressed. Granted that I was running it on a poor MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM that was holding on for dear life, the gap between the local and cloud LLM world was massive.

What if your wireless earbuds - or audio glasses - could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn't cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the couch? Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is its first to integrate "micro-power Wi-Fi 6E" right into the chip, so they can connect directly to your home Wi-Fi network, and from there to the cloud.If that sounds like a familiar promise, it's probably because Qualcomm promised something similar back in 2023 with the "S7 Pro sound platform" and its Expanded Personal Area Network (XPAN) tech, saying that Wi-Fi earbuds can do what Bluetooth alone cannot. Name …Read the full story at The Verge.

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The surprise change will see Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith oversee communications, while the company searches for a replacement for Frank Shaw, chief communications officer, who is departing later this year.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thanked Shaw "for everything he has done for Microsoft" in an internal memo announcing the communications changes. Shaw announced earlier this month that he's leaving Microsoft after nearly three decades supporting the company's communications.Brent Colburn, …Read the full story at The Verge.

Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens' safety and mental health. Lawyers suing the company said this week that the label has been applied far too broadly, while pointing to a recently unsealed document showing that the team behind launching Instagram's Teen Accounts in 2024 put in an order for baseball caps that simply said "a/c priv."The lawyers suing Meta argue the Project Nido (an internal name for the Teen Accounts team) swag is part of "culture of privilege abuse at Meta" aimed at keeping the re …Read the full story at The Verge.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introducing the company’s Copilot Plus PC initiative. | Image: Allison Johnson Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that "Copilot Plus PCs" were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that'd have enough built-in AI muscle to get things done? Two and a half years later, Microsoft and Qualcomm seem to be admitting the brand is already dead. Windows Central's Zac Bowden reports that even though the new 12-inch Microsoft Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop technically meet the system requirements for a Copilot Plus PC, Microsoft is not calling them by that name anymore. "These are not called Copilot Plus PCs," Microsoft Surface CVP Brett Ostrom told the publication. Kedar Kondap, Qualcomm's SVP …Read the full story at The Verge.

Something very interesting is happening over in Europe in the world of FOSS. Governments are realising that having all of their eggs in a non-EU basket leaves them susceptible to losing accounts and data due to geopolitical tensions. To tackle this, some countries are fighting to claim 'digital sovereignty', a concept where a country has control over its own digital infrastructure.