I've been chasing the dream of a unified workspace for months. One tool that handles research, synthesis, and recall without forcing me to alt-tab between Notion, Readwise, and a janky Markdown editor. NotebookLM felt like the answer as Google's AI research assistant that lets you upload sources, ask questions, and generate insights from your own material. The interface is clean, the audio overviews are genuinely impressive, and the promise is simple: dump your research in, get intelligent analysis out.

In case you missed it, there has been some discourse lately around how KDE implements Systemd. Some people claim that KDE Plasma forces people to use Systemd, while others say it's an optional thing. Unfortunately, the discussion has gotten so heated that the team behind KDE has had to step forward to make its case known. While it does confirm that an element of Plasma does require Systemd, it argues that you can just disable it if you want and continue using Plasma just fine.

Even if the AI wasn’t being disclosed, its usage in these videos isn’t exactly subtle. | Image: Samsung / The Verge After cramming AI into every inch of its smartphones, appliances, and other devices, Samsung is now increasingly slapping it across social media. Several videos posted to the company's YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts in recent weeks were made or edited using generative AI tools, including its latest teaser for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.The "Brighten your after hours" video features two people skateboarding at night, and supposedly shows off the low-light video capabilities of the upcoming Galaxy S26 devices. Fine print appears at the bottom of the screen towards the end of the video, flagging that it was "generated with the as …Read the full story at The Verge.

The speed of the internet feels like a double-edged sword. On one hand, you're never more than a week away from the newest trend, meme, or in-joke to hit the internet; on the other, things get buried so quickly that you don't have much time to savor things before they're already passe.

Linux powers more things than you might think, and if you're someone interested in running a home server, you've probably heard of Proxmox. Proxmox is a Linux-based operating system focusing on virtualization and running containers that can provide services for your entire network.

Finding good free and open-source alternatives to popular design tools like Canva can feel like a scavenger hunt. Many open-source graphics options look outdated, are missing core or advanced features, and often just don’t flow the way modern tools should. I’ve tried dozens of graphics apps, and some gems have their moments, but I don’t stick with most of them for serious work.

Name a more iconic duo. The first rule of Purse Computer is to check your bag before you leave the house. A few days ago, I took a 15 minute walk to a nearby coffee shop thinking I had my new folding keyboard in my bag - the key ingredient that would turn the Galaxy Z Fold 7 into a mobile workstation. I spent the whole trip congratulating myself on how light it felt compared to carrying my MacBook. "It's almost like it's not there," I thought. This was because it wasn't there, which I discovered only once I was at my destination. I tapped out a few emails with my thumbs, drank a latte, and walked back home in shame. After using every major phone of 2025 in su …Read the full story at The Verge.

Wiring up your home can be a monumental task, depending on whether you're planning to run cables outside, along the floor, or inside walls. I opted for the second option since drilling channels into some stone walls wasn't my idea of an enjoyable weekend or two. It wasn't exactly the "right way," but then again, so long as it works, it doesn't really matter, which is precisely what my network became.

Last week, while clearing my workstation, I came across an old USB flash drive I hadn't used in years. That got me thinking: is it practical to install Windows on a flash drive? No, not a bootable drive, but a full Windows installation running from a flash drive instead of an HDD or SSD. I read about people trying and failing, but it was a harmless experiment. And since Microsoft had officially discontinued Windows To Go, I wanted to find out whether portable Windows was still a possibility.

AI assistants are a little bit of a double edged sword in business. Employees can feed the LLM data and ask it to perform basic tasks, and it will get the job done. However, sometimes people are a little too eager to use AI and end up feeding the LLM data that really shouldn't be shared outside of the business.

As much as I adore Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and other popular self-hosted services, FOSS tools that make annoying tasks simpler have a special place in my heart. Paperless-ngx is a prime example of these apps, as this document management tool is the sole reason my invoices, tax filings, receipts, and other records are properly organized instead of staying stuck in a mess of emails and folders.

Whenever you launch a game for the first time and head to the graphics settings menu, you may have noticed how it has already made most of the decisions for you. Things like texture quality, shadows, and post-processing are all selected based on what the game believes your GPU can handle. Some games, like Battlefield 6, for example, default to the "Auto" preset to balance performance and visuals. Even the Nvidia app has an "Optimize" button for each game that pretty much does the same thing.