HP makes some of the best business laptops, and while most of the HP EliteBook 6 G1q is underwhelming, it has one killer feature — optional 5G connectivity that's unlimited usage in the U.S., and connects to all the major carriers, so you'll always have the best chance of a strong signal. HP Go is seriously good stuff, and it's a shame that companies keep cellular-equipped laptops for business users and not the general consumer.

If you've even dipped a toe within the Microsoft ecosystem recently, you'll already know that it's currently full of AI tools. It's not just Windows 11, either; everything from Microsoft 365 to the Game Bar has gotten a dash of Copilot. But as eager as the Redmond giant is to get everything using AI tools, some people don't want to do that, even if Microsoft cannot possibly fathom why.

The world of tabletop 3D printing has undergone a quiet revolution. What was once the exclusive domain of engineering labs and deep-pocketed hobbyists is now an accessible reality for almost anyone willing to tinker with firmware and mechanics. A decent printer now costs as much as a week's groceries, and the user communities are large enough to guarantee beginners swift debugging. This democratization of manufacturing has fundamentally shifted how individuals like you and I think about our workspaces. Sitting at my PC today and looking back at 2025, there are a handful of prints that stand out to me as the best that I've seen this year in the realm of computing accessories.

There is no end to the number of to-do list and task management apps available across the web. Todoist, Asana, Zoho — the list goes on and on. As powerful as those applications are, their best features are locked behind paywalls, and you don't have as much control over their privacy as you might with something else. Tududi offers a fully self-hosted, totally free alternative that outstrips anything third-party apps have to offer in a lot of different ways. It's self-hosted, so the initial setup can be slightly confusing, but it's one of the easiest applications to get up and running that I've worked with.

If you want to supercharge your productivity on Windows, PowerToys is one of the tools you should install on your PC. It can help you with a broad range of productivity tasks, because it has multiple different modules, each designed for a specific task. Command Palette (CmdPal) is one of them, and a lot of exciting things are happening around it.

Eleven years ago, I played Alien: Isolation for the first time. It was my very first introduction to the Alien IP, and I was taken aback by everything about the game. The visuals, the atmosphere, and the dread it instilled in me. I remember being stuck in a single hallway for three hours over the course of two days, simply because the Xenomorph terrified me so.

We all love a good PC upgrade, whether it’s a faster GPU, more RAM, or even a better cooling unit for the CPU. While these upgrades are usually straightforward, there are often factors to consider when swapping out a part and/or adding a new one. An oversight in this department can potentially mean instability, not unlocking full performance, or even worse performance than before the upgrade.

Ever since Valve officially announced the Steam Machine, the gaming scene has been awash with discourse over its design. The first port of call was the price, which people speculated would be set at a loss for Valve, given how the company makes so much money from software sales. However, Valve then confirmed that the Steam Machine would not be subsidized, which means it'll likely be priced like a mini PC instead of a console.

I've dabbled in PowerShell scripts over the years, but they present an interesting, albeit niche, problem. There's really no notification that the script has run. While the script might run just fine, the only indication that it has completed is that the terminal window closes. This means you might have a scheduled task running overnight, but you'll have to hunt for log files to see if it actually worked. This extends to simple tasks like backups and file conversions, as well as maintenance jobs. That's where BurntToast comes in. BurntToast fixes that by giving you a direct way to send Windows toast notifications from PowerShell, giving you visible alerts, and making automation easier to track.

I've been collecting links in Raindrop.io for years, treating it like a utilitarian bookmark manager — folders for articles, tags for organization, the usual setup. Then, one day, I switched to grid view while organizing design references, and everything changed. Suddenly, Raindrop wasn't just storing my links. It was showing them. Web card previews turned a boring list into a visual canvas, and I realized I'd been sleeping on one of the best mood-boarding tools hiding in plain sight.

Call me an old-timer, but I personally prefer my Windows apps to be, you know...Windows apps. Unfortunately for me, Microsoft has been trying to add web apps that look like Windows apps instead. For a while, the Copilot app was a web app until Microsoft made it native.

Noticed your home network slowing down? Spinning wheels while browsing your favorite websites? Transfer speeds that seem to go backwards? You might be tempted to blame your router for the issues, and often it is the culprit, but there are plenty of other things that can break your home network. Smart home devices are a frequent culprit at my home, as are cloud providers, device updates, and the occasional knocked cable.