I got a MacBook last year and, as I started using it more for work, Terminal quickly became one of those apps I rarely closed. I initially used it the usual way — type a command, get the result, and move on. But macOS is constantly doing things in the background, and checking on the machine usually means digging through separate apps or opening yet another Terminal tab.

Super Mario Odyssey is among the discounted games. | Image: Nintendo As promised, Nintendo has marked down a wide variety of Switch games and accessories at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, as well as its own digital storefront. Its “Customer Appreciation” sale is happening because of tariff-related refunds it received from the US government, and it ends on September 26th at 8:59 PM PT.Nintendo games and accessories tend to stick close to their list price, so it’s nice to have some big discounts, especially this far ahead of the holiday season. Some of the company’s best titles for the original Switch are significantly marked down, with a few Switch 2 titles thrown in, too. The most notable inclusions include the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe digital bundle with the Booster Course pass for just under $60 (Amazon, Nintendo), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for $49 (Amazon, Nintendo, Best Buy), and Animal Crossing: New Horizons with the DLC for $60 (Nintendo). The Switch 2 Editions aren’t currently discounted, but upgrade packs are fairly affordable, costing $9.99 for the Tears of the Kingdom (Amazon) or $4.99 for Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Amazon).We’ve gathered some more of our favorite picks down below, and Nintendo has a dedicated page for all of the discounts.The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Physical)Tears of the Kingdom is the latest mainline installment in the Zelda franchise. The storyline and gameplay are similar to Breath of the Wild’s, but enough has changed to make Link’s return to Hyrule plenty special. Read our review.Where to Buy: $69.99 $48.99 at Best Buy $69.99 $48.99 at TargetMario Kart 8 Deluxe (Physical)Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a popular kart racing game packed with plenty of courses and characters, as well as 48 new tracks if you opt for the paid DLC. Where to Buy: $59.99 $41.99 at Best BuyNintendo AlarmoThe Alarmo takes dozens of characters and scenes from classic Nintendo franchises and places them in a charming alarm clock that’s designed to help you sleep and wake. It uses motion sensors to detect whether you’re still in bed and gets more aggressive the longer you sleep in.Where to Buy: $99.99 $76.99 at Best Buy $99.99 $76.99 at NintendoNintendo Switch Pro ControllerThe Switch Pro released alongside the Switch console in 2017, and it’s a tough controller to beat. It offers an unmatched set of features (HD rumble, motion controls, NFC), and it’s one of the most comfortable Switch controllers out there.Where to Buy: $69.99 $55.97 at Amazon $69.99 $55.97 at Walmart $69.99 $55.99 at Best BuyMetroid Prime 4: Beyond (Physical)Metroid Prime 4 is still a first-person adventure game like prior entries in the series, but this time around, bounty hunter Samus Aran is armed with a motorcycle and a slate of psychic powers. Not all of the new gameplay elements work, but Beyond is a fitting follow-up to what came before, with a lore-heavy story, great combat, and plenty of eerie exploration.Where to Buy: $59.88 $41.97 at Amazon (Switch) $59.99 $41.99 at Best Buy (Nintendo Switch) $69 $50.99 at Amazon (Switch 2)Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Digital)Explore the mysteries of an abandoned civilization in this 3D platformer for the Nintendo Switch. It’s still a Kirby game, with a delightful tone that had us smiling the whole way through. Read our review.Where to Buy: $59.99 $41.97 at Amazon $59.99 $41.99 at Best BuySuper Mario Odyssey (Physical)Super Mario Odyssey is one of the crowning achievements of the original Switch thanks to its tight platforming, ingenious level design and a game mechanic that lets you control certain enemies and parts of the environment. There are still bosses to battle and coins to collect, but Odyssey feels like a breath of fresh air.Where to Buy: $59.99 $41.97 at Walmart $59.99 $41.99 at Best Buy $59.99 $41.99 at TargetSplatoon 3 (Physical/Digital)Splatoon 3 is proof that Nintendo isn’t done showing off its take on an online shooter—with paint instead of bullets, of course. The game looks great, and has a single player mode that fills out the series’ lore through scrapbook pages you find while navigating and shooting your way through each level. Online multiplayer remains Splatoon’s 3’s big draw, so be prepared to square off against fellow squid kids. Read our review.Where to Buy: $59.99 $41.97 at Amazon $59.99 $41.99 at Best Buy $59.99 $50.99 at Target

Modern PC cases are just boxes with a bunch of fans inside them. While there are best practices to achieve optimal airflow, like keeping a slight positive pressure, the fluid dynamics are an absolute mess inside; hot air goes everywhere and gets recirculated multiple times before it escapes the case. I’m going to try to direct some of that airflow so that the GPU doesn’t suck up the hot air it’s trying to expel.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans today to kill any remaining standards on how much greenhouse gas pollution power plants are allowed to emit in the US. The move will only make electricity dirtier as AI, electric vehicles, and a revival of domestic manufacturing drive up power demand. The EPA's proposal today is a major escalation of President Donald Trump's efforts to promote fossil fuels while making it easier to build out energy-hungry data centers. Environmental and consumer advocates, meanwhile, are fighting back - arguing that Trump's deregulation spree comes with higher costs for the environment, public health, …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Steam Frame headset is here, and it may not surprise you: it was supposed to cost less than $1,059. "We set out to come out with a device that would have been far more affordable, but the global RAM market, the global storage market have impacted us the same way they've impacted everybody," Valve developer Jeremy Selan told the BBC. "We fought hard to get it even to this price."I haven't yet seen Valve say whether it's selling the Steam Frame at cost, like the company confirmed it was doing with the $1,049 Steam Machine living room PC. But Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais hinted maybe so in an interview with Tom's Hardware: "there' …Read the full story at The Verge.

I thought I already knew Android Auto inside out. I had my favorite apps pinned, Gemini ready for voice commands, and my usual navigation and music setup dialed in. Then I came across one feature that changed how I use Android Auto on every drive: Gemini Actions.

We love buying our SSDs with the big four-digit megabytes-per-second stickers on the packaging, and it's even more rewarding when CrystalDiskInfo shows the same numbers on the desktop. And yet, way too many times, copying or transferring a large folder sometimes starts off like a rocket ship only to end up like a hard drive transfer from 2010.

If you want an idea of what’s next in film, the Toronto International Film Festival is a good place to start. Every year TIFF features a huge range of features from around the world, and often some of them go on to be huge hits or awards contenders; the 2025 edition, for instance, included the likes of both Hamnet and Obsession.Covering a sprawling festival like TIFF solo is next to impossible, so I do my best to see as much as I can, and then write about everything with bite-sized reviews published each day. For 2026, that means exciting upcoming films like Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, and a gigantic Elon Musk documentary, and even a few streaming series, like Crystal Lake and Carrie.You can keep up with my thoughts on everything I watch right here. The four-hour-long Elon Musk documentary might be preaching to the choir Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make you forget all about Marvel’s Blade disaster Laika’s stop-motion fantasy Wildwood looks so smooth New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone

Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on Monday, which brings the new Siri AI assistant, Liquid Glass improvements, improved performance, and more. The update is compatible with all Macs with Apple Silicon, but not Intel Macs - Apple released its final big update for Intel-based Macs last year with macOS Tahoe.Siri AI is arguably the biggest feature in macOS 27, and it allows you to ask questions, search through things involving your personal context like photos and emails, and take actions in apps such as Messages and Reminders. There's a new dedicated Siri app that keeps an archive of your chats for easier reference. However, Siri AI will …Read the full story at The Verge.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has taken a call from the president during work, but this time he put Trump on speakerphone before a big crowd. During the call, the president launched into his take on recent fears about AI development, which he called a "hoax," and told the crowd that "the robots will not be taking over." It's already a frothy week for AI news. The call with the president followed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's long essay published this weekend titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" where he argued for slowing …Read the full story at The Verge.

For about a month now, a smart plug and a starter hub have been sitting in my browser tab. The plan was to control a lamp, monitor two doors, and keep everything running while I’m away. I chose Home Assistant for it, and then Samsung said it would start charging $4.99 a month for the SmartThings API.

When first starting out building a smart home, you'll probably buy a hub, some smart bulbs, and a couple of door sensors, but realistically you've spent hundreds of dollars to build a complicated light switch. The real intelligence lives in a cheap, utilitarian sensor placed in the weird, unglamorous locations of your home. You don't need dedicated industrial monitoring gear that costs hundreds of dollars.