Every time I had to do research, I found myself with dozens of open tabs. I would open tabs with the information I need now and many others with information I might need in the near future. All of that made the browser slower and wasted time searching for what I needed. When I decided to try the Comet browser, it made research easier: the assistant was right next to what I was reading, not in a separate app I had to open.

There are plenty of great gaming laptops out there, but if you're looking for something with plenty of power that's still relatively sleek, the Razer Blade 14 is going to be it. We didn't get a chance to review this year's model, but last year's version really blew us away.

Network upgrades don't need to cost a lot of money. We've seen quite a few people on our team upgrade their switches for just $20, and even grab some new cables too. But if you don't want to spend that much, this TP-Link switch might just be what you're looking for.

Did you know that some people peek at their presents before Christmas? Outrageous, I know. I mean, I'm all for a little bit of a shake, a little bit of squishing and prodding to figure out what it is, but I draw the line at flat-out peeking under the wrapping. At that point, you may as well put the gifts unwrapped underneath the tree.

ChatGPT is joining the flood of apps offering yearly recaps for users. It's rolling out a "Year in Review" feature that will show you a bunch of stats - like how many messages you sent to the chatbot in 2025 - as well as give you an AI-generated pixel art-style image that encompasses some of the topics you talked about this year. The image I received showed an aquarium beside a game cartridge, an Instant Pot, and a computer screen, reflecting some of the questions I had related to retro game consoles, cooking, and my fish tank setup.There are other personalized summaries, too, like a rundown of the themes most prevalent in your chats, a …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Federal Communications Commission has banned new drones made in foreign countries from being imported into the US unless the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security recommends them. Monday's action added drones to the FCC's Covered List, qualifying foreign-made drones and drone parts, like those from DJI, as communications equipment representing "unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons." DJI is "disappointed" by today's action, Adam Welsh, DJI's head of global policy, says in a statement. "While DJI was not singled out, no information has been …Read the full story at The Verge.

If I had to recommend a Linux distro to people who want to escape the Windows ecosystem, my first port of call is always . It's a great little operating system to cut your teeth on, and you can either distro hop into other pastures or stick with Linux Mint. There's really no wrong way to go about it.

Over the years, I've used a lot of different PDF readers, and my opinion of them is pretty bleak. Most of them suck. I have a large collection of ebooks in PDF form, but I despise reading them because of the hassle of navigating the pages and trying to read on non-user-friendly setups. I also have a sizable collection of comics and manga, but I have to have a specialized reader for those, since some PDF readers just don't work for .cbz files.

With GPUs getting larger, it only makes sense that PC cases also grow alongside this. But rather than just having large gaps and empty space, PC cases now have room for way more fans than are necessary. In some cases, like the O11 Dynamic and the NZXT H9, theylook empty without 9 or even 10 fans.

Yesterday, Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a segment of its newsmagazine 60 Minutes about men who had been deported to an El Salvador prison. Today, it's popping up online.60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segment online. Because it was pulled so late, it seems that CBS missed at least one platform for distribution: Canada's Global TV. Some people used a VPN to watch it; at least one person recorded it, distributing it through an iCloud account. The segment, which has been reviewed by The Verge, is a little shy of 14 minutes long. It features video of men, chained and bent double, being "pa …Read the full story at The Verge.

You know, there's something about seeing snow in video games that makes the entire experience hit differently in December. Maybe it's the lights reflecting off frozen streets, the snowflakes slowly making their way to you, or maybe it's the quiet melancholy that only a winter setting can pull off. Whatever it is, some games just feel like Christmas, despite the gunfights and conspiracies, much like Die Hard being hailed as a Christmas movie whether people like it or not.

I'll let you in on a little secret. I'm incredibly lazy when it comes to my home network, and prefer that things manage themselves wherever possible. That's partly why I have so many Apple devices: Bonjour for local service and device discovery is fantastic. There's nothing like connecting to my home network to see every device I use populate in Finder automatically, and I don't have to map network drives or locations like my Windows machines often need.