Big tech companies like Google and Amazon have long floated cloud backup as a viable alternative to buying your own storage, offering the seemingly luxurious convenience of managing the hardware and network infrastructure for you. Their services promise immediate access on any device, anywhere in the world, so long as you have an internet connection. These services also start you off with a seemingly generous free storage plan when you sign up for an account, and Google Drive is no different.

If you ask anyone what software they used to listen to music in the late 90s to early 2000s, there's a good chance you'll hear Winamp appear a few times. It was a dependable, easy-to-use player that you could kit out with whatever skin you please, and believe me, people made plenty of themes for this media player.

Self-hosting tools on a home server is usually the starting point for every beginner. As you mature in the journey, you find that hosting most of the tools as Docker containers. There are multiple upsides to this approach because you can isolate services from each other and manage them independently. However, it becomes an uphill task to manage everything after you set up a dozen or more services on the server.

It can be really tough to find a browser to settle on if you're not a fan of Chromium, at least on Linux. While a ton of browsers use Google's browser core under the hood, there are a few holdouts like Firefox and its many forks that people can use instead. So, when a browser arrives on Linux, and it doesn't use Chromium at its base, it's worth taking a look for sure.

One of my biggest gripes with Windows 11 is how it feels like a downgrade from Windows 10 in some areas. There are some features Windows 10 has had for years that Windows 11 never got, and it makes adjusting to the new OS a lot more painful than it should be. Fortunately, it seems that Microsoft has finally awoken from its AI-fuelled stupor and is now working away on getting the core Windows 11 experience refined.

It's easy to overlook a laptop dock when you're trying to upgrade your experience. However, it's easily one of the best upgrades for a laptop, especially if you're someone that's always working in the home or office.

In honor of Apple’s 50th anniversary, we picked 50 of our favorite Apple products, from the OG iPhone to GarageBand. Now we’re ranking them as a community, and you can contribute here.

PowerToys is full of really handy tools, but some of them usually see more use than others. One popular workhorse is the Command Palette, which gives you easy access to other PowerToys tools, your apps, and even commands with a quick hotkey press. Honestly, I wouldn't blame people for downloading PowerToys just for the Command Palette.

After Anthropic's weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while the judicial process plays out. "The Department of War's records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its 'hostile manner through the press,'" Judge Rita F. Lin, a district judge in the northern district of California, wrote in the order, which will go into effect in seven days. "Punishing Anthropic for bringing public scrutiny to the government's contracting position is classic illegal First Amendme …Read the full story at The Verge.

Apple turns 50 next week, and we're going to spend the week covering the company, its products, its legacy, and its future. But mostly, we're going to spend the week debating which Apple products are the best. And we need your help. .apple-50-embed { margin-bottom: 1.5rem; } .apple-50-embed iframe { border: 0.125rem solid #000; max-width: 100%; display: block; } @media (max-width: 699px) { .apple-50-embed { width: 100%; float: none; } } @media (min-width: 325px) and (max-width: 699px) { .apple-50-embed > iframe { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } } @media (min-width: 700px) { .apple-50-embed { max-width: 350px; margin-right: 1rem; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; } } @media (min-width: 1024px) { .apple-50-embed { margin-left: -3.5rem; } } Our ranking system is live now, filled with what we believe to be the 50 best things Apple has ever created. Your job is to put them in order. When you start ranking, you'll be presented with two products; pick the best one to contribute to our overall live rankings, which you can always check by clicking "See Results."(By the way, if you want to hear Nilay and David spend the better part of two hours …Read the full story at The Verge.

One of the main reasons I upgraded to the RTX 4090 a few years ago was to finally experience native 4K gaming. When I had the RTX 3090, I bought a 4K/160Hz monitor, which made me feel like I was getting ahead of my hardware at the time. Even though Nvidia advertised it as an "8K gaming GPU," I was rarely getting over 60FPS at native 4K in most AAA titles. With the RTX 4090 being up to 70% faster, I thought this would finally be the card that I would enjoy gaming on at 4K without any compromises.

We love a good wireless network, but if you have the choice, we think wired is always a more reliable option. Sure, it's not going to be ideal for every scenario, but you can never have enough ports, especially if you're relying on a router from your ISP.