It is day 13 of America's surprise war with Iran - by sheer coincidence, it's Friday the 13th - and I am delirious. I haven't had a coffee since I woke up at 5AM, because I'm not allowed to bring outside beverages into the Pentagon (the security screening cutoff was at 7AM for the 8AM), and ever since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth changed the rules last year, journalists are not allowed to go anywhere in the building without an escort, especially to wherever coffee is available. Also, I am struggling to comprehend why I, a reporter who has never covered a war, was assigned to sit in one of the good seats in the briefing room, watching Hegse …Read the full story at The Verge.

The world of free VPNs can be really hit and miss. Some companies will use their position to harvest data from you to make a profit, while others will actually respect your privacy, but you kind of wonder how a business can give away such a service for nothing. As such, a free VPN from a reputable company is pretty much the best deal you can get, because the business actually has a reason not to betray its user base.

Anyone who prints parts with overhangs, internal cavities, or awkward angles eventually runs into the same annoying cleanup job. Supports do their work during the print, but they often leave behind a second project once the machine stops. Snapping them off can require more force than expected, and sometimes that force damages the model itself rather than just the material meant to be temporary. It is one of those small frustrations that can make an otherwise successful print feel unfinished.

For all the hype PC gaming can get form enthusiasts, I'm usually much more of a console fan. I like sitting on the couch and playing on the big screen with a controller, and that's just the easiest way to do it.

This HP laptop delivers tons of power, ensuring it can handle anything you can throw at it without breaking a sweat. When it comes to the hardware, you're looking at an AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 processor that's paired with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of M.2 SSD storage.

At GTC 2026, Nvidia announced DLSS 5, a more advanced version of its AI upscaling technology, and the response has been resoundingly negative.

Adobe tools are powerful, but that’s also part of what makes them inaccessible to many. They’re some of the heaviest creative apps you can have on your computer. The installs are huge, with around 2GB each, and 50GB+ for the whole suite. While they do reserve memory when needed, they can jump to 10GB+ with heavy use. And it’s also not uncommon for CPU usage to spike up to 100% with certain tasks.

Store-bought RGB LED strips get boring quickly. You install them, download yet another app, and adjust effects to watch the flash with the music, without proper sync or timing. I wanted something better — a strip that actually listens, reacts instantly, and runs without a cloud subscription or a dedicated app.

The AirPods Pro 3 are some of the best wireless earbuds that you can buy right now. We've talked about them before, but it came as a real surprise that Apple was actually able to top its previous earbuds with even better sound, better ANC, and keep things at the same price. And just when you thought things couldn't get more interesting, the AirPods Pro 3 earbuds are now down to a lower price, coming in at $200 for a limited time from retailers like Amazon and Best Buy.

When most PC builders shop for RAM, they're looking at two key specs: capacity and speed. While capacities largely haven't changed, in a specific standard like DDR5, there are many different speeds to choose from, ranging from as low as DDR5-4800, all the way up to DDR5-8000. When it comes to most other parts of PC building, bigger number usually means faster part, but that's not always true with memory.

Following the reveal of its new Arrow Lake desktop processors, Intel has shown off a pair of high-end laptop CPUs with similar architectural improvements targeting gaming, streaming, and content creation.

Windows' built-in word processors are having a strange moment right now. First, we had Notepad and WordPad. Notepad focused on keeping things very simple, while WordPad was a little more advanced. Then, Microsoft erased WordPad from Windows 11, only to begin moving the features that were in WordPad over to Notepad. So, we've gone from a simple and an advanced word processor to a single simple word processor that's slowly becoming more advanced. Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on either.