Thanksgiving Day is a time of gathering for many people, celebrating the good times and company from throughout the year. But it's also a time when a lot of aspects of entertainment go hand-in-hand with the holiday, including video games. One major event that people tune into every year is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, where a number of beautiful floats and balloons are guided through New York City in celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Within those displays have been inclusions of iconic and popular video game characters that everyone loves.

After the Online Safety Act's onerous internet age restrictions took effect this summer, it didn't take long for Brits to get around them. Some methods went viral, like using video game Death Stranding's photo mode to bypass face scans. But in the end, the simplest solution won out: VPNs.Virtual private networks have proven remarkably effective at circumventing the UK's age checks, letting users spoof IP addresses from other countries so that the checks never appear in the first place. The BBC reported a few days after the law came into effect that five of the top 10 free apps on the iOS App Store were VPNs. WindscribeVPN shared data show …Read the full story at The Verge.

Stop me if I'm sounding crazy here, but I have a slight hunch that the Back to the Future movies set an unrealistic expectation for the 2020s. We don't have self-tying shoes, we don't have hoverboards, and we definitely don't have Jaws 19. However, where reality has let us down, tinkerers have stepped up to make our dreams come true.

PC hardware is in an interesting place heading into 2026. The market is flooded with CPUs and GPUs at every tier and price point. Between last-gen bargains, mid-cycle updates, and new architectures landing almost yearly, enthusiasts are now spoiled for choice, and that can make picking the right pairing tougher than it looks.

One of the longest-standing memes in the gaming world is simple: "If it has a screen, it can run Doom." We've seen the classic FPS run on a ton of strange devices, and there's bound to be more in the future.

After growing tired of listening to the hype, I finally caved and bought a 32" OLED to replace my 27" IPS display. There was nothing wrong with it, though I did want something that was easier on my eyes for both work and play. I've seen and used them briefly at trade shows, other people's houses, and have an OLED TV, so I'm not a complete stranger. Despite that, I still wasn't fully prepared for just how massive the shift was, and these are the 5 biggest things that caught me off guard after I made the switch from IPS to OLED.

Since NotebookLM first launched, one thing that seems not to be Google's priority is adding any real organizational features. The only way to "organize" your work in NotebookLM is with notebooks, and you basically need to create a notebook for everything. Want to ask a simple question about a document you uploaded and get a fully cited, source-grounded answer? Create a notebook. Want to generate an Audio Overview, Mind Map, Slide Deck, or any of the other tools? Yeah, create a notebook.

Despite its small size, the Mac Mini manages to deliver an impressive experience. We loved it in our review, praising Apple for making a computer that's nearly dead-silent, while also being able to handle pretty much anything we could throw at it.

You know, I have wondered why tech companies are so keen to shove a ton of AI tools into our apps and services. Well, it turns out that it's because they honestly, genuinely believe that adding AI to everything is the best thing since sliced bread. As such, the AI race seems to be born from a mix of wanting to be the best in the market, alongside a CEO who truly adores using LLMs.

I praise NotebookLM a lot, and the reason why is simple: it's filled with features that are genuinely useful. Given how impressive all its past updates have been, I've naturally started having high expectations for each new release. Unfortunately, the Deep Research feature Google recently added to NotebookLM didn’t live up to those expectations.

Building a custom PC is supposed to be an exciting time, but there are some common mistakes that ruin the experience. One of those is daisy-chaining too many case fans to a single motherboard header, which could lead to several major issues.

We've seen plenty of laptops go on sale over the past week, but this has to be one of the highlights ahead of Black Friday. It's an affordable Windows laptop that can actually handle everyday use. So if you've been looking for a new laptop to surf the web, watch videos, pay bills, punch up some documents that isn't going to cost you a whole lot — the Asus Vivobook 14 is going to be it.