When it was first introduced five years ago, Windows 11 brought a lot of new system requirements that left behind a lot of older systems. But despite the outrage caused by Microsoft's official stance, it soon became apparent that it's actually possible to install Windows 11 on these "unsupported" machines using a tool like Rufus. This remained true for a long time.

RAM and storage prices have gone through the roof, making this powerful gaming mini PC worth every single penny right now. It features an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and 32GB DDR5 RAM. That last detail should catch your eye because the components value alone sits at or over $350 at the moment if you buy it on its own.

If you've had even a cursory glance at the PC hardware pricing over the last few months, you'll already know that times are tough for the consumer market. DRAM prices have already tripled and show little signs of rising, consumer DDR5 memory has drifted out of reach for the mid-range and budget bracket, NAND pricing is following a similar trajectory, and GPUs are experiencing their own kind of shrinkflation.

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could threaten the future of US science as we know it.The proposal would give political appointees unprecedented control over grant funding, the method through which scientists receive federal money to perform groundbreaking space research such as the search for evidence of organic compounds on Mars or the discovery of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe. A typical proposed rule from the OMB garners less than 100 public comments. This rule has nette …Read the full story at The Verge.

Hurst (seen left as Kratos) had reportedly already completed four episodes of filming for the series. | Image: Amazon Amazon's upcoming God Of War show has hit a major snag - it's now on the hunt for a new Kratos, after an on-set injury put its current lead actor out of commission. Sons of Anarchy star Ryan Hurst was originally cast for the role in January, with Deadline reporting that four episodes of the God Of War production had been fully completed before he tore a bicep performing a stunt.Production on the show has now been paused, and is eyeing to resume in mid-October. Unfortunately that isn't enough time for Hurst to fully recover from surgery. The completed episodes will now be reshot with a new actor, causing further delays to the show following …Read the full story at The Verge.

Given how useful artificial intelligence can be for programmers, the open-source community is asking itself: does AI code belong in Linux? Regardless of what others believe, Linus Torvalds himself has stated AI is a tool, and is "clearly a useful one." And if you don't like it, Torvalds says you can either make your own or leave.

I've relied on Obsidian for years, so finding an alternative that genuinely impressed me wasn't something I expected. Every time I looked around, the same names kept coming up, but none of them offered enough to make me rethink my setup. Recently, though, I came across an app that felt refreshingly different. Instead of trying to copy Obsidian, it takes its own approach to knowledge management while staying true to the local-first philosophy I value. After spending time with it, I realized it solves several frustrations I didn't even know I had, making it the most interesting Obsidian alternative I've tried in a long time.

Having long boot times might seem trivial, but when you're used to 15–30 seconds, even a minute can seem annoying. If your PC takes too long to reach the desktop after you press the power button, you'll naturally question the behavior. The problem is that many people still don't know where to look for the fix. They blame their CPU, motherboard, BIOS version, or other unrelated components instead of checking their memory settings.

Emulators with a CRT TV setting are great at showing retro games as they used to look, but they miss out on the joy of thwacking the top of your screen every time the visuals look weird. Fortunately, an ex-Sega engineer has created a Famicom (NES) emulator for macOS that requires some 'percussive maintenance' to fix visual issues, and it feels like I'm back in the 90s again.

Since January, people have speculated that OnePlus will be leaving the US market. Earlier this week, we heard a rumor that the company was planning on announcing its departure soon. Fast forward to today, and OnePlus has made an official statement confirming that it's leaving, though people who own a OnePlus device shouldn't worry too much.

Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July 30th, and ahead of that launch, it's created 36 characters with "consistent voices and personas" that creators can use as NPCs. The characters include Fortnite staples like Agent Jonesy, Peely (the banana), Fishstick (a walking fish), and Cuddle Team Leader (who wears a pink bear mascot head).Epic tested the waters of AI characters with last year's Darth Vader NPC that was powered by James Earl Jones' voice - a collaboration that Jones' estate signed off on. Ev …Read the full story at The Verge.

Samsung ships dozens of new features after each major update, like One UI 8.5. After installing it, most people explore all the features, but I do the opposite. I go straight to Settings and change the same handful of settings that improve my everyday usability, security, and privacy. A few of these are new to One UI 8.5, and the rest have simply become a habit after every update. These aren’t hidden tricks or something that requires a PC and terminal, just built-in settings that take a few minutes to configure.