There are plenty of different earbuds you can choose from, but if you really want a pair that delivers on all levels, the AirPods Pro 3 are going to be it. While they pair best with Apple products, you can also use them with compatible Bluetooth devices as well.

The Open Home Foundation is a big player in the smart home space, and ESPHome is one of the most influential software development packages in the space. You can define device configurations using a combination of YAML declarations and C++ lambdas, significantly lowering the barrier to entry for most people while still allowing for the deployment of incredibly powerful software. Because of that influence, it's often worth paying attention to what ESPHome and the wider Open Home Foundation ecosystem are quietly working on. One such project has now stepped into the spotlight: Sendspin, a new open multimedia streaming and synchronization protocol previously known as Resonate.

Elon Musk, a billionaire who decimated the United States federal workforce using the Department of Government Efficiency, is not remembered fondly by the most powerful woman in Washington: Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff and the gatekeeper to President Donald Trump. In several on-the-record interviews with Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple conducted over the past year, Wiles, who had corralled the notoriously backstabby Trump political operation into coherence and discipline, described Musk as a "complete solo actor" who had plunged the Trump administration into several unnecessary crises - including the shuttering of USAID, the United S …Read the full story at The Verge.

When I’m not writing or testing out yet another productivity app, I’m sitting through back-to-back classes, cramming for exams, or trying to figure out what an eigenvector actually is. To make all of this bearable, one of my favorite things to do is test out new tools that promise to make studying easier.

Hey, remember last year when someone uploaded a stream of their holiday village for all to see? If you don't, you're in for a treat. Last year, I spotted a delightful little village and train set that was being beamed to the internet. The best part was that you could use the buttons around the stream to influence the things around the village.

When I bought the Phanteks P500A in 2020, I didn't think about how much of a problem finding the original case fans would be down the line. Even though Phanteks sells its cases in my country, I still have to import the SK140 fans, and that gets expensive once you account for shipping and duty fees. So when a couple of my case fans started failing, I decided to replace them with aftermarket options to cut costs, which felt like a perfectly reasonable compromise at the time.

People love to dunk on onboard Wi-Fi, but it's perfectly usable in most situations. You might avoid it for gaming or home lab transfers, but it's frankly more than enough for video calling, browsing, and working on online documents. No one's asking you to buy motherboards for the built-in Wi-Fi, but it's a convenient feature to have as a backup. If you're experiencing slow or inconsistent connection on your motherboard's Wi-Fi, a few tweaks can make it significantly better. Give each one of these a shot before you rush into that Wi-Fi adapter purchase.

A lot of productivity apps try to be everything at once. They look impressive, but they come with a cost: maintenance, constant context switching, and navigating a busy app with too many friction points. I was stacking these tools on top of one another, trying to find the best one that could handle everything, but it was just making all my work heavier.

Well, it's no surprise that RAM has gotten very expensive as of late. As the AI industry begins to consume the hardware market, we're seeing companies raise the price of their hardware in response or even shutter their consumer-facing side to fully devote all their time to producing for businesses.

I've been on a Tailscale kick lately, putting it on devices, containers, and really anywhere I can find that will let me install it. I've even self-hosted the control server with Headscale and know full well the utility of software-defined networking for keeping my data safe and accessible.

As we move into the AI era, big software developers are beginning to add assistants to their own apps. Some of them are a little more brazen with their approach, while others are dipping their toe with caution to figure out how to best apply it for both themselves and their users.

Tesla could be temporarily locked out of its biggest US market if it doesn't change deceptive marketing that exaggerates the self-driving capabilities of its cars, the California Department of Motor Vehicles warned on Tuesday, adopting the ruling of an administrative law judge. The DMV said Tesla's use of terms like "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving" to describe its advanced driver assist systems "is misleading and violates state law." The agency ordered a 30-day suspension of Tesla's license to sell cars in the state if Tesla does not fix marketing concerns surrounding the term "Autopilot" within a 60-day window.However, the DMV decide …Read the full story at The Verge.