Name a more iconic duo. The first rule of Purse Computer is to check your bag before you leave the house. A few days ago, I took a 15 minute walk to a nearby coffee shop thinking I had my new folding keyboard in my bag - the key ingredient that would turn the Galaxy Z Fold 7 into a mobile workstation. I spent the whole trip congratulating myself on how light it felt compared to carrying my MacBook. "It's almost like it's not there," I thought. This was because it wasn't there, which I discovered only once I was at my destination. I tapped out a few emails with my thumbs, drank a latte, and walked back home in shame. After using every major phone of 2025 in su …Read the full story at The Verge.

The general notion of a computer is a big machine that can run operating systems and software. Even though laptops have gotten slimmer and desktops also come in small sizes without any compromise in power, we never correlate small devices with functional systems. A single-board computer (SBC) is the last thing on anyone's mind when planning to build a dedicated device. I too, thought the exact same thing and never considered them as capable units.

As much as I adore Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and other popular self-hosted services, FOSS tools that make annoying tasks simpler have a special place in my heart. Paperless-ngx is a prime example of these apps, as this document management tool is the sole reason my invoices, tax filings, receipts, and other records are properly organized instead of staying stuck in a mess of emails and folders.

Finding good free and open-source alternatives to popular design tools like Canva can feel like a scavenger hunt. Many open-source graphics options look outdated, are missing core or advanced features, and often just don’t flow the way modern tools should. I’ve tried dozens of graphics apps, and some gems have their moments, but I don’t stick with most of them for serious work.

Wiring up your home can be a monumental task, depending on whether you're planning to run cables outside, along the floor, or inside walls. I opted for the second option since drilling channels into some stone walls wasn't my idea of an enjoyable weekend or two. It wasn't exactly the "right way," but then again, so long as it works, it doesn't really matter, which is precisely what my network became.

Common wisdom suggests that if you want more performance from your GPU, you have to feed it more power. However, my experiments with undervolting seem to suggest that the opposite may be true.

AI assistants are a little bit of a double edged sword in business. Employees can feed the LLM data and ask it to perform basic tasks, and it will get the job done. However, sometimes people are a little too eager to use AI and end up feeding the LLM data that really shouldn't be shared outside of the business.

Linux powers more things than you might think, and if you're someone interested in running a home server, you've probably heard of Proxmox. Proxmox is a Linux-based operating system focusing on virtualization and running containers that can provide services for your entire network.

I've been chasing the dream of a unified workspace for months. One tool that handles research, synthesis, and recall without forcing me to alt-tab between Notion, Readwise, and a janky Markdown editor. NotebookLM felt like the answer as Google's AI research assistant that lets you upload sources, ask questions, and generate insights from your own material. The interface is clean, the audio overviews are genuinely impressive, and the promise is simple: dump your research in, get intelligent analysis out.

As far as big-name slab-style Android devices go, I've always been a big fan of Google's Pixel line. It's not that I dislike Samsung's S series, though. In fact, I think the South Korean tech giant's phones, particularly the Galaxy S25 Ultra, but the understated, stripped-back vibe of the Pixel series' take on Android and the overall design of the phone, really just resonates with me.

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked him from broadcasting an interview with James Talarico, a Democratic representative from Texas. During his opening monologue on Monday night, Colbert says the network's lawyers told him in "no uncertain terms" that he couldn't have Talarico on the show, forcing him to post the interview on YouTube instead, hours after news broke that Anderson Cooper is leaving his position at the network as a 60 Minutes correspondent."He [Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," …Read the full story at The Verge.

Last week, while clearing my workstation, I came across an old USB flash drive I hadn't used in years. That got me thinking: is it practical to install Windows on a flash drive? No, not a bootable drive, but a full Windows installation running from a flash drive instead of an HDD or SSD. I read about people trying and failing, but it was a harmless experiment. And since Microsoft had officially discontinued Windows To Go, I wanted to find out whether portable Windows was still a possibility.