If your Raspberry Pi 3B or an even older model is sitting idle in a drawer, it still has plenty of life left. These boards may not have the power of the Pi 5, but they’re still capable of handling smart, efficient, and surprisingly fun projects. With the right setup, an older Pi can take on tasks that save energy, automate parts of your home, or even entertain you in unexpected ways.

Portable software is nothing new, but a lot of people may never realize it exists. Typically, you just download a program and install it on your PC, and the files are stored and scattered in such a way that makes it very hard to move those files onto a USB drive. Programs tend to be highly dependent on the structure of the Windows file system.

PC building isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Even when you get GPUs at MSRP and a DDR5 RAM kit under $100, you still need to put up with certain annoyances that are part and parcel of PC building. Perhaps the most inescapable of these is cable management, something all of us grudgingly go through at the end of every build. While it's not exactly hard, cable management becomes a problem when it becomes an obsession. Achieving that Instagram-worthy look isn't really helpful to the performance of your PC — all you're doing is distracting yourself from actually using your PC.

Microsoft hasn't been having a great time in courts around the world. Recently, we saw Microsoft get sued by an Australian group after the latter claimed that the former was hiding cheaper Microsoft 365 renewal prices from the people.

Starting a small debate within the XDA writing team is pretty easy. All you need to do is declare you like a specific operating system or app in a team call, and someone's bound to bring up their own opinion. However, we all seem to agree on one thing: Microsoft axing the Windows Phone was one of its biggest mistakes.

Sometimes completing a job is its own reward, and sometimes you need a cat picture instead. If you're someone who's feline-motivated like myself, you may be interested in the idea of getting a new cat picture everything you achieve something. I know I am.

While you can always buy a new monitor to get the latest and greatest features, sometimes you don't need to go that route if all your monitor needs is a small boost. While it's not too common, streaming sticks are a great way to give your monitor new capabilities. Not only are you going to get a more fluid menu system, but you're also going to get an easier way to access different forms of entertainment, like video and streaming apps.

Who says chargers have to look boring? They may only be an accessory, but that's no reason to settle for dull designs. Fortunately, UGreen seems to understand this. Alongside its more traditional charging products, it has released a USB-C charger that also looks like a cute little robot. And the best bit is, if you want a little fellow for yourself (and why wouldn't you), you can grab your own for just $18 on Amazon in this pre-Black Friday sale.

The morning of Monday, October 27th, I started my workweek by asking my colleagues at The Verge for advice on buying a gaming PC. I wanted a small, portable, and semi-powerful machine that could easily sit beneath my living room TV and occasionally move over to my desk to play games or even use for work. My dream was to find something as easy to use as the Steam Deck, which has become my primary gaming device due to its simplicity and massive catalog of PC games.Just two days later, I walked into Valve's headquarters and was introduced to the new Steam Machine, a gaming PC and console hybrid. It checked basically every box I was looking fo …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you weren't clear on just what a miserable person Carol (Rhea Seehorn) is, episode 3 of Pluribus sure makes it obvious. It opens with a flashback, as Carol and her partner Helen (Miriam Shor) are on a dream vacation at an ice hotel in Norway, and all she can do is complain about how cold it is. When Carol sees a stunning aurora borealis, her only thought is "it looks like a screensaver." But that cynicism might also be her superpower as she prepares to solve the hive-mind apocalypse that has descended on Earth.Welcome! The two-episode premiere of Pluribus, the new Apple TV show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, introduced a stra …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you're building out a new media server or just considering the rising costs of a Plex subscription, you might be wondering if it's time to switch to Jellyfin. Both do a brilliant job of organizing your movies, shows, and even music. But once you start using both, you might notice that both apps have their pros and cons. So, while you're still trying to make up your mind, you might consider using both apps for a bit. But that's got a problem too. Being two segregated apps, watch progress doesn't sync between them, and that's bound to make running an A/B test between the two apps more complicated than you'd want. Your Jellyfin session thinks you're halfway through a movie while Plex believes you haven't even started watching it. But there's a solution to that problem.

'Tis the season to upgrade to Windows 11, at least for around 40% of the Windows 10 holdouts. While support for Windows 10 ended on October 14, around half the world has still not moved to Windows 11. Granted, the migration will be gradual, but just like me, countless others are switching not by choice but due to one or more factors. In my case, it wasn't Windows 10's security concerns or mere curiosity but a more practical reason that prompted a jump to Windows 11.