Google's AI-powered study tool, NotebookLM, has become a game-changer for me when I need to learn new skills. The combination of guardrails, the reference material you feed it, and the Gemini-powered chatbot makes it a powerful ally in comprehension. But what about skills that I already know?

Ever since Google's browser took off in the internet scene, there's been a joke circling the internet where people say that Microsoft's default Windows browsers are perfectly fine at their job; after all, they're the best Chrome download managers out there. Well, it seems Microsoft didn't find the joke funny, as the company has been pestering Edge users who search for Google Chrome via Bing. If you've ever tried it yourself, you've likely noticed the headers and pop-ups that appear at every step, something Mozilla had grievances with.

We all know that one PC gamer who is still refusing to let go of his once-great GPU that has, by all standards, reached the end of the line. Maybe you are that gamer who's holding on to your Pascal or Polaris graphics card, hoping to squeeze just one more year out of it. While making the most of your GPU and delaying an expensive upgrade is commendable, sometimes admitting the obvious is the smarter play. If you've been running an ancient graphics card, you'll probably be able to get a multifold increase in performance even with a budget or mid-range upgrade. So, here are 6 GPUs whose time has sadly run out.

I thought I’d built the perfect Notion workspace. Custom databases, linked views, toggles within toggles, templates for everything from article ideas to grocery lists. It was beautiful — and completely exhausting. Every time I opened Notion to jot down a thought, I'd get distracted tweaking a property or fixing a broken relation. The tool designed to organize my life had become a second job.

If you've been seeing my articles on XDA lately, you'll know that I really like e-paper displays. While they're definitely not fit for every project (I wouldn't want to game on one, for instance,) they are very good at specific jobs. If you're looking for a screen that refreshes only once a minute or so and consumes as little power as possible, e-paper displays may be your best bet.

I remember playing games on my Apple IIc as a kid, bathed in the monochrome glow of the CRT phosphor, and wishing it were more portable. The Apple IIc was already ready for portability, with an all-in-one design that just needed plugging into a monitor, with a solid fold-out carrying handle. But I wanted more. I've always loved science fiction, and when I discovered cyberpunk as a genre, I was irrevocably hooked. Then I found tabletop gaming and both the Cyberpunk and Shadowrun universes, and I dreamed of a portable computer workstation called a cyberdeck, able to surf the net, hack systems, and do it all without needing a desktop.

As a tech blogger, my computer doesn’t just run programs; it runs my business. My entire workflow relies on rock-solid automation, including running nightly backups, cleaning up massive image folders, and executing custom scripts that process my blog drafts before proceeding. For years, I relied on the default Windows Task Scheduler simply because it was built in and familiar.

If you've ever tried to connect to your home server from outside your network, you've probably encountered at least one of a few obstacles, such as firewalls, double NAT, ISP restrictions, or any other wide range of issues. That's why Tailscale's new "Peer Relays" feature is a game-changer, and while it's currently in beta, it might improve your network's connectivity dramatically.

If you ever need to duplicate a slide on PowerPoint, you've got the "Reuse slides" tool to save yourself some time. It's a really nice feature that allows you to snag specific slides, even from other PowerPoint presentations, and add them to your current deck. The obvious use case is reusing a slide from one presentation in another without having to remake it, but you can also grab slides with the same formatting and animations and then edit them to suit your subject matter.

In all the years that video games have been a popular form of entertainment, there have been debates and discourse about various aspects of it. Different people take stands to support or represent their favorite games and brands that they enjoy, which can at times ignite into fiery debates between fans about what they love. This was often referred to as "console wars" in the late 80s and early 90s, after the rise of video game home consoles became a mainstream part of entertainment. Originally coming from the phrase "cartridge wars", it described the idea of fans taking sides to support their favorite console that they enjoyed playing games on.

There's a high likelihood that you still have an old USB relic rattling around in a drawer somewhere in the house. It could be that flash drive you've not touched in years, not even for reinstalling Windows, or the SD card reader you have no use for anymore, or even the USB coffee warmer that you used a few times and got tired of. Many USB-powered devices, whether functional or recreational, used to add a bit of flair and whimsy to the PC experience, but ever since some of them were made obsolete, things haven't been the same. I put together a list of five USB devices that I fondly remember, and I wish they would somehow re-enter the zeitgeist.

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you've recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about David Ellison and Common Crawl and Stephen Colbert, catching up on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Great British Baking Show, letting TikTok turn me on to a new Olivia Dean song and a new Broadway musical, testing the Boox Palma 2 Pro, spending way too many hours trying to design my new home office / podcast studio, and packing every single thing …Read the full story at The Verge.