Having a 3D printer around the house can really change up what you purchase. After all, why buy things when you can fire up your printer and make them instead? This often leads to you making things you would otherwise not have purchased,simply because you can make it. No 3D printer? No buy. Give me some filament? Now we're talking.

In my bid to find a new home for my older PC after Windows 10 loses support, I've been dipping a toe into several different Linux distros. The one I'm settled in with right now is Fedora with KDE Plasma pre-installed, and I've been really loving it so far. I think it'll take a lot for me to move away from KDE Plasma; for the time being, it's basically my forever home.

I’ve been using Google Authenticator for as long as I can remember. It was one of those apps I installed once and never really questioned. Lately, I have been de-Googling my life, but there were still some services I hadn't gotten rid of yet.

Nintendo fans around the world are preparing for the inevitable release of the live-action movie for The Legend of Zelda series. The film was green lit to go into production following the success of the animated Super Mario Bros. Movie that did very well critically and commercially. Unlike what was done for Mario, Nintendo decided to partner with Sony Pictures Entertainment to make The Legend of Zelda movie as a live-action project, which surprised many Nintendo fans. This is because of their rocky history with Hollywood studios mishandling their franchises, with the most infamous example being the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. For a long time following that disaster, Nintendo avoided adapting their game franchises into films, until now. With recent news of the casting of characters such as Link and Zelda, the anticipation and excitement for The Legend of Zelda movie is growing exponentially.

Are you up for some fun, stealth-based schenanigans? If so, then boy, do I have the game for you. I've put quite a few hours into Thief Simulator, and while it's by no means a deeply revolutionary game that re-defines a genre, it's still a ton of fun and scratches the itch of hiding from people, especially when they're armed with tasers.

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 91, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, how is summer more than a month over already, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I'm pondering the leaked Pixel 10 lineup, marveling at BYD's leaping Yangwang U9 supercar, reading about why everyone's reading Reddit, already looking forward to Ted Lasso's fourth season, rewatching MKBHD's videos about the Escobar folding phone, melting with joy at the new Pokémon Concierge season 2 trailer, dreaming of buying the Lego Game Boy but not actually doing so because my to …Read the full story at The Verge.

Back-to-school season is closer than you might realize, especially for college students, many of whom are set to return to campus in a matter of a few short weeks. And while school can be a challenging time on many fronts, regardless of the grade, there are tools that can help you better prepare for life both inside and outside the classroom.With that in mind, we've compiled a selection of dorm-friendly recs from the larger Verge staff, as well as a few essentials suitable for high school and beyond. Apple's AirPods 4 and Roku's latest smart TV, for instance, are two entry-level upgrades designed to help students make the most of their dow …Read the full story at The Verge.

Large language models (LLMs) aren't just chatbots or more advanced, occasionally hallucinating search engines, and there are many uses for them outside of talking to them. In fact, when treated like an actual language model, there are a ton of uses for them in productivity contexts that help me in my day-to-day life. From helping me be organized to making my day-to-day life easier, these are some of the ways I've deployed a local model to help me out.

Once your home network grows a little more complex, you soon realize that grouping devices into virtual local area networks (VLANs) makes a lot of sense, both from a security and administrative perspective. You can keep your IoT devices away from your data stores, group PCs with the printers and other network-connected devices they need, and only let those devices talk to each other, or carry IP camera feeds accessible from one central program.

The Fujifilm X-E5 has a familiar but gorgeous new look. The X-E5 is Fujifilm's tiny powerhouse. It's part of a line of cameras that has often been described as similar to the X100, except with an interchangeable lens. But the X-E line has evolved this year and is taking on a new shape. It used to be seen as a budget option, but at $1,699, that can no longer be said.Despite the fact that I've used almost every Fuji out there, this was my first time playing around with any of the X-E line of cameras. The X-E5 is a gorgeous, petite, and classy-looking camera with sharp lines throughout the body, and with buttons and an occasional concave edge for some extra flair and a distinctive look. It is ever …Read the full story at The Verge.

It's not easy to find Dell's 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED monitor. Unless you're talking about the world of TVs, OLED, and especially QD-OLED, is synonymous with PC gaming. The first OLED monitors were gaming monitors, and they've continued to focus almost exclusively on that area. If you're searching for a QD-OLED monitor from Dell, you're going to find one of the half-dozen Alienware options available before you find the Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED.

Home Assistant is highly customizable and well-equipped software for controlling and managing your smart devices. I can vouch for its benefits of automating everyday tasks and staying on top of things at home. Fortunately, I didn’t have to deal with complicated code; I just had to ensure proper indentation in YAML files. Looking back, I feel Home Assistant automations have significantly improved my life and that of the electronics and appliances I own. My only regret is that I wish I had started automating things in my life sooner.