I completed my Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2020. The four-year course involved a lot of projects and assignments that required extensive research from various sources. Unfortunately, there was no ChatGPT or NotebookLM back then, so all the research had to be conducted manually. While I had no issues with that, the biggest bottleneck was my university's internet connection. I'm not sure whether it was the ISP or a poor Wi-Fi router at fault, but the internet speeds were downright terrible — slowing down everyone's work. If you're facing a similar situation at school or college, let me introduce you to Kiwix.

When you think about sports games, especially annualized ones, the "story mode" isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind. Not for the players, and definitely not for the devs. And that's okay, because it's par for the course. Most players dive straight into online, franchise, or career-building, and that's where they spend their time.

We all have gadgets that seemed helpful once but ended up shoved in a drawer. A Raspberry Pi has a way of making those forgotten items feel important again. With the right combination of hardware and software, clutter can quickly be transformed into functional tools. Here are just a few examples of how gadgets you’ve been thinking about recycling can come in handy with your Raspberry Pi.

Are you excited for the Lenovo Legion Go 2? If you are, you're definitely not alone. The company opened pre-orders for its next portable console, and it definitely generated the interest it wanted. In fact, one may say they got a little too much interest, as the company has stated that it has had to shut down preorders from the time being and cancel some that have already been made.

As Microsoft prepares to stop providing feature updates for Windows 10 this coming October, users still running the operating system have a few options ahead of them. While you can upgrade to Windows 11 (either with a new PC or by forcing your old one) or extend your Windows 10 support for a year, there's always the option to abandon ship and try a new operating system altogether. That's what I did, as I've since moved on to Fedora KDE.

Anker’s Soundcore Sleep A30 earbuds. Anker's latest Soundcore Sleep A30 sleep buds do what its A20 buds promised but couldn't deliver: mask snoring. It accomplishes this with the inclusion of Active Noise Cancellation in the buds and a microphone inside the charging case that actively adjusts masking audio to cancel out the sound of sawing logs.Of course I want that! said my monkey brain when I first saw those specs attached to slightly smaller earbuds, which should make them even more comfortable for side sleepers. But after testing them every night for the last month, I've come to a different conclusion. Then again, my bedtime buddy doesn't usually snore.Anker Soundcore Sl …Read the full story at The Verge.

A 10 percent stake in Intel, 15 percent of Nvidia’s China sales, a “golden share” of Nippon Steel — what price will Trump extract next in exchange for favorable treatment? Well, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Trump Administration is “expected to collect a multibillion-dollar fee” in exchange for negotiating a US takeover of TikTok’s US business.That fee will reportedly come from TikTok’s US investors, including private equity firm Silver Lake and Oracle, with the new group getting half of TikTok, while TikTok China’s parent company ByteDance would still have under 20 percent.Yesterday, Trump said that “the United States is getting a tremendous fee-plus, I call it a ‘fee-plus,’ just for making the deal.” But Trump says a lot of things that need dissecting, and it was absolutely unclear today whether there’s even a TikTok deal or not. So to see the WSJ reporting that “people familiar with the matter” think a deal might not only get approved, but also see billions of dollars flow from US companies into the Trump Administration’s coffers, sounds like something to be aware of. Why would those companies pay Trump’s government billions unless they think they’ll make even more?

Are you looking for a new RPG to pour a ton of time into? If so, then do I have the games for you. Back in 2019, Square Enix shook up the JRPG scene with Octopath Traveller, a game that combines 2D sprites with 3D worlds. It did so well that Square Enix would go on to make Octopath Traveler 2, which kept the unique art style.

When planning a new PC build, most of us will be working to a strict budget. That means some aspects will have to fall into compromises, given that graphics card pricing is out of control and will likely take the most significant portion of the budget. The problem is that, while many budget components might seem like a good deal to begin with, they're also more likely to cause issues later on. That $20 you save could end up costing you many times that in repairs or replacements, and then your budget has crept past what you wanted to spend. If you have to compromise on anything, try reducing the capacity of storage or memory, things that you can easily upgrade later, so your initial build still has quality components.

A banner depicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer masquerading as President Donald Trump is held up in a crowd as South Korean workers, detained in an ICE raid at Hyundai’s Georgia EV plant, are expected. | Image: Getty For years, foreign automakers have been sending their employees to the US to open advanced manufacturing and battery plants in states like South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. These plants eventually employ thousands of American workers who build vehicles for both the US market and overseas. And they pump billions of dollars into the state and federal economies, providing jobs for Americans in more rural areas. So it didn't raise any eyebrows when two South Korean companies, Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions, sent hundreds of their workers to Ellabell, Georgia, to oversee the construction of a $7.6 billion EV battery factory. …Read the full story at The Verge.

SSD speeds have continued to skyrocket with PCIe Gen 4 and Gen 5, and with it, so have their thermal demands. M.2 drives may be tiny, but they can run surprisingly hot under load, especially in compact cases or poorly ventilated spots on your motherboard. Without a heatsink, many of these drives will throttle down, lose consistency, or even wear out faster than expected. That’s when an M.2 drive heatsink goes from an optional add-on to something that can make a big difference.

I’ve spent the last couple of months trying to replace as many paid, cloud-based platforms with private, FOSS utilities that can run on a local server. Airtable is one of these services, and while it’s one of the best spreadsheet management platforms on the block, I’m not very fond of the limited number of users, records, and automations on the free versions. Throw in the fact that all my data is stored on Airtable’s servers, and my privacy-loving self had no choice but to look for a self-hosted alternative.